RALIS95 Holiday (Jumbles) Contest!!!

Christmas lights on Aleksanterinkatu. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Maybe you guys saw his comment, but for those of you who didn’t:

“YUR: In the spirit of the Christmas season, I’m going to give away 5 copies of the “world-famous RALIS 95 Jumbles word database” to the lucky contestants selected by you who best describe in twenty words or less (as replies to this post) what they enjoy about the daily Jumbles puzzles. You send me the winner’s names and email addresses and I’ll email them a personalized copy of the current database. Contest opens tomorrow (12-3-15) and closes on Wednesday (12-9-15).”

Get to it, fellow Jumble rats!   —   YUR

Jumble Spoiler – 12/02/15

Español: Foto de un graffiti en Sevilla, España que muestra la imagen de el Dr. House Italiano: Graffito a Siviglia raffigurante il dr. Gregory House. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Visual Description:  The mysterious malady.

CLIER  =  RELIC,  SETLY  =  STYLE,  SELUFU  =  USEFUL,  TROWDA  =  TOWARD   —   Giving us:  ICSEUUOR

Clue/Question:  The doctor was puzzled by the woman’s illness.  He’d find a remedy.  He was very – – –

English: Caricature of Gregory House Italiano: Caricatura di Gregory House (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Answer:  “CURE–IOUS“

English: Actress Lisa Edelstein at a Writers Guild of America protest. Italiano: L’attrice Lisa Edelstein ad una protesta degli sceneggiatori statunitensi. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

(Nice, stinky pun!  It didn’t hit me instantly.  I had to think on it a minute.  All of today’s clue words are old favorites.  However, all of the jumbles appear to be new.  The answer letter layout was another great jumble.  So many vowels!  The cartoon looks like an attempt at the television medical drama:  House.  But, Dr. Gregory House usually sported a three to four day growth of stubble!  The general shape of the face, and the cane, lead me to believe that this is based on the show that I once so enjoyed.  I always had the hots for Dr. Lisa Cuddy.  There was no mistaking her for a boy!  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Cryptoquote Spoiler – 12/02/15

Mark Zuckerberg, May 2007 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“Move fast and break things.  Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough.”   —   Mark Zuckerberg

(I think this is his version of:  Learn from your mistakes.  Victories might be good for your ego, but you get much more out of trial and error, in terms of understanding . . . and appreciation.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

PS.  All the recent photos of Zuckerberg, provided by Zemanta, seem to be “owned” by Getty Images.  This 8 year old – free – photo only came up as I typed this observation.  I don’t dig Getty’s “Terms of Use” consent requirements.  The internet should be open and free.   —   YUR

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