Fibbing Friday – Boats ? Or Not

Fibbing Friday – Boats ? Or Not

This weekly challenge presents some questions that we are to give wrong answer to. It’s all in fun.

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1. What is a skiff? … A skiff is part of a musical number, repeated off and on through out the song. 🎵

2. What is a liner? … A liner can be two things – a make up eye liner, or a magic marking pen.

3. What is a ferry? … A ferry is a little imaginary creature that flies around granting wishes.

4. What is a destroyer? … Oh no! This is the evil murder hornet!

5. What is a cruiser? … A cruiser is a type/shape of a certain disposable diaper or nappie.

6. What is a galleon? … A galleon is a jug of milk.

7. What is a pedlow? … A pedlow is a toddler’s little push car he rides around in.

8. What is a kayak? … A kayak is a goat that lives high up in the mountains on the cliffs.

9. What is a schooner? … A schooner is an elongated glass dish used to make banana splits in.

10. What is a coracle? … A coracle is the name given for a children’s choir.

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Fibbing Friday – Trivia

Fibbing Friday –  Trivia

This weekly challenge presents some questions that we are to give wrong answer to. It’s all in fun.

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1. According to the old TV commercial, how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop? … 500? Has anyone really counted? At some point you just have to bite into it.
3. What did George the Grocer, a.k.a. Mr. Whipple ask us not to squeeze in his store? … You shouldn’t squeeze other customers, or try to squeeze into an already formed line at the check out.
5. What song begins with the lyrics, “Livin’ on spongecake…”? … Sponge Bob’s Theme Song.
7. According to the song, “Do You Know the Way to San Jose”, L.A. is a great big what? … Smog producer?
9. What does Tony the Tiger say about Kellog’s Frosted Flakes? … They’re so sweet they’ll give you diabetes!
11. Aside from caramel-covered popcorn and peanuts, what can be found inside a box of Cracker Jacks? … Little bitty parts and pieces of insects
13. What does Lucky the Leprechaun say that kids are always after? … Kids are always after their next sugar high
15. What toy was touted by its jingle as being “fun for a girl and a boy”? … Silly putty
17. According to its marketing, what product just “keeps going and going and going…”? … The everlasting gobstopper candy
19. Who was known as, “The Man of a Thousand Voices”? … Lots have tried to claim this title, but really it was a Mynah bird named Murry!

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Fibbing Friday

Fibbing Friday

This weekly challenge presents some questions that we are to give wrong answer to. It’s all in fun.

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1. What is an ant farm?  … We humans are the ants. UFO aliens are the farmers. We work on their farms

2. What is a flea market? … It’s a shop where you buy lots of little fleas to use in your flea circus.

3. What was the War of the Roses about? … The local horticulture club’s contest of who has the best roses.

4. If they’d been invented at the time, what car would Robin Hood have driven? … Some kind of car with a bird name, like a Falcon or a Lark

5. What are pieces of eight? … Spider legs

6. Where would you find a clapper? … There are lots of clappers in an audience at a show.

7. What is a cowlette? … It’s an implement to use to help you put on your cowboy boots. A long shoehorn.

8. What is chicken wire used for? … It’s used to fence in your Christmas tree so the dogs won’t eat the presents.

9. What is a toady? … It’s the name of a rock band – The Toadies

10. What is a nail file? … This is a special place with drawers to keep your cut fingernails in for safekeeping.

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“I Come From the Water”, by the Toadies

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Fibbing Friday – Weddings

Fibbing Friday – Weddings

This weekly challenge presents some questions that we are to give wrong answer to. It’s all in fun.

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1. What is the significance of ‘jumping the broomstick’?  … I’m pretty sure this means to get busy and sweep the floor.

2. What is a bottom drawer/Hope chest? … This is a little box (or drawer) to put little post-it notes to yourself in there of your wishes for the future.

3. Why is it considered unlucky to wear green at a wedding? … Well, it’s just kind of rude to wear green because you are happy, but everyone else will be made ‘green with envy’ at you.

