Fun
& Games
From "Outside Jokes" book
of wildlife cartoons
(Copyright: Betty C. Grace)
An
insomniac hibernator
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(Reprinted by permission
of artist)
Editor's Note:
Copies of the "Outside Jokes" book are on
sale through:
The Nature Shop, Missouri Department of Conservation
P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-018
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Crossword
Puzzles
When you have completed the puzzles, you can
click here to find
the answers!
Puzzle
#1
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2. pamphlet
4. naming a candidate
7. opened up
8. mimics, immitates
9. blood disease
10. number relationships
11. prominent
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1.
supporting music
3. wadded up
5. beginnings, sources
6. pertinent |
Puzzle #2
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2. no supplied name
3. small, tiny
7. speculative
8. one form of a work
9. confusion, disarray
10. pasted fragments
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1.
part of a recipe
4. related to colonies
5. studies physics
6. calmness
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Puzzle
#3
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1.
lines of descent
3. surrounds earth
5. students of weather
6. new arrivals
7. highly complicated
8. accumulated facts
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2.
unfounded beliefs
4. using knowledge
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From
book reviews
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1.
involved, hard to do
5. a dock
7. given new meaning
9. belief in unnatural
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1. partner, co-worker
2. beyond the expected
3. suggestive of past
4. a life story
6. gain from relative
8. an ambassador
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Jokes (riddles to begin)
How did Columbus finance his trip to the New World?
With his Discover card!
What do you call teachers that fall asleep in the classroom?
Nothing! You might wake them
up!
What do you call a tree that grows poems instead of fruit?
Poetry!
What type of ship will a smart student travel on?
Scholar-ship!
Teacher: Do you know about Isaac Newton?
Student: No, but I've heard of his brother, Fig!
Dad: What does this F mean on your report card?
Kid: Fantastic!
Why did the cat eat the kid's homework?
Because the dog was on vacation!
Why can't Batman go fishing?
Because Robin eats all the
worms!
Why is the letter T like an island?
Because it's in the middle
of waTer!
What did the math book say to the history book?
Boy, have I got problems!
Five guys walked into a bar? Why didn't the sixth?
He ducked!
Forward it is heavy,
backward it is not.
What is it?
A ton!
Some bumper stickers
Ambivalent? Well, yes and no…
I started out with nothing and still have most of it left.
Adults are just kids who owe money.
Hang up and drive!
It works better if you plug it in.
It's not hard to meet expenses, they're everywhere!
I just got lost in thought. It was unfamiliar territory!
She's always late. Her ancestors arrived on the Juneflower!
Time is what keeps everything from happening at once.
Women who want to be equal with men lack ambition.
I'm out of bed and dressed. What more do you want?
Taxation WITH representation is not so hot either!
Final Knock, knocks
Knock, knock.
Who's there?
Carl.
Carl who?
Carl get you there faster than if you walk!
Knock, knock.
Who's there?
Darius.
Darius who?
Darius a lot I have to tell you!
Knock, knock.
Who's there?
Manuel.
Manuel who?
Manuel be sorry if you don't open this door!
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