Time to Laugh!

Why don’t we savor some fun, silly jokes for a sec?

(*source from Reader’s Digest, 2021)

 

“Rock on!”

Q: What do you call blueberries playing the guitar?

A: A jam session

 

 

 

“An Unbalanced Bike”

Q: Why do bicycles fall over?

A: Because they are two-tired.

 

 

 

“Education Got You Down?”

Q: Why was the Math book sad?

A: Because it has too many problems.

 

 

 

“Soda to the Head”

Did you hear about the guy who got hit in the head with a can of soda? He was lucky it was a soft drink.

 

 

 

“Cold Dog”

Q: What do you call a cold dog?

A: A chilli dog.

 

 

 

“Confused Dolphine”

Q: What does a dolphin say when he’s confused?

A: Can you please be more Pacific?

 

 

 

“Not Your Cheese”

Q: What do you call cheese that isn’t yours?

A: Nacho Cheese

 

 

 

 

“Funny Fowl”

My duck that loves making jokes. He’s a real wise-quacker!

Time to play the puzzle! (aired on NPR on August 22nd, 2021)

 It’s time to play the Sunday Word Puzzle created by Will Shortz from NPR. Every answer today is a word starting with SH-. I'm going to give you two words. The first one can precede the answer and the second one can follow it, in each case to complete a compound word or a familiar two-word phrase.

Ex. Jump Glass --> SHOT [jump shot, shot glass]

(*PICTURE SOURCE: https://originofalphabet.com/words-beginning-sh/

1.   Tortoise Game

2.   Milk Hands

3.   Soft Polish

4.   Coffee Talk

5.   Talk Business

6.   Window Tree

7.   Space Cock

8.   Meteor Stall 

9.   Look Shooter

10. Cold Blade

Answer Keys

1. Shell

2. Shake

3. Shoe

4. Shop

5. Show

6. Shade

7. Shuttle

8. Shower

9. Shark

10. Shoulder

 

 

 

Time to play the latest NPR word puzzle from this last Sunday!

Every answer today is a word, name, or phrase ending on the accented syllable sound "lay" — in any spelling. (*You need to know the anwers today are pronounced in a different way in the original French words.)

Ex. French city overlooking the Strait of Dover --> CALAIS

1.   Person who parks cars at a restaurant

 

2. Slice of boneless meat or fish

 

3. Lose by putting in a place you can't remember

4. Put to rest, as fears

5. French red wine

6. Cry at a bullfight

7. Brand of skin cream and beauty products

8. French for "with milk" (2 wds.)

9. French for "sun"

10. Skiers' cabin in the Alps

11. Poet Edna St. Vincent

12. [Fill in the blank:] Crème ___ (custard dessert)

13. Car with a roof that folds down

14. Renaissance writer François

15. Singer Robert who won a Tony for his role in "The Happy Time"

16. "Swan Lake," for example

 

Answer Key

1.   valet

2.   filet

3.   mislay

4.   allay

5.   Beaujolais

6.   ole

7.   Olay

8.   au lait

9.   soleil

10.  chalet

11.  Millay

12.  brulee

13.  cabriolet

14.  Rabelais

15.  Goulet

16.  ballet

Let's search for words based on categories!

With each category given below, try to fill in the blanks of related words.

e.g., the category of musical instrument: TR___ ___ PE___.  => TRUMPET

 

<NEWSPAPER>

1.   ____OLUM___S

 

2.   ED___ ___ OR___ AL

 

3.   W___AT___ ___R

 

4.   CR___ ____SWO___ ___

 

5.   EV___ ___ TS

 

 

<SEWING>

6.   S___IT___H

 

7.   ___ EE____ ____ES

 

8.   EM___ ___ ___ IDERY

 

9.   SP ___ ___ L

 

10.                  ___ HI ___ BLE

 

 

<FISHING>

11.                   ___ AI___

 

12.                  H ___ ___ K

 

13.                  TA___ ___ ___E BOX

 

14.                  A___GL___R

 

15.                  S___ ___ KER

 

 

 

<TRANSPORTATION>

16.                   T___ ___ IN

 

17.                  ___ ___RPL___ ___E

 

18.                  ___COO___ ___R

 

19.                  ___ ___ S

 

20.                  C___ UI ___ E SHIP

 

 

<DOGS>

21.                   F ___ TC___

 

22.                  ___ EA ___ ___

 

 

23.                  C___LL ___R

 

24.                  ____ R ____ OM

 

25.                  K ___ NN___ L

 

 

<CAR PARTS>

26.                   B___A___ES

 

27.                  ___ ___ SPE___S___ ___N

 

28.                  A___ ___ B___G

 

29.                  ___ UFF___ ___ ___

 

30.                   H___R___

 

 

<At the MOVIES>

31.                   ___ ___OCKB___ ___ TER

 

32.                  C ___ ___T

 

33.                  B ___ ___ OF___ ___CE

 

34.                  ___ ___ 13

 

35.                   RATED ___

 

 

<Answer Keys>

 

CATEGORY: NEWSPAPER

1.   COLUMNS

2.   EDITORIAL

3.   WEATHER

4.   CROSSWORD

5.   EVENTS

 

CATEGORY: SEWING

6.   STITCH

7.   NEEDLES

8.   EMBROIDERY

9.   SPOOL

10.                 THIMBLE

 

CATEGORY: FISHING

11.                 BAIT

12.                 HOOK

13.                 TACKLE BOX

14.                 ANGLER

15.                 SINKER

 

CATEGORY: TRANSPORTATION

16.                 TRAIN

17.                 AIRPLANE

18.                 SCOOTER

19.                 BUS

20.                 CRUISE SHIP

 

CATEGORY: DOGS

21.                 FETCH

22.                 LEASH

23.                 COLLAR

24.                 GROOM

25.                 KENNEL

 

CATEGORY: CAR PARTS

26.                 BRAKES

27.                 SUSPENSION

28.                 AIR BAG

29.                 MUFFLER

30.                 HORN

 

CATEGORY: At the MOVIES

31.                 BLOCKBUSTER

32.                 CAST

33.                 BOX OFFICE

34.                 PG 13

35.                 RATED R

(*image source: https://imgbin.com/png/e8HxUavY/scrabble-boggle-word-search-word-game-png)