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St. Louis' Webzine for Kids
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August 2010 Vol. 11 Issue 8

Fun & Games

Fun & Games

Crossword Puzzles
When you have completed the puzzles, you can click here to find the answers!

Puzzle #1

Across Down

1. information packet
3. a bad happening
8. proposals
9. varied
10. a plan

2. see good future
4. a follow-up book
5. a huge fire
6. fishermen
7. make appear smaller


Puzzle #2

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1. first step in cure
4. city area
8. purposeful
9. dwellers, occupants

2. a tropical flower
3. the real thing
5. crippling disease
6. for children
7. studies life forms


Puzzle #3

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3. claimed truth of
5. connected
6. widely different
7. a type of metal
8. before adulthood

1. a remembering
2. college grounds
4. way to do something


From book reviews

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6. really messed up
8. new arrivals
9. large black birds

1. strange, unfamiliar
2. in due time
3. those coming before
4. destructive to crops
5. reputation lost
7. impressive

 

Let's start with some miscellaneous jokes

Why did Cinderella's soccer team always lose?
Because her coach was a pumpkin!

A butcher is six feet tall, wears size 14 shoes, and has a 50 inch waist. What does he weigh?
Meat!

Why is the sun so bright?
It pays attention in class and always does its homework!

A man driving through the woods hit a rabbit. Quickly stopping his car he pours a bottle of liquid over the rabbit. The rabbit jumps up and runs into the woods waving all the way. What was in the bottle?
Hare restorer with permanent wave!

Johnny's mother had four children. The first was April, the second was May, and the third was June. What was the name of the fourth?
Johnny!

Why is it against the law for a man living in North Carolina to be buried in South Carolina?
He's still alive!

Why didn't the hotdog star in the movies?
The rolls weren't good enough!

Eskimos are very good hunters. Why don't they ever hunt penguins?
Because Eskimos live at the North Pole and penguins live at the South Pole!

 

Questioning our crazy language

Did you know that verb was a noun?

If a word in misspelled in a dictionary, how would we ever know?

Is there another word for synonym?

Why do "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing?

Why do we say something is out of whack? What's a whack?

Why are a wise man and a wise guy opposites?

Why is it we recite at a play and play at a recital?

 

More strange license plates

I started out with nothing and still have most of it left.

Don't bother me. I'm living happily ever after.

Whisper my favorite words: "I'll buy it for you."

Suburbia: Where they cut down all the trees and then name streets after them.

Adults are just kids who owe money.

If at first you do succeed, try not to look astonished.

A penny saved is ridiculous.

It works better if you plug it in.

It's not hard to meet expenses, they're everywhere.

Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film.

How can I miss you if you won't go away?

Taxation with representation is not so hot either.

 

Knock, knocks to end it all

Knock, knock.
Who's there?
Midas.
Midas who?
Midas well let me in!

Knock, knock.
Who's there?
Vera.
Vera who?
Vera few people think these jokes are funny!

Knock, knock.
Who's there?
Andy.
Andy who?
Andy time to quit is right now!

 

 


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