Good golly miss Molly, sure like to ball,
Mama, papa told me 'Son, you better watch your step',
If'n your Papa's Mama had to watch my Papa's step…
I never did understand those lyrics, just as I don’t understand:
“@OCCOM BILL,
That's Great Example For Fact…”
The last time I saw Bill he was running a fine restaurant and that was shortly before it went mammaries vertical. Since he joined the legal profession I can’t afford to talk to him; but then Occam's razor is not considered an irrefutable principle of logic or a scientific result.
It does however give me time to reflect on the fact that following in the footsteps of Mark R, we now have R Mark….
Now that is a Great Example of Fact.
May I on behalf of the Socialističeskoe Soprotivlenie Kazahstana or එක්සත් සමාජවාදි පකෂය as its know hereaways; welcome you two (both of you) to the A>K equivalent of the sin bin!
MarkR you hit the mark; which is a mark of your remarkable adroitness.
Did any of y’all see the histrionics caused during the staff group photo shoot on the steps outside A2K Towers!
Paula was standing on the middle step, John is 8 steps above her, Sarah is 3 steps below John, and Tom is 6 steps above Sarah and 5 steps from the top.
Can anyone assist in telling me how many steps there are?
Failing that, how about a Bombe Surprise Winter Pudding recipe!
Did you know there is only one common English word that is an anagram of ROASTING.
What is it?
Tryagain wrote:Did you know there is only one common English word that is an anagram of ROASTING.
No, I didn't know.
But, as an organist, I checked through the pipes and found:
Urban dictionary wrote:Orangist
The colour orange but more beautiful
The sunset looks alot more orangist with sunglasses.
Some daze I wonder if it’s worth struggling free of the restraints to visit A2K, but when one is treated to a reply from Timur; well, it kinda makes the chewing worthwhile.
Should you find yourself at a loose end in Shahrisabz, Uzbekistan, I urge you to pay a visit (although you don’t actually need to pay as it is free) to see the statue they erected to him.
Thank you Timur for your largess, your cryptic reply was a tasty morsel of delight. However, if you have been playing with your organ… Groan!
I am unaware of Marks musical inclinations, but his answers are always a delight. He has a panache for reaching a successful conclusion in fewer steps than wot eye wood…
I assume he has read The Thirty-Nine Steps, a novel by the Scottish author John Buchan; or perhaps he saw Alfred Joseph Hitchcock’s 1935 movie version and subtracted the Sixth Sense.
I on the other hand: If N is the number of steps, then Tom is on step (N-5), Sarah is on step (N-11), John is on step (N-8), and Paula is on step (N-16).
But Paula’s step is the middle step, so there are 16+1+16=33 steps in all.
As y’all may know I have a secret shame in that I cannot dream in color.
I therefore seek your assistance with the following…
The box contains 40 colored balls. The colors I have been told are red, green and blue.
There are twice as many green balls as blue balls, and the number of red balls is five greater than the number of green balls.
Now you know what’s coming….. How many balls of each color are there?
What two words, formed from different arrangements of the same five letters, can be used to complete the following…
The cute receptionist at the Republican owned hunting _______ was often _______ by party donors.
Please note: neither word begins with a ‘f’.
@Tryagain,
I have read The Thirty-Nine Steps, and I loved it.
balls:
7 blue, 14 green, 19 red.
five letters:
lodge, ogled.
Mark, I’m glad you enjoyed the book, the author John Buchan was as you may know a remarkable man who ended his career as Governor General of Canada and it was he who authorised Canada's declaration of war against Germany in September, shortly after the British declaration of war and with the consent of King George; and, thereafter, issued orders of deployment for Canadian soldiers, airmen, and seamen as the titular commander-in-chief of the Canadian armed forces.
I on the other hand found the Big Kindergarten Workbook* heavy going!
• Available from A>N $10.15
I feel I must draw the reader’s attention to the brilliance of the answer to the colors question.
Just look again at the information that was available:
Total 40
Three colors
Twice as many of one of the colors
Another is five more
How on earth anyone could come up with totals is just amazing!
Ps. iffin’ anyone can describe how he did it – I will show my butt in Times Square. (and post photographic proof).
Some two-word phrases consist of words that each start with the same pair of letters, like COIN COLLECTOR or WHITE WHALE. Given the repeated letter pair and a clue, can you determine the phrases?
1. SP SP……. Baseball, to viewers.
2. CL CL…... Schoolroom chump.
3. TU TU….. Plastic surgery choice
4. MO MO… Frankenstein or Godzilla.
5. WI WI…...Dorothy’s nemesis.
6. LE LE……Romaine, e.g.
7. PA PA….. Sleepover.
8. RE RE….. 360 degree eatery.
Tea Party…
THEODOSIUS and THEOPHILUS each own several T-shirts. If THEODOSIUS were to give THEOPHILUS six T-shirts, they would booth have an equal number.
If instead THEOPHILUS were to give THEODOSIUS six T-shirts, then THEODOSIUS would have twice as many as THEOPHILUS.
How many T-shirts does each have?
THEODOSIUS and THEOPHILUS
Did they have a
Cinq à Sept?
If pro is opposite of con, then what is the opposite of progress?
Wazup homie, howz it going! Yo homie, twerk it gurl!
Is not a vernacular I am familiar with; however I always have time for Tim ur… Try eyeam and synecdoche salutations.
Mark, I feel your talents are wasted here when you could be inventing a perpetual motion device. How voodoo what you do do is amazing!
Come to think of it – Voodoo is a word with two sets of double O’s and no other vowels.
I can think of only four other common unpluralized English words with those same restrictions.
Being the rapscallion I am, I give scant clues:
Recipes (8 letters)
Infallibility (9)
Resting (9)
Education (10)
3 + 4 + 7 → 5
1 + 4 + 5 → 1
9 + 6 + 7 → ?
What is the value of ?
I'm told there is only one English word with three double letters in a row...each a different set.
Not sure if the "only" is correct...but I thought I'd throw it out here for the hell of it.
@Frank Apisa,
I know at least one:
bookkeeper.
I'll check out if there are some others.
@timur,
timur wrote:
I know at least one: bookkeeper.
I'll check out if there are some others.
That is the one I know, Timur.
That follow up of Tattooee...is cool. Not something you hear every day...but it apparently is a real word...said the tattooer to the tattooee.
@Frank Apisa,
As a funny aside, you have also
woollen.
'Cause when you spell it, it's: double U, double O, double L.
@timur,
timur wrote:
Frank wrote:That is the one I know, Timur.
You know this one too:
bookkeeping.
Yeah...but I liked woollen better. (Actually, never realized it could be spelled both ways!)
Anyway...so much for the "only."
I once heard a joke that went:
Q: Do you know that sugar is the only common English word starting with an "s" that is pronounced as though it were "sh?"
A: Are you sure?
@Tryagain,
cookbook
foolproof
footstool
schoolroom
and...
hoodoo
poolroom
.
How about two sets of 'uu' with no other vowels?
Yo Mark, good to see ya…
Quote:
“How about two sets of 'uu' with no other vowels?”
No sé!
Anyone?
