THE 3 SISTERS WHO WERE BEAUTY CONTESTANTS

April 30, 2013
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3 sisters were all entered in the same beauty contest, the Miss Carbon Miranda Pageant. Jane, the eldest, pictured in the middle there, hated the youngest sister, Prim, she’s on the left, with a passion matched only by her other sister, Grace, on the right. Jane and Grace may be likened to Cinderella’s step-sisters, Cinderella […]

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THE IDLE HAND

April 29, 2013
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Sweat fair flew from the brow of the Idle Hand, drenching the nearby sleeping crofters. A frenzy of whirl it displayed, galloping from yon to hither carrying and depositing loads of carrion and back again with fervently undue haste. For, you see, japing mockery had penetrated deep to the heart underneath its leathery hide and […]

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YELLOW IRIS

April 27, 2013

Yellow iris drenched in dew look mighty nice. Agree, don’t you?

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THE ROBERT NEWTON KWIZ ANSWER

April 26, 2013

Mr. Newton’s favorite letter in the alphabet was ‘b’, as in ‘Be ye clear on that there point, George Mary?’

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THE ROBERT NEWTON KWIZ

April 25, 2013

Oddly enough, Robert Newton: a. didn’t claim his favorite letter of the alphabet was ‘r’. b. and his parrot often performed duets with notable success in various singing competitions. c. yearned to play Romeo. d. somehow developed his pirate squint bobbing for apples. e. insisted on umpiring college baseball games in full pirate get-up.

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THE TRIFFID AND THE LOON

April 24, 2013
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The triffid and the loon went out on the town They pulled out all stops and painted it brown The triffid had venison like Alfred Lord Tennyson The loon ate four chickens to honor Charles Dickens And when all was said and most of it done they concluded, by Jove, they’d had lots of fun

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EYE STRAIN

April 22, 2013
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A SENTENCE BY DOROTHY SAYERS

April 20, 2013

Within the next five minutes Mr. Miller, lumbering heavily down the pitch in gallant response to an impossible call by Mr. Beeseley, was run out, after compiling a laborious 12. Not only must murder advertise, it must also play cricket.

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THE KATE HEPBURN KWIZ ANSWER

April 19, 2013

‘d’ and ‘e’ while ‘a’.

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THE KATE HEPBURN KWIZ

April 18, 2013

As her alter ego, Silver Flying Insect, Kate: a. tended bar in a Santa Monica dive. b. fought for truth, justice and Howard Hughes. c. confronted the IRS. d. outwitted Ginger Rogers. e. made Stan Laurel cry.

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