4. Why is the chief bridesmaid referred to as a Matron of Honour? … Because she is the one who gets to boss everyone around during the ceremony.

5. What is the duty of the Best Man? … He’s like a director of the video that is being filmed of the wedding. He best knows how to do it.

6. What is a Groom’s Cake? … It’s the prize cake won after the men in the wedding party play musical chairs.

7. How many tiers does a traditional wedding cake have? … 50 – because everyone hopes the marriage lasts at least 50 years.

8 Why are black cats considered a lucky token at weddings? … Black cats are sweet and cute all the time (sorry, this is a true statement)

9 Why does the bride traditionally wear a veil over her face going up the aisle?  … Because here make-up is probably smeared from crying happy tears.

10. Why do they call the ‘holiday’ after a wedding a honeymoon? …  Because in the old days people would give the wedding couple jars of honey, enough to last through a month’s moon phases.

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Fibbing Friday

Fibbing Friday

This weekly challenge presents some questions that we are to give wrong answer to. It’s all in fun.

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1. What was the big deal about Fibber McGee’s closet? … I think he was a liar/fibber when he said there were no ‘skeletons’ in his closet. There were lots of them he wanted to keep secret.
3. What’s the difference between a hoarder and a collector? … A hoarder keeps sheep and has a sheepdog to herd/hoard them. A collector comes by twice a week to collect the garbage.
5. What was the intended initial purpose for the website, eBay? … To present a forum for people to discuss their boats.
7. What is meant by the phrase, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure”? … When you go treasure hunting you have to dig up a lot of trash before you find any treasure of the ancient cities.
9. What is the significance of “file 13”? … It is a ‘hush-hush’ organization dealing with UFOs.
11. What does it mean to “86” something? … It’s a sporting term used in football. When you get the 86 signal you go knock someone down.
13. What displays when you enter an invalid web address into a web browser? … You get a big ? question mark, because the computer is as confused as you are.
15. What does the “www” at the front of Internet addresses stand for? … We Want Whiskey
17. What does HTML do?  … It’s used on the computer to round up all the local hotel/motel listings and vacancies.
19. What is the purpose of CSS? … When you’re texting and you want to use a curse/cuss word but you shorten it to CSS.

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Fibbing Friday – It’s Getting Hot

Fibbing Friday – It’s Getting Hot

This weekly challenge presents some questions that we are to give wrong answer to. It’s all in fun.

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1. What is meant by a break in the weather? … This means the weather person on TV breaks into a show to announce that your area is under a severe weather alert.

2. Why does thunder clap? … It’s showing appreciation for the lightning show in the sky.

3. What is a heat wave? … That is when you see those wavy lines mirage on the road ahead of you in hot weather.

4. What are hot pants?  … When your dog gets overheated he pants a lot.

5. Who or what is canned heat? … This is a tin of spiced peaches.

6. Who sang ‘The heat is on’? … The people who roast Hatch New Mexico chile peppers – a hot job in the heat which gives you a hot mouth when you eat the peppers.

7. Where will you find hot air? … The planet Venus.

8. Who starred in the film Heat? … The gecko lizard who sells insurance on TV

9. Who or what is Hot Gossip? … This is another way to say you want some hot chocolate to sip.

10. What is a hot toddy? … This is a hot stuffed bear named Toddy as he comes out of the dryer. Not to be confused with the ‘wet teddy bear’ that comes out of the washing machine.

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Fibbing Friday – TV Trivia

Fibbing Friday – TV Trivia

This weekly challenge presents some questions that we are to give wrong answer to. It’s all in fun.

