Word Fun – Stream of Consciousness Saturday ‘ght’

Word Fun – Stream of Consciousness Saturday ‘ght’  

The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS Nov. 9/19

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Today, for SOCS, our prompt is to use words with the letters, ‘ght’ in them. Thanks, Linda!

To join in this fun weekly challenge, just click the above link for details. You can see other entries, also.

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Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “ght.” Find a word that contains the letters “ght” in that order, and use it any way you’d like. Bonus points if you use three or more different words containing those letters. Have fun!

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I’m fraught with thought to think I ought to post a post of laughter

Caught within the ‘ght’ a night of fright

Bright ideas did not delight

Right about midnight I was taught

A regular post might be better

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Yep, that’s me trying to cram a bunch of words with ‘ght’ into something … something …

And that was 13 of the ‘ght’ words. Oooh number 13!

Is that still the height (or heighth) of superstition, now that Halloween is past?

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And now I’m back from a breakfast break. I look at the ‘ght’ words and they look funny. Seems the more you look at a word, or repeat a word it gets to being strange. Does that happen to you? Then you question whether it’s spelled right.

Height doesn’t look right, but I looked it up, and it is. I thought a rule (most of the time) was that i comes before e, but it doesn’t in this word.  Hmmm Still looks wrong.

Oh yeah, I was reading in my book while eating breakfast. It’s the 6th of a series called the ‘Gone’ books, by Michael Grant. The title of this one is “Light”.  A good case for serendipity! 🙂

Have a lovely weekend!

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Fibbing Friday – Mixed Bag Q & A

Fibbing Friday – Mixed Bag Q & A

These are fun questions we’re supposed to answer in any kind of silly, wrong, or outrageous ways. Just for fun!

https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2019/11/08/fibbing-friday-8th-november/

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1. What’s a cyclops? *** A clop is a sound a horse makes when he is walking. There once was a horse named Cy, and he did a lot of clopping, so they named it after him.

2. What’s next in this sequence? Y, G, B, B,  *** There was a chain of variety stores called T. G. & Y, a long time ago. They’ve since gone out of business, so the B B means Bye-Bye.

3. Patty has 4 apples and Pete pinched a pair. What do Patty and Pete have now? *** Bruised cheeks. This sounds like a math puzzle – I don’t do math puzzles.

4. How would an alien describe sheep? *** Fluffy clouds on the ground.

5. What is Fool’s Gold? *** It’s a crayon. The color is gold, but it will fool you by turning another color without notice.

6. Ginger, Scary, Posh, Sporty and Baby were the original Spice Girls. If you were to audition to be a sixth Spice, what would you be and why? Guys you can answer this one too! *** I’d be Spirit Spice – I’d bring a lot of spirit to the group, and if it bombed, I’d disappear since I’m a ghost.

7. Why are traditional teapots brown? *** Because if you turn the word around to ‘pot-tea’ you’ll know why. Nobody wants to see those kinds of stains.

8. What are the Winds of Change? *** Zephyrs – they swirl around leaving magic in their wake.

9. What is an amaryllis? *** A girl who lives in Amarillo TX is known as an amayrllis.

10. What are blues and twos? *** The sounds that shoes make – a squeaky, yet mournful sound.

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© 2019 BS

Fibbing Friday – Holiday Madness

Fibbing Friday – Holiday Madness

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These are fun questions we’re supposed to answer in any kind of silly, wrong, or outrageous ways. Just for fun!

https://pcguyiv.wordpress.com/2019/11/01/fibbing-friday-november-1st-2019/

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1. Why is this month called “November”?

It’s the month of ‘no’ remembering. It clears our memory of last winter so we won’t compare it to this one.

1. Why is Thanksgiving always the fourth Thursday of November instead of just being on a particular date?

It keeps changing the date to confuse me about my Thanksgiving birthday. Sometimes it’s on the holiday, sometimes not.

1. What is No Shave November?

Supplies of shaving cream dwindle to almost nothing this time of year, so people can’t shave until more supplies come in.

1. What is the day after Halloween called?

Skip school or work day, because you ate too much Halloween candy and now have a stomach ache.

1. Why is turkey traditionally served at Thanksgiving?

I don’t know, but I wish they’d stop it – I don’t like turkey.

1. So just what is a giblet anyway?

A giblet is a children’s singing group.

1. Why are Veteran’s Day, Armistice Day, and Remembrance Day all on November 11th?

No disrespect intended, but the first letter of each of these are VAR – and stands for a variety of special days squished into one day.

1. Why is November National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)?

Why is the sky blue? Why is the grass green? Why not!

