Here is a list of things your wife/.mother will probably NEVER say to you or
the kids –
~ “How on earth can you see the TV sitting so far back?”
~ “Yeah, I used to skip school a lot, too”
~ “Just leave all the lights on . . . it makes the house look more cheery”
~ “Honey, you work so hard. Just sit there and watch the football game and
let me take care of the yard work. And while I’m up, can I get you
something?”
~ “Go ahead and keep that stray dog, honey. I’ll be glad to feed and walk
him every day”
~ “Well, if Timmy’s mom says it’s okay, that’s good enough for me.”
~ “The curfew is just a general time to shoot for. It’s not like I’m running
a prison around here.”
~ “I don’t have a tissue with me . . . just use your sleeve”
~ “Don’t bother wearing a jacket. The wind chill is bound to improve”
~ “Honey, you don’t have to get me anything for my birthday. Just knowing
that you love me is gift enough”
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Answers to “Lost in Translation”
1, Fire from buttocks = SHOOT FROM THE HIP
2. Inside defect of hour = IN THE NICK OF TIME
3. On the fall of helmet = AT THE DROP OF A HAT
4. The best matter from the bread which cuts = THE BEST THING SINCE SLICED
BREAD
5. Pulverization to stop = GRIND TO A HALT
6. Planter in Small Mountain Valley = FARMER IN THE DELL
7. You are an Old Large Indicator = YOU’RE A GRAND OLD FLAG
8. It Are of We Enter Beyond in the Blue Savage = OFF WE GO INTO THE WILD
BLUE YONDER
9. Flashing of Flashing Few Asterisk = TWINKLE, TWINKLE LITTLE STAR
10. Modern Music Goes to the Sly Person = POP GOES THE WEASEL
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Dr Bob Griffin, www.grif.net
1 cross + 3 nails = 4 given