WELCOME to THURSDAY JUNE 19, 2025
Here’s The Story….
English professors love to catch the errors students make in their term papers, and they love nothing
better than to catch mixed metaphors. The “friends and survivors” of Calvin College English department
collected this list of mixed metaphors and posted them on their web site:
“He swept the rug under the carpet.”
“She’s burning the midnight oil at both ends.”
“It was so cold last night I had to throw another blanket on the fire.”
“It’s time to step up to the plate and cut the mustard.”
“She’s robbing Peter to pay the piper.”
“He’s up a tree without a paddle.”
“Beware my friend…you are skating on hot water.”
“Keep your ear to the grindstone.”
“Sometimes you’ve gotta stick your neck out on a limb.”
“Some people sail through life on a bed of roses like a knife slicing through butter.”
That’s my story and I’m sticking to it! Have a WONDERFUL THURSDAY people, stay safe,
and whatever you do, don’t forget to laff it up! Peace, I am outta here! Eucman! 😁
q u o t e s o f t h e d a y
“I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and
I have succeeded fairly well.” –Robert Benchley
“Standing ovations have become far too commonplace. What we need are ovations
where the audience members all punch and kick one another.” –George Carlin
“There exists a widespread myth that humans should learn about sex from their parents.
My relationship with my father nearly ended when he tried to teach me how to drive.
I can’t imagine our relationship having survived his instructing me how to have sex.” –Bob Smith
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Guaranteed to Roll Your Eyes
Tommy had reached school age. His mother managed with a blast of
propaganda to make him enthusiastic about the idea.
She bought him lots of new clothes, told him of the new friends he’d meet, and so on.
When the first day came, Tommy eagerly went off and came back home
with a lot of glowing reports about school.
The next morning when his mother woke him up, he asked, “What for?”
She told him it was time to get ready for school.
“What?” he asked. “Again?” 😲😲
Wednesday’s’ Movie Trivia of the day!
What American played Asian sleuth Charlie Chan in at least six movies in the 1940s?
Answer: Sidney Toler!
Sidney Toler is well-known for portraying Charlie Chan. He was of Scottish descent, as was David Carradine.
Both played an Asian character very believably!
Thursday Movie Trivia of the day!
“Revenge of the Fallen” is the subtitle of the 2009 sequel to which 2007 Michael Bay film?
Wednesday’s Quizzler is….
Five parents pick up their children at the Parkway Elementary School every Tuesday to bring the
kids to their after school activity. Five children all attended a different after school activity and
their parents always arrive at different times (between 3:00 pm and 3:30 pm).
Child’s name: Colleen, Donald, Josh, Margie, and Mary
Parent’s name: Ann, Capri, Kathy, David and Lynne
Last Name: Dobson, Holden, Johnson, Steinway, and Walsh
Times picked up: 3:00, 3:10, 3:20, 3:25, and 3:30
Activities: ballet, chess, fencing, football, and hiking.
Determine each child’s full name, the first name of the parent picking them up (all the parents’ last
names are the same as their child’s), the time each was picked up, and the activity each child is being brought to.
- Margie’s best friend’s mother, Mrs. Dobson, arrived before Kathy came to pick up her son. Mrs. Walsh picked up her daughter for fencing.
- Josh Steinway loved football as much as Donald liked chess and they both liked being the last two to be picked up.
- David Holden picked up his daughter for her hiking as soon as he could, but Lynne was always there before he was.
- Margie liked being the first one picked up but she didn’t take ballet or hiking.
- Lynne’s daughter was not Margie.
- In order of their departure from school: Ann, the girl who took ballet, Mary Holden, the boy who took football, and Capri Johnson.
ANSWER: Colleen Dobson: Lynne, 3:10, ballet
Donald Johnson: Capri, 3:30, chess
Josh Steinway: Kathy, 3:25, football
Margie Walsh: Ann, 3:00 pm, fencing
Mary Holden: David, 3:20 pm, hiking
Thursday’s Quizzler is….😎😎
See if you can figure out three words that are homophones of each other in each of the five problems below.
- Worthless – flat piece moving with the air – blood vessel
- Path or direction – to measure weight – watery part of milk
- Having no money – careful study; microscopic hole – to flow freely
- Warty frog – having toes – pulled ahead
- A cry – welt; corduroy ridge – large oceanic mammal
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