1. Why is the day after Thanksgiving called “Black Friday”?

In honor of all the tasteless, dried out, burned turkeys from Thanksgiving having to be thrown out.

1. Why is the Monday after Thanksgiving called “Cyber Monday”?

It’s the day when all the Cyborgs come crawling out of the closets to cause chaos.

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© 2019 BS

Halloween Riddle – One Liner Wednesday

Halloween Riddle – One Liner Wednesday

One-Liner Wednesday – The Halloween Spirit

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This riddle was on our calendar today, and it says:

What kind of cake is served in a haunted house?

“I scream” cake.

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Fibbing Friday – Ten Terrible Untruths

Fibbing Friday – Ten Terrible Untruths

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These are fun questions we’re supposed to answer in any kind of silly, wrong, or outrageous ways. Just for fun!

The instructions you can find at the link below.

https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2019/10/25/fibbing-friday-25th-october/

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1. What makes squash? A big hairy creature named Sass. That’s it’s first name. His last name is Squash. I don’t know who made him.

2. How would you describe ‘hen pecked’? It’s what happens when you anger a chicken. It pecks you with it’s beak, and it hurts!

3. What’s a tuffet? A tuffet is a large cushion made of a Portabello mushroom.You could say it’s an edible chair.

4. What would you do with a flump? I’d put the flump on an educational TV program for children.He looks kinda like a lumpy elephant.

5. Why was the mate plucking pheasants? Because the pheasants loved having their feathers ruffled. It put them in a Zen mood.

6. What are minis, midis, and maxis? Well, without TMI, they are pads.

7. What would you find if you went down to the woods today? A magical place, because no woods has ever existed here before.

8. What’s a titfer? It’s the opposite of ‘tatter’ – in other words a titfer is something unbroken, while a tatter is in shatters.

9. Why are fire engines red? Fire engines are red because they have to blend in with the fires in order to sneak up on them & squirt them with water

10. What’s green and goes round and round? A frog rolling down a grassy hill

 

Images from Pixabay

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© 2019 BS

Fibbing Friday – History Right or Wrong?

Fibbing Friday – History Right or Wrong?

https://pcguyiv.wordpress.com/2019/10/18/fibbing-friday-october-18th-2019/

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These are fun questions we’re supposed to answer in any kind of silly, wrong, or outrageous ways. Just for fun!

The instructions you can find at the link above.

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1. Why was Eric the Red called Eric the Red?

Eric the Red was called that because people called him ‘Erica’ as a joke. This made Eric blush red.

1. Why did Christopher Columbus sail west?

Ol’ Chris was directionally challenged. He meant to sail to the Far East.

1. Who were the Vikings?

The Vikings were spear throwers, which made their hands form into a strange position. Nowadays it’s called Dupuytren’s Contracture. (true)

1. What is a scullery maid?

A scullery maid is a misspelling – it is really ‘skullery’ maid. She was hired to boil the meat off of skulls.

1. What is a dumb waiter?

A dumb waiter is a derogatory term for a waiter that gets your order wrong.

1. How did British sailors earn the moniker, Limeys?

They liked to have limes in their tea instead of lemons.

1. How did U.S. troops earn the moniker, Yanks?

Back in the old days, when cannons were in use, the troops had to pull on a cord to get it to fire. They had to ‘yank’ on it pretty hard.

1. What is borscht?

Borscht is a funny word.

1. Who were the Bolsheviks?

The Bolsheviks were the cotton growers worse nightmare. They were female boll weevils, who produced many offspring to destroy the cotton crops.

1. What was the original purpose of the Great Wall of China?

The Great Wall of China was originally meant to be a miles long stage for round robin types of outdoor theater plays.

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© 2019 BS

Witchy Fun

Pixabay image

Witchy Fun

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This is a poem I wrote for October Poetry Writing Month, way back in 2014.

There are a lot of TV and movie witches that have brought us fun entertainment over the years.

Being it’s getting close to Halloween again, I thought I’d re-post it. Enjoy! 🙂

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WITCHY FUN

From Oz to Salem, to suburban mayhem,

The witches entertained us all.

The witch of the west, was creepy at best,

And Glinda was belle of the ball.

Samantha twitched her nose,

Whenever she chose, and

Sabrina’s cat talks to her, it is true.

Elphaba was wicked,

Endora was vivid…

They all were an interesting crew.

The Sanderson sisters were funny and camp,

The witches of Eastwick were duped…

They all used their craft, and a bit of their vamp,

But Morticia’s my all favorite champ.

