Flag Day

Fred ran a flag making business. Things were looking bleak when, out of the blue, someone called from the Paraguayan Embassy. They needed an urgent consignment of 1000 Paraguayan flags by the following week.

Fred got to work straight away. He got a picture of the current Paraguayan flag, got hold of the required cloth and he and his staff worked without stopping until the flags were dispatched. The business was saved, or so he thought.

Unfortunately, the Embassy refused to pay and returned them all. Fred has now lost his business, but why?




On a side note, Happy 4th of July! It's going to be a nice long weekend for me, so I'll see you on Wednesday!

Anagram Links

An Anagram Link is a set of 2 words that link together by the last letter of one word, and the first letter of the other. Both words contain the same letters, but in different orders. Such as: team/meat.

Can you find the following Anagram Links by using the clues?


1) Link at W. One word means to clean.

2) Link at S, or T. One word means one who is employed to do services for someone.

3) Link at D. One word means to challenge someone to do something.

4) Link at D. One word means to walk on, over, or along.

5) Link at F, or G. One word is a sport

Animal Sounds

Example. To run away or escape: flea (flee)

1. hair-control foam
2. very exposed
3. tellin' falsities
4. a lamenting cry
5. a dull person
6. a precious or loved one
7. first you get a parking ticket, then you get this
8. these make up a chain

Is it raining again?

The science teacher loves to trick his class every year with his lesson on making a cloud in a very large water jug.

To make the cloud he fills the jug with a gallon of water, starts a match and lets some of the smoke seep into the jug (the water needs something to cling to to make the cloud).

Then he starts to pressurize it manually. He gets a pump and he starts pumping it. He pumps for about a minute and still no cloud. All of his students think he is doing something wrong, but he just isn't done, yet. What's the last step?

It's a joke, get it?

Yes, these really are jokes.

Why do some people appear bright until you hear them speak?

How are computers like air conditioning?

Symbolism

Can you make this statement true by adding two mathematic symbols?
25-9=2

Sporting Groups

In these two groups, which two sports should swap places?

Group A:
Football (NFL or American)
Soccer
Baseball


Group B:
Volleyball
Basketball
Ice Hockey


Hint: This is a math question.

April Fool's Day

April Fool's day is a day for all pranksters to look forward to. But what is it called in Japan? in France? in Spain?

Author

Trivia Question: What famous author died in 1941 after swallowing a toothpick?

Cadet

I came across some trivia over the past week I thought I'd share. Happy Father's day to everyone, by the way!

What's a cadet in New Zealand? - a bus driver, farmhand, or young soldier?

What am I

"I am the center of gravity, hold a capital situation in Vienna, and as I am foremost in every victory, am allowed by all to be invaluable. Though I am invisible, I am clearly seen in the midst of a river. I could name three who are in love with me and have three associates in vice. It is vain that you seek me for I have long been in heaven yet even now lie embalmed in the grave. What am I?"

Riddles part something or other

1) What is bought by the yard and worn by the foot?
2) What is the best thing to make in a hurry?
3) With what do you fill a barrel to make it lighter than when it is empty?
4) What is always coming but never arrives?

Right you are

What can be right but never wrong?

Quick to die?

A little bit of trivia today: Which will kill a person faster, lack of sleep or lack of food (not water)?

Bonus points to anyone who knows how long each takes.

Six Letters

That was a nice vacation, but I'm glad to be back.

Start with a 6-letter word. Replace one letter to find the next word. No word is repeated in the trip until we are back to where we started. Clues are given along the way.
1. block and tackle
2.
3. recycled glass
4.
5. decorative moulding
6.
7. online purchase software
8.
9. paid a visit
10.
11. hauled
12 (we are back !)

Shiny Stars

Like shiny stars rested on an even plain,
The rubber planet will soon crash.
So the young can develop their brain,
They save the 'stars' and they laugh.

King me

What king can you make if you takethe head of a lamb, the middle of a pig, the hind of a buffalo, and the tail of a dragon?

What's next?

What is the next integer in this series?

1,000
1,000,000,000
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
100
1
?

For a hint, look at this riddle for a clue.

BTW, I'll be on vacation next week, so my posting may be sporadic. I believe I'll be able to do so, but I'm just not sure.

Riddle me this?

Mates unbalanced,
Or so they seem;
But paired in tandem,
A deadly team.

She so gently round,
Him so firm and straight,
Yet when they are compounded,
Woe to them they hate.