Sunday Jumble Spoiler – 11/13/16

Visual Description:  Inserting foot in mouth.

VEECRL  =  CLEVER,  DOHYSD  =  SHODDY,  GENADA  =  AGENDA,  PUXELD  =  DUPLEX,  SIVENT  =  INVEST,  CNISEK  =  SICKEN   —   Giving us:  CLRSHGEUPINSSIK

Clue/Question:  When he complained to his wife about how she ironed his shirt, he was – – –

Pre-Answer:  Three Words  –  (8-letters)  (3-letters)  (4-letters)

Answer:  PRESSING HIS LUCK

(Well, the answer letter layout certainly didn’t give this answer away.  It was a masterpiece of a jumble.  All of the clue words were old favorites, yet the jumbles all came up as new.  None of them gave me any trouble though.  How about you guys?  The cartoon does a great job showing the put upon wife.  The husband is a cad.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

Sunday Cryptoquote Spoiler – 11/13/16

“The best audience is intelligent, well-educated, and a little drunk.”   —   Alben Barkley

(Very true.  And, this puts me in mind of the time I was discussing the Broadway version of Phantom of the Opera with some co-workers, some years back.  I was already well aware of the story, as it is an old one.  I commented on how I enjoyed the first act more than the second act, because it was much more light-hearted, and full of jokes.  They looked at me as if I had two heads!  Sure, most of the jokes were inside theater type jokes, but the audience that I was part of all seemed to get them.  Too bad my co-workers were part of a less-educated audience.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR