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August 2001     Vol.2 Issue 8

 

Fun & Games

Note that the words used in Young Saint Louis.com crossword puzzles are all taken from the articles appearing in this months issue. When you have completed the puzzles, you can click here to find the answers!

Young Saint Louis.com - August #1

Across
Down
2. proper way to act
3. writes for newspaper
6. take part in
7. unlike any other
8. promotes an event
9. helpful advisor
1. showing how to do
2. helpful criticism
4. plan of events
5. record of activities

 

Young Saint Louis.com - August #2

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Down
1. understand well
2. protective layer
4. watches the play
6. sticks to the plan
7. organizes books
8. figure in a play
1. give full attention
3. group of planes
4. try out for role
5. up and down movement

 

Back to School Woes

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Down
3. sorry to see end
5. need new for school
7. the top dog
8. make weeks bearable
1. glad school starts
2. holds books
4. necessary evil
5. reluctant learners
6. necessary to school
7. never have enough

 

Summer Leisure Spots

Backyard
Library
Mall
McDonalds
Movies

Park
Pool
Porch
Shade

 

So you like school jokes?

Teacher: Why were you late for school?
      Pupil: Sorry, teacher, I overslept.
Teacher: You mean you sleep at home, too!

Pupil 1: Our teacher talks to herself. Does yours?
      Pupil 2: Yes, but she doesn't realize it. She thinks we're actually listening!

Pupil: I didn't do my homework because I lost my memory.
      Teacher: When did that start?
Pupil: When did what start?

Pupil 1: The brain is a wonderful thing.
      Pupil 2: Why do you say that?
Pupil 1: Because it starts working right away when you get up in the morning and never stops until you get asked a question in class!


How about some wacky definitions? (Why you shouldn't use the Internet as a dictionary)

Adult: A person who has stopped growing at both ends and has started growing in the middle

Astronomer: A night watchman

Bird of Prey: Eagle that goes to church every Sunday

Climate: What you do with a ladder

Coincide: The sensible thing to do when it's raining

Denial: Where Cleopatra lived

Expert: Someone who used to be a pert

Gladiator: How the monster felt after lunch

Illegal: A sick bird of prey

Information: How planes fly at an air show

Let's try some birthday jokes

Moe: When's your birthday?
      Zoe: August 22nd.
Moe: What year?
      Zoe: Every year, silly!

What did the birthday balloon say to the pin?
      Hi, Buster!

Where do you find a birthday card for a cat?
      In a cat-alog!

Moe: Were any famous men or women born on your birthday?
      Zoe: No, only little babies!

For his birthday the monster asked for a "heavy sweater."
     So they gave him a sumo wrestler!

Why did the monster put the birthday cake in the freezer?
      Because he had been told to ICE it!

Why couldn't cave men send birthday cards?
      Because the stamps kept falling off the rocks!

What's the best way to find out when an elephant's birthday is?
      Check his driver's license!

What do you give a six hundred-pound gorilla for his birthday?
      I don't know, but you'd better hope he likes it!

 


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