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Shows referenced = Bewitched, The Wizard of Oz, The Addams Family, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Hocus Pocus, The Witches of Eastwick, and Wicked (broadway play)

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© 2019 BS

Fibbing Friday – Q & A

Fibbing Friday – Q & A

https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2019/10/11/fibbing-friday-11th-october/

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These are fun questions we’re supposed to answer in any kind of silly, wrong, or outrageous ways. Just for fun!

The instructions you can find at the link above.

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The questions & my answers:

1. What is The Nut Cracker?

A nut cracker is a dangerous game that kids used to play. It consisted of two, hard plastic balls attached by a string. They made a clacking noise when hit together, like cracking nuts.

2. Why are Pandas black and white?

It’s to illustrate the old joke about ‘what’s black & white & red all over’. It’s the before sample.

3. If storms are in teacups, and pools are in whirls, what puts us in a spin?

When we get an ear infection that gives us vertigo = lots of dizzy spinning.

4. What do chocolate buttons operate?

I suppose chocolate buttons operate on chocolate bunnies candy.

5. If we are flirty at thirty, naughty at forty and thrifty or nifty at fifty, what are we at sixty?

It means we’ve passed all the previous levels of the game of life, and now we’re on level sixty.

6. Why isn’t orange blossom orange?

Too much of a good thing is too much.

7. What’s this fly doing in my soup?

Synchronized swimming.

8. What’s in a jam sandwich?

Two guitar players and a drummer having a jam session.

9. Why was Rudolph’s nose red?

It was the prototype of the later editions of the magic 8 Ball. It answered questions, too.

10. Why was the Mona Lisa really smiling?

Her face was frozen from having Botox and she couldn’t move her mouth.

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Thanks for visiting! Peace ☮️

© 2019 BS

Rambling -Stream of Consciousness Saturday – Ground

Rambling – Stream of Consciousness Saturday – Ground

The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS Oct. 12/19

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Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “ground.” Use it as a noun or a verb in any tense (i.e. grind). Have fun!

Today for SOCS, Linda G. Hill, has given us the prompt word – ground. Thanks, Linda!

To join in this weekly challenge, and see other entries, just click the above link. It’s fun!

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I’ve been trying to think of something wonderful and interesting to say about ‘ground’. Not much is coming to me … except … song snippets of which I’ve kept being silly and making up new lyrics. Really lame. Here’s a few:

To the tune of the Beach Boys “I Get Around”  = ‘ground, ground, ground, ground I get aground’

And now, wouldn’t you know it, I can’t remember the other ones I was thinking about earlier.

There was a girl I knew many years ago, and I didn’t like the way she said the word ‘ground’. She pronounced it ‘gurr ound’ with two syllables.

Oh, some people say ground beef, or ground round, but we just call it hamburger meat.

I heard there were some actors who got their show business start in a group called the ‘groundlings’. I have no idea what that was, but I think some of them went on to be part of the early Saturday Night Live cast.

And now, I’m just trying to think of something else to add, but I can’t, so I’ll just end it here.

Have a fun weekend!

Quote – Theodore Roosevelt

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Fibbing Friday Q & A

Fibbing Friday – Q & A

https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2019/09/27/fibbing-friday-27th-september-2019/

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These are fun questions we’re supposed to answer in any kind of silly, wrong, or outrageous ways. Just for fun!

The instructions you can find at the link above.

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The Questions:

1. What is an earwig?

When people get old, hair tends to grow out of their ears, most times … but some need a little help with an ear wig.

2. Do echoes get frustrated hearing themselves all the time?

The mountain Echoes tribe are ancient beings, with their own strange language.Sometimes Echoes say their own words to scare the people who are hollering. They think it’s fun.

3. A stitch in time may save nine, but what happens if you haven’t got a needle?

You use skin glue if you don’t have a needle and thread. Works just as good.

4. What is the truth about cats and dogs?

The truth is, they spy on us. They are always watching and listening, and they gossip about us with their dog & cat friends.

 

5. Why do they call it a hairpin bend?

Because the hair bands of the rock world were all the rage back in the 80s. Their posters were pinned up on lots of bedroom walls.

6. What is toad in the hole?

Reminds me of a joke from this morning … What do frogs wear in the summertime?  – Open-toad shoes!

7. What are the bear necessities?

Charmin toilet paper, for sure.

8. What is hopscotch?

Hopscotch is a drink combination, made of hops and scotch whiskey.

9. Maggie may and Prudence is dear, but what is Simon?

The judge on American Idol TV show.

10. What are skinny jeans?

They are blue jeans that have been shrunk in the dryer. No one likes this to happen.
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© 2019 BS