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Big Family

Originally published on January 23, 2010

I was looking through our family photo album with a friend recently. I pointed to a photo and said “brothers and sisters I have none, but that man’s father is my father’s son.”

My friend (being no fool) immediately said “it’s your son, that’s an old one.”

”Then how about the [...]

A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have their initial sounds switched to form new words. The pairs need only sound the same, not necessarily be spelled the same (power saw & sour paw, horse cart & coarse heart). There may sometimes be one or two connecting words (kick the stone & stick [...]

Concealed Proverb

In each sentence a word is concealed, such as the word no in sentence five. If you can find the buried words and read them in order from 1 to 6, they will form a well-known proverb.

1. The word buried here has only one letter.
2. Did you find a jelly roll in Gaskin’s Bakery?
3. It’s [...]

Middle Words

Insert one word in each pair to link the two words together. The end of the first word is the beginning of the second.

1. Rain___Tie
2. Tooth__Tale
3. Sea____Hole
4. Circuit__Yard
5. Third___Board
6. Stone__Flower
7. High___Star

Cooking Catastrophes

Welcome to Crazy Cooking Catastrophes.
Today our host has decided to mix up an Antipasto Creature Feature…
Please follow these instructions carefully to unscramble [pun totally intended] the answer.

Cooking Tips:
Words like add, combine, stir in, sprinkle, garnish etc mean to add those letters to the mix.
Words like remove, drain, none left over, give, etc. mean to remove [...]

Aviva’s Trip

Aviva was planning to take a trip around the world. She liked names that were similar to hers, so she made a list of places she would like to visit.

However, one of these places doesn’t belong. Which one is it?

Arrawarra, Australia
Caraparac, Peru
Daba Qabad, Somalia
Krape Park, United States
Nagubugan, Philippines
Oktahatko, Florida
Ilokano, Polynesia

King, Ring, Wing

Each group of three definitions describes three words that are spelled the same except for one letter (each group describes a different set of words). Example: a monarch, type of circle, flight helper would be: king, ring, wing.

1a) an Old Norse poem
1b) a wheel spoke
1c) an unusually small animal

2a) to give way
2b) a pasture
2c) to [...]

A2B

Last week, it took me three days to go from A to B, but then four days to go from B to A. What are A and B?

Pick Next

Which letter comes next in the series?

S, M, H, D, W, M, ?

Pick from:

L
V
Y
T
D

You and I

There once was a truck….when you go out, and I come in, what will become of the truck?

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