Next MULTIPLE GUESS QUIZ (we give the answer, and you guess whi= ch is right).  Not the world’s largest quiz, but on facts about = what is largest or greatest in the world.    1. What country has the world&#8= 217;s largest national park? (Canada, Denmar= k, Kenya, Russia)  …

[Always start each month with puns, but this is the final batch= of Tom Swifties. Combined these last five letters since few adverbs start = with those end-of-alphabet letters] &nb= sp; “I can tell which way the wind is blowi= ng,” said Tom vainly.   "I feel so… empty," said…

[Story from a friend who reported it as true.] It was Fr= iday night after a long week of summer school.  I didn’t want to= just get on the bus and go home.  All my buddies were going out to re= lax a bit and have some fun. I jumped…

Once, a psychology professor walked around his classroom full o= f students holding a glass of water with his arm straightened out to the si= de. He asked his students, “How heavy is this glass of water?”   The st= udents started to shout out guesses–ranging anywhere from 4 ounces…

Do gun manuals have a troubleshooting section?   ~~ To some marriage is a word. To o= thers, it’s a sentence.   ~~ I bought my wife = a new refrigerator for a birthday present. I= know her face will light up when she opens it.   ~~ Genie: What’s…

As a lad, I had a newt (a little amphibian like a salamander) a= s a pet and carried it in my shirt pocket.  I took him to school one d= ay for “show-and-tell” time.  Everyone was interested and = asked a lot of questions.   Finally, my teacher asked…

LIFE’S MYSTERIES . . .   >What is a “free” gift? Aren’t all gifts free?>How can there be self-help “groups”?>>Why does fridge have a “D” in it, = but refrigerator doesn’t?>Isn’t = the word “queue” just a Q followed by four silent letters?>Why is a W called “double-u” when it=…

NOSTALGIC QUIZ that ties old slogans (some from 25 years ago) o= f fast-food places with the franchise brand name. NO Google. NO clues. NO multiple-choice. NO AI. Nothing but your= old brain. Some national. Some in= ternational. Some regional (many NOT from a region near you). I know th=…

I prefer hot weather. But only t= o a certain degree.   ~~ July is just too hot to d= ress up for church. The weather just isn&#= 8217;t suitable.   ~~ It was hot and sunny today and= when I went to town, I saw a line of guys…

Isaac Watts, Sr., was a tailor and deacon of a “Dissenter= ” church (non-Anglican, what we would call an evangelical born-again = church) in Southampton in 1674 when his first son was born – Isaac Wa= tts, Jr.  Watts was arrested for preaching the Gospel and his wife Sar= ah…

I gave up my seat on the bus for a blind person. Coincidently, that was the same day I lost my job as a bus= driver.   ~~ In college I taught that Einstein de= veloped a theory about space. I added that i= t was about time, too.  …

ANOTHER MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUIZ, this centered on people of the wo= rld.  We give you the correct answer (25% chance of accidentally getti= ng each right). Answers are ordered alphabetically to give no additional in= formation. Correct answer given tomorrow.   1. What is the most populated island in= the world?…

A ‘family’ is a social unit where the father is con= cerned with parking space, the children with outer space, and the mother wi= th closet space. ~Evan Esar   Family life is a bit l= ike a runny peach pie – not perfect but who’s complaining?= ~Robert Brault  …