Jumble Spoiler – 02/16/17

Visual Description:  Silent appreciation.

YTUNT  =  NUTTY,  TINNH  =  NINTH,  IDTEGS  =  DIGEST,  OSMCSO  =  COSMOS   —   Giving us:  NTTNINDIETOMO

Clue/Question:  He thanked his mime teacher, but was told – – –

Answer:  DON’T MENTION IT

(Brilliant!  One of the best Jumbles in quite a while.  And, one of the only ones – that I can think of – with people in it, that has no dialog in the cartoon!  There were no new clue words today, but three of the jumbles came up as new.  Dave has used “tinnh” before.  The answer letter layout was a nicely challenging jumble.  I had to solve DON’T first, and that was pretty obvious.  Getting MENTION IT  was not too hard after writing out the remaining letters.  The mimes in the cartoon were fantastic.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

Cryptoquote Spoiler – 02/16/17

“Sometimes I think we’re alone.  Sometimes I think we’re not.  In either case, the thought is staggering.”   —   Source Obscure

(I definitely think we are not alone.  The universe is so immense.  We’re one planet in our solar system.  Our sun is one of more than 200 billion stars in our galaxy – the Milky Way.  And, the Milky Way is only one of 100 billion – and probably more – galaxies in the universe.  So, the odds that we are the only intelligent lifeforms out there is very remote.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR