SEINFELD QUESTIONS

I was watching the Pez Dispenser episode last night, and a couple terms flew around that I didn't know. Most notably:

1) What is "Postum"? and 2) What's a "jumble"? - I remember the car service guy in the Lip Reader episode referred to this term again.

Thanks.

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In article , [email] (Michael Motoda) writes:

I'm not sure what Potsum is but I know what a jumble is. It is a type of puzzle usually found in the newspaper. Here are some examples:

1.HIETWOHUES Hint: Politics

2.HCLTETIE                            Hint: John Grissom
3.NPERTEISER                        Hint: Star Trek

• The White House
• The Client
• USS Enterprise

In article ,

Actually, *The* Jumble; that is, the puzzle officially known as "The Jumble" has five scrambled words with no clues. You unscramble these and write them into boxed spaces, one letter per box. Some of those letter boxes for each of the words are circled, and the letters in those boxes, when unscrambled, form the final answer. The final answer can be a single word, multiple words, often part of a phrase where the rest is given.

I haven't seen one in years, but as I remember the final answer is the answer to some given question, and there is a single-panel cartoon which depicts the situation of the question (and usually provides a clue for the final answer). As an (extremely lame) example, the question might be "He felt like this when meeting his girlfriend's cat," the cartoon depicts him with the cat digging its claws into his back whicle he flails about trying to detach it, and the answer is "He wanted to ____ ___ _____" (Don't ask me what the answer is, I just made it up). As I recall, the question and answer are intended to be humorous (usually via some sort of a pun or double meaning).

It is a traditional newspaper puzzle, although there used to be "books of Jumbles," just like books of crosswords & word searches, etc. I'm sure they're still around, probably wherever they sell crossword books.

See ya,

Jon

:

a 'jumble' could also be like a jumble sale, yeah?

second hand, garage sale, white elephant stall typ jumble?

i havn't seen that particular episode yet, so this may be waaaaay out of context...but then again...

greg.

Seems like the jumble should at least contain all of the letters necessary to make up the resulting word. These do not:

• HIETWOHUES = 10 letters (an additional T,E,H are needed)

THE WHITE HOUSE = 13 letters

• HCLTETIE = 8 letters (an N is needed)

THE CLIENT = 9 letters

• NPERTEISER = 10 letters (a U is needed, plus an additional S,S)

USS Enterprise = 13 letters

Kerry

Michael Motoda ([email]) wrote: : I was watching the Pez Dispenser episode last night, and a couple terms : flew around that I didn't know. Most notably:

Postum is a hot drink, similar to instant coffee, it is caffeine-free and very bland.

Postum is a hot beverage (made from malt, I believe). It comes in a jar and you make it like instant coffee. I've tried it once or twice years ago and don't remember caring for it all that much. My father always had it around the house and still drinks it as a coffee substitute at night, since coffee keeps him awake.

Frank

DA>I'm not sure what Potsum is but I know what a jumble is. It is a type DA>of puzzle usually found in the newspaper. Here are some examples:

DA>1.HIETWOHUES                       Hint: Politics
DA>2.HCLTETIE                            Hint: John Grissom
DA>3.NPERTEISER                        Hint: Star Trek

DA>1. The White House DA>2. The Client DA>3. USS Enterprise

Thanks for the information. Makes those lines from the show make more sense to me.

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