THE PUZZLE CORNER: JUNE 3, 2023

 😎FUN FACT

The S.S. Minnow of Gilligan’s Island was named after a former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.

THE 50/50 CHANCE

Just like a regular TRIVIA TIME question except there are only two possible answers, hence the even odds of getting it right. Ready?

TRUE or FALSE: The White House has only been used for United States Government business.

BEFORE AND AFTER

Two separate items share at least one word, and so can be combined to create something new. Based upon the clue below, do you know what the new thing is?

An ice cream topping’s preferred source?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the May 27, 2023 Puzzle Corner.

TRIVIA TIME⌚

Who created Superman?

Writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster.

But besides Superman, Action Comics #1 was also the debuts for Chuck Dawson (a western), Zatara the Magician, Pep Morgan, reporter Scoop Scanlon, detective Tex Thompson and the serialization of Marco Polo’s adventures, among other features. Only Zatara, father of Zatanna the Magician, had any kind of a long career besides Superman.

WHO ARE WE?

Can you identify the people (real or fictitious) based upon the clue below?

We completed the first successful ascent of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953; making 2023 the 70th anniversary of that historic event.

(Sir, knighted later) Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tensing Norgay of Nepal.

SUNDAY FUNNIES: SCHOOL'S OUT 2018

Hello Everybody! Waxy Dragon here!
Dragon School is now closed for Summer Vacation, so I'm a free dragon again. 😎
At least, until after Labor Day. 😒
Anyway, all I want to do is kick back, relax, and enjoy the warm sun on my scales.
Yet, I can't help thinking about some of the things I've learned over the past year.

I would like to go to Holland some day. Wooden shoe?

Have you ever wondered about what the singer is actually singing when they perform their songs?
After all, I really don't think the song goes ♫She's a good girl. She loves her Llama. Loves Cheezits and Asparagus too.♫
Then again, does anyone REALLY love Asparagus?
I know I'm not much of a veggie eater, although I should be, but still...

Why isn't Sean pronounced Shawn instead of Seen, but Dean is pronounced Deen instead of Dawn.

Your fingers have fingertips, but your toes don't have toe tips and yet you can tiptoe but you can't tipfinger.
Does that make any sense?

Why is the plural of Goose Geese while the plural of Moose isn't Meese?

How do you count cows?
With a cowculator.
Of course you want to be careful with your math or you might make an udder mistake.

Never make snow angels at a dog park.

Which state has the smallest soft drinks?
Minisoda.

And on that note♪, have a great week everybody, and please be back here again next weekend for more Sunday Funnies!—wd.
And don't worry, I may be on Summer Vacation, but I'll still be taking my turns with Autumn the Puppy.—waxy.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JUNE 3, 2017

FUN FACT
No professional basketball player has yet to beat Wilt Chamberlain’s single game record of scoring 100 points, established in 1962.

COMMON BONDS
The items within each subset below have something in common. Do you know what it is?
01. {Andover, Talladega}
02. {Slovenly, neat}

THE 50/50 CHANCE
Just like a regular TRIVIA TIME question, only there are just two possible answers, hence the even odds of getting it right. Ready?

TRUE OR FALSE: Human hair grows faster during the winter months.

We’ll reveal all next weekend, but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX and discover the results from the May 27, 2017 Puzzle Corner.

TRIVIA TIME
When did Decoration Day officially become Memorial Day?

While the term Memorial Day was first used in 1882, its use didn’t become popular and fully accepted until after World War 2. But Memorial Day did not become an official Federal holiday in the United States until 1967.

THE LETTER SHUFFLE
How many new words can you spell, using the letters in the word MEMORIAL?

A, aero, ail, aim, air, ale, alm, am, ammo, are, arm
Ear, elm, em (a printer's measure), era
I, ire
Lair, lea, leo, liar, lie, lime
Ma, mail, male, mar, mar, me, meal, mil (wire thickness), mile, mime, mire, mole, moral, morale, more
Oar, oil, oiler, ole, or, ore
Rail, ram, real, realm, ream, rile, rim

More than the 51 listed above might be possible.

SUNDAY FUNNIES: A BAD JOKE

Hello Everybody! Autumn the Puppy here.
Now usually every Sunday, we try to bring some humor into your weekend, but once in a while, we must use this opportunity to discuss something a little more important.
Today is one of those occasions.
An astute reader send me the following jpeg.

Just what do you readers think?

At first I thought it was a cute image of a dog trying to get back into its owner's truck. After all, despite being in what appears to be a shopping center parking lot, there is a convenient restroom (the tree in the background) nearby and when you have to go...
Then I looked closer and noticed a couple of things.
1. That is not a dog, but a coyote.
2. That is a STUFFED coyote!
Click the image to enlarge and you'll see what I mean.
The pose, while physically possible, is not natural for a coyote. While that is the "stand on your hind legs and hope for a treat" position some dogs use, coyotes don't beg. They take. Especially the wild ones.
Besides, if the coyote, for whatever reason, was trying to climb into the back of that vehicle, its respective front and back paws would not be uniformly positioned. One of each set would be ahead of its mate trying to find a good toehold to continue climbing.
Now I honestly have no idea of the back story leading into this situation, but can you imagine driving down the road and seeing this in front of you?
Some jokes just don't live up to the adjective "practical".
Jumping out from behind something to surprise someone you haven't seen in a while I can understand.
But to something like this...?

Okay, not every installment of the Sunday Funnies can be a winner, but this is just something I had to get out of my fur and deal with.
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Meanwhile, we'll be back next weekend with something hopefully more entertaining than this.
Take care everybody!-AtP.