Puns

If any of you have read my blog enough, you might have noticed that I like to play with words.  Puns are a particular favorite of mine.
This roadside sighting combined with the fact that the pun deserves a special mention makes for a very good “sign,” don’t you think?

Brain Teaser

2 + 2 x 2 = ????

Trivia Quiz

Which appeared first in American buildings:  elevators or escalators?
Was the first motel built in Florida, California or Michigan?
Will you find sweepers and strikers on a soccer team or a bowling team?
Was the name Xerox derived from the Greek for wet or dry?
Which came first:  the battery or the flashlight?

Check the comment box for the correct answers.

Logic Puzzle

Make yourself a grid with all the choices labled in rows when working on this type of logic puzzle. 
There are five different houses in five different colors, each occupied by a person of a different nationality.  Each owner drinks one of five beverages, smokes a specific brand of cigar and has a unique pet.  Using the following clues, can [...]

Llama Limericks

Talk about a staring contest!  In addition to this fierce-looking llama, the local berry farm has pygmy goats and sheep, as well as the more typical farm animals like horses, chickens, herding dogs and many cats.
In my mind, instead of the knee-jerk reaction to name him “Larry” (Larry the Llama is so-o-o predictable), a limerick is percolating [...]

Logic Puzzle

Logic puzles have long been my favorite type of brainteaser.  I saw this one a few weeks ago and spent more time than I would like to admit determining who wore what.  Check the comment box for the answer.
At the local nursery school, I was chatting to my daughter’s friends and noticed a number of things. Abby [...]

Bumper Stickers

Winning bumper sticker of the day today is:  “I fish and I vote.”  Seeing that on a well-used pick-up truck today made me start thinking of other possible combinations.  For example, a corollary would be “I hunt and I vote.”  Each implies that the voting choice would be directly related to how each candidate stood [...]

Brain Teaser

If Debbie is 10, Victoria is 20, and Ken and Tom are both 5, how old is Jessica using the same system and logic?  Answer tomorrow.   

Euphemisms

Growing up, my neighborhood hosted a robust mix of salty language interspersed with what have become common substitutes for the less socially acceptable interjections in the English language.  We heard/hear them on a daily basis, some of them more closely related to the “real deal” than others.
Jiminy Cricket, Holy Moly, Judas Priest, Hells Bells, Son of a [...]

Brainteaser

Question:  If a month begins and ends on a Friday, what month is it?
Answer:  From Friday the 1st to Thursday the 7th is seven days, then 14 to the next Thursday, then 21 and 28.  One more day to the 5th Friday totals 29 days, so this would have to be February of a leap [...]