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1. What TV show was the first “reality” TV show? … Ding Dong School with Miss Frances (1952) ..sorry this may be the truth, as I remember watching this show when I was 2 years old!
3. What is the premise of Top Chef? … This was to present foods and drinks that are the very best and expensive from the ‘top shelf’.
5. Why is it called X Factor? … It’s just a short way of saying that a make-up product is made by the Max Factor cosmetic company.
7. What kind of act or acts won’t you see on America’s (or Britain’s) Got Talent? … Bee keeping for honey, because the bees might escape into the audience and sting someone. Insurance doesn’t cover this kind of catastrophe.
9. What show spawned the phrase, “You’ve been voted off the island”? … ‘The plane – the plane!’ – from Fantasy Island
11. What is the premise of Project Runway? … Project Runway is a documentary on the making of concrete runways at airports.
13. What show put a bunch of washed-up B list actors in a house together? … I think it was called ‘House Arrest’. The participants had to wear tracking devices in case they escaped … and they were supposed to try to get away.
15. What was the first reality show to feature the an aging rock star and his family? … The Ricky Nelson Family Hour.
17. What reality TV show was created in response to the popularity of Desperate Housewives? … Probably Run-away Husbands
19. What was the show American Chopper about? … False teeth down through the ages.

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Fibbing Friday

Fibbing Friday

This weekly challenge presents some questions that we are to give wrong answer to. It’s all in fun.

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Complete the following popular proverbs or sayings in your own personal style please!

1. A stitch in time saves…………………………………….. your underwear from falling down

2. Too many cooks……………………………………………. means there will be arguments about recipes

3. Many hands make…………………………………………. a really tall horse

4. A bird in the hand ……………………………………….. always lays a golden egg

5. Actions speak louder……………………………………….  when you’re yodeling a song in the mountains

6. All that glitters……………………………………………… is usually sharp, giving you a nasty cut

7. People in glass houses…………………………………… should buy some curtains

8. Fools rush in ……………………………………………….. because someone is chasing them

9. Don’t count your chickens …………………………….. because they don’t like to be counted and will peck you

10. Give them an inch………………………………………… and a pinch, with a winch, on a bench with a finch

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Fibbing Friday

Fibbing Friday

This weekly challenge presents some questions that we are to give wrong answer to. It’s all in fun.

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1. sphincter  … An Egyptian tourist attraction
3. phalanges … A small tributary stream of the river Langes
5. rectum … A gym rec (recreation) center where you use body building exercise machines
7. varicose … A mash-up of the words very/close, as heard in the south.
9. aorta … A dab of leftover food, better known as just an ‘ort’.
11. vein … Old timey prospectors are lucky to find a rich vein of minerals such as gold in the mountains.
13. artery … A picturesque hide-away where artists form a colony to paint in private.
15. alveolus … This is the center seed of an avocado.
17. bacteria … This is the back room of a cafeteria restaurant’s kitchen.
19. virus … A club for women named Vi. Their logo says Vi ‘R’ Us

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Fibbing Friday TV ads

Fibbing Friday TV ads

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TV/Advertising slogans this week. You all probably know the real answers, but what could they have advertised or referred to……………………… ?

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1. You either love it or hate it. … Hair dye – you never know when you finish coloring your hair if you’ll love it or hate it.

2. They said you want to ‘Splash it all over’ … Milk – you’ve heard of having a milk bath, haven’t you. It does a body good.

 

3. Why have cotton when you can have silk? … Underwear made of silk is much more comfortable than if they are made of cotton.

4. ‘Because you’re worth it ‘ … You should splurge and buy a luxury automobile, instead of a sedate sedan.

5. ‘It does exactly what it says on the tin……..’  …  Caution! It says do not eat food from the tin – it will poison you!

6. What ‘Gives you wings’? … If you are a baby bird, you mama & papa bird gave you wings.

7. Where will you find an ‘awful lot of coffee’? … On the Island of Java

8. What is ‘Any time, any place, anywhere……… ?’ … This is the motto of the Post Office

9. What is soft, strong, and very ,very long? … An anteater’s tongue.

10. Name the product where ‘A little dab’ll do ya’ … Whipped cream in a can – but most people want more than a little dab of it.

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