March 2003     Vol.4 Issue 3

Fun & Games

Comic Pages Trivia

(When you're done, click here for the answers.)

To answer these, you need to be a reader of the daily newspaper's comic section

1. This comic strip character makes his living by regularly "pillaging" England and France.
2. Who takes pride in being the laziest private at Camp Swampy?
3. This character likes nighttime sandwiches - the more ingredients the better!
4. What's the name of the always-happy dog that Garfield likes to push around?
5. Sally Forth's daughter has the same name as the wife of an ex-president. What is her name?
6. This dog, named after two famous story-telling brothers, is owned by a Goose.
7. Another comic page dog, known for his ungainly size, is named ______.
8. This round-headed character is the biggest "loser" in the comic pages.
9. What cynical comic page engineer has a tie that always curls up?
10. What hen-pecked wizard with his cauldron was around long before Harry Potter became famous?

Crossword Puzzles

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

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March Madness

Fun with Words

Jokes

Let's start off with some school jokes

Son: I can't go to school today.
      Father: Why not?
Son: I don't feel well.
      Father: Where don't you feel well?
Son: In school!

What would you get if you crossed a vampire and a teacher?
      Lots of blood tests!

History teacher: Class, how did Columbus's men sleep on their ship?
      Class wise guy: With their eyes closed!

Teacher: What can you tell me about the Dead Sea?
      Pupil: Dead! I didn't even know it was sick!

What are you going to be when you get out of school?
      An old man!

Some riddles

What would you call two banana skins?
      A pair of slippers!

Why are skeletons always so calm?
      Because nothing gets under their skin?

Why do dragons sleep during the day?
      So they can fight knights!

Why are graveyards so noisy?
      Because of all the coffin!

How do undertakers speak?
      Gravely

Where do mummies go if they want to swim?
      The Dead Sea!

What happened when a ghost asked for drink at the local bar?
      The bartender said, " Sorry sir, we don't serve spirits here"!

Doing a term paper about witches? Some reference books follow. (And yes I know Halloween is not in March.)

• "Never Make a Witch Angry" by Sheila Tack
• "Going on a Witch Hunt" by Count Miout
• "I Saw a Witch in the Mirror" by Douglas Cracked
• "The Ghost of a Witch" by Eve L. Spirit
• "I Thought I Saw a Witch" by Denise R. Knockin
• "How to Be a Witch" by Ruth Less
• "When to Go Witch Hunting" by Mae B. Tomorrow

Another play on words

As migration time approached, two elderly vultures were too tired to fly south on their own. So they decided to go by airplane. When they checked in at the airport, the gate attendant noticed they were carrying two dead raccoons. "Do you wish to check the raccoons through as luggage?" she asked. "No, thanks," replied the vultures, "They're carrion."

And our final knock, knocks

Knock, knock.
      Who's there?
Ocelot.
      Ocelot who?
Ocelot a questions, don't you?

Knock, knock.
      Who's there?
Olive.
      Olive who?
Olive just around the corner.

Knock, knock.
      Who's there?
Orange juice?
      Orange juice who?
Orange juice sorry you asked?