RALIS95 Holiday (Jumbles) Contest – Winners!!!

Hooters Bikini Contest. Annual bikini contest live from The Jacksonville Landing Courtyard. May 28 2009. Nikkor H 85mm f1.8 + Nikon D60. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

It was a close call, folks!  All the entries were great, but some of them ran a little long of the 20 Words or Less requirement, as put forth in the contest post.  So, without further ado, here are the winners who will be receiving personal copies of the RALIS95 Clue Word Databases:

Cathy Anderson, Michael Felch, Vijay Natraj, Ian Gross, and our dear friend Jenn Schultz!

Thank you to all who played, or even thought of playing!  Happy Holidays to all!   —   YUR

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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 – 01/28/14

ORGANIZED DAILY EXERCISES AT THE CENTURY VILLAGE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY – NARA – 548584 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Visual Description:  Fogie friendly Floridian fiddler.

LEECX  =  EXCEL,  LODFO  =  FLOOD,  SIMRYE  =  MISERY,  BINLEB  =  NIBBLE   —   Giving us:  XCFODMIENIE

Clue/Question:  The handyman at the retirement community lived on a – – –

Answer:  FIXED INCOME

Official seal of Caribou, Maine (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

(Quaint and cute.  Old Ray may not be living off of a fat pension, but at least he can supplement his income by doing odd jobs for other people his own age.  This is more likely Arizona.  Or even South Africa, I suppose.  It looks to be a heck of a lot warmer than the Hudson Valley region of New York, where it’s currently – around noon – 17° but feels like 7°.  I guess I should be happy I don’t live in International Falls, MN or Caribou, ME, but those people are accustomed to mega-frigid winters.  We’re not!  We are used to it being four or five degrees degrees above freezing, during the daytime.  We’ll survive.  But, our heating bill is going to be astronomical!

No new clue words today, but some decent jumbling.  “Misery” was the most interesting jumble.  It’s funny, the word “misery” was also prominent in the Cryptoquote today.  Fine job on the answer letter layout.  It did not give away anything.  Great cartoon, too.  No one looks cranky today!  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

Pete Seeger, Pamela Means, Magpie; Clearwater Festival 2008; Croton on Hudson NY; June 22, 2008 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

PS.  Rest in peace, Pete Seeger!  Thank you, for inspiring generations of folk singers and political activists.  Whether it was civil rights, the environment, or the anti-war effort you could always be counted on to shine the spotlight on all forms of injustice.  With a hammer, a bell and a rousing song about love between our brothers and our sisters, you have taught us all that by banding together we shall overcome . . . some day.  Peace be with you, Pete!   —   YUR

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Big Jumble News!

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For some of you – who CAN be bothered reading the Comments section – this may already be *old* news.  But, for the rest of you, dig what one of the Jumble creators, and current Uncle Rave visitor/fan, Jeff Knurek, has imparted upon us:

Dear Uncle Rave and Jumblers…
We have some BIG news for all of you. We are sad to announce that long time Jumble co-creator, Mike Argirion, will be retiring. His last Daily Jumble will be February 26th. We wish Mike LAL HET SEBT!
With that announcement, we welcome Master Puzzle creator, David L. Hoyt, who will take the torch and along with puzzle partner, Jeff Knurek (me),and will be creating the Jumble puzzles that you all play and love. David and Jeff’s first Daily puzzle will run Feb. 28th. Please take a good look at it, for it stars Jeff, David and some other puzzle guy that some of you may recognize.
David and I have been puzzle partners for 8 years now and together are the two most syndicated puzzle creators in the world. (Sounds impressive!) The Jumble will only change for the better. We hope to remove archaic words from the word list. We also hope to challenge and entertain you with fresh new puns and fun cartoons filled with clues, special guests (David, myself and more) and things that make David and I giggle. We promise to try to use quotation marks when and where they are necessary, but will still look here to see when we goofed. I certainly have appreciated Uncle Rave’s descriptions and discussions on the Jumble (for the past three years of lurking) and look forward to the future. Keep up the great work and thank you so much for Jumbling. It’s going to get real fun!
LAL ET SEBT,
LUJBEM FEJF

Soave!

YUR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPs9WMWlbaU

Jumble Spoiler – 10/02/10

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Visual Description:  Successful crook and his criminal client.

GLIEB  =  BILGE,  FRACR  =  CRAFT,  YOHRFT  =  FROTHY,  CAMEZE  =  ECZEMA   —   Giving us:  GERAFRHECE

Clue/Question:  What the lawyer said when he gave his client the bill.

Answer:  FREE OF “CHARGE“

(This might be hard for some of you to relate to . . . because word game puzzle solvers are such an honest lot!  LOL!  And, if yer Uncle Rave has offended any lawyers out there . . . too friggin’ bad.  Have a great Saturday, people!)   — YUR

Jumble Spoiler – 05/27/09

Visual Description:  Skittish locksmith needlessly alarming some shoppers.

TADAP  =  ADAPT,  YOLLJ  =  JOLLY,  MOECEB  =  BECOME,  VADCIE  =  ADVICE   —   Giving us:  TLBODE

Clue/Question: What the locksmith did when he thought he heard gunfire.

Answer:  HE “BOLTED”

(One of the easier ones, right kids?)   —   YUR

Jumble Spoiler – 11/15/08

Clue/Question:  The baker played in the picnic baseball game because he made a . . .

NYMAG = MANGY, THOUY = YOUTH, RECHOM = CHROME, TINBAD = BANDIT   —   Giving us:   AGOTROEBDT

Visual Description:  Baker hitting one outa da park.

Answer:  GOOD “BATTER“

Jumble Spoiler – 11/11/08

GEHIT  =  EIGHT,  GALIE  =  AGILE,  WENITH  =  WHITEN,  DANLUC  =  UNCLAD   —   Giving us:  HTAIWHND

Visual Description:  Poker as a spectator sport.

Clue/Question:  A good way to start a poker tournament.

Answer:  WITH A HAND

Jumble Spoiler – 11/08/08

VYNER  =  NERVY,  PIMBL  =  BLIMP,  PEAQUO  =  OPAQUE,  GUFSNU  =  FUNGUS   —   Giving us:  ELPOENS

Visual Description:  Wife complaining, as husband tests mattress.

Clue/Question:  When she wanted an expensive new bed, her husband decided to . . .

Answer:  SLEEP ON IT

Jumble Spoiler – 11/07/08

OMBUG  =  GUMBO,  KIHCT  =  THICK,  KOTLEC  =  LOCKET,  REHFIE  =  HEIFER   —   Giving us:  GOTHOKHIR

Visual Description:  Pug and a pal, angling off a pier.

Clue/Question:  What the boxer depended on when he went fishing.

Answer:  THE RIGHT “HOOK“