Fun
& Games
From "Outside Jokes" book
of wildlife cartoons
(Copyright: Betty C. Grace)
"Rats!
We play the herons in the first game."
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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
or call toll free: 887-521-8632
Crossword
Puzzles
When you have completed the puzzles, you can
click here to find
the answers!
Puzzle
#1
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1. a
pamphlet
4. good characteristics
8. letters, missives
9.
ink lettered
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2.
straightens teeth
3. started, sent off
5. city area
6. ones who live within
7. hard to resist
9. a catchy phrase |
Puzzle #2
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4. quality of writing
5. true to life
7. bow and arrow sport
8. outstanding
9. wall paintings
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1.
the correct method
2. postponed event
3. supporters
6. obstacles
7. fishermen
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Puzzle
#3
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5.
very small
8. legislature related
9. an unpaid worker
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1.
red plum-like fruit
2. people's beliefs
3. almost entirely
4. studies life forms
6. to name or specify
7. illegal drug
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From
book reviews
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1.
one in training
4. appointed, chosen
6. can't do without
8. from another nation
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1. to murder or kill
2. often retold story
3. mistreatment
5. not refined
7. at edge of city
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Jokes (a few riddles to begin)
What English word has three consecutive double letters?
Bookkeeper.
Can you spell rotted with two letters?
DK.
What did Tennessee?
What Arkansas!
Why don't dogs make good dancers?
Because they have two left
feet!
How can you get four suits for a dollar?
Buy a deck of cards!
Puns
What do you get when you drop a piano down a mine shaft?
A flat minor!
Why is a pig's tail like getting up at three in the morning?
It's twirly!
What do you call an unemployed jester?
Nobody's fool!
What's a Hindu?
Lays eggs!
Two peanuts were walking down the street. One was assaulted…
Thoughts to Ponder - Have you ever wondered?
Why it's necessary to nail down the lid of a coffin?
Why you never see the headline "Psychic wins lottery"?
Why doctors call what they do "practice"?
Why the man who invests all your money is called a "broker"?
Why don't they make the whole plane out of the same substance
that the indestructible black box is?
Can fat people go skinny-dipping?
So what's the speed of dark?
Why are the copyright dates on movies and television shows
written in Roman numbers?
More Book Titles
The French Chef
by Sue Flay
Tight Situations
by Leah Tard
Is O. J. Guilty?
by Howard I. Know
Unemployed
by Anita Job
Off to Market
by Tobias A. Pigg
French Overpopulation
by Francis Crowded
Handel's Messiah
by Ollie Luyah
Look Younger
by Fay Slift
Downpour
by Wayne Drops
Cloning
by Ima Double
Irish Flooring
by Lynn O'Leum
No!
by Kurt Reply
Knock Knock Finale
Knock, knock.
Who's there?
Normal Lee.
Norma Lee who?
Norma Lee I don't go around knocking on doors!
Knock, knock.
Who's there?
Water.
Water who?
Water you doing in my house?
Knock, knock.
Who's there?
Doris.
Doris who?
Doris open. Come on in!
Knock, knock.
Who's there?
Candice.
Candice who?
Candice be the last knock, knock joke?
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