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For Fibbing Friday, June 13, 2025

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For Fibbing Friday, the Questions are:

1. Who sang “Is This a Kind of Magic?” My mother, the day my sister finally cleaned up her room.
2. Who sang “Somebody’s Watching Me?” Taylor Swift, feigning humility.
3. Why do we blow out birthday candles? To abolish the flame.
4. Why do we associate red and green with Christmas? Because those are the colors most of the decorations come in.
5. What do Little Elves supposedly cause? Little traffic jams.
6. Why do some people hold their breath when passing near a cemetery? Because there are so many within in need of it and they fear having it stolen.
7. Why is finding a penny considered good luck? Because it will soon be a collector’s item.
8. Why should we not rock an empty rocking chair? Because if it is empty, we are not in it to do so.
9. Why do people hang Dreamcatchers? Because it is a capital offense.
10. Why is flipping a loaf of bread unlucky in France? Because the French are known for having poor coordination and too many loaves ended up on the floor. 

Another Friday, Another Flock of Fibs, May 30, 2025

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\for Fibbing Friday, the questions refer to movie quotes, but who could have said this?

1. “Lions, and tigers, and bears! Oh, my!” Noah
2. “Shut up – you had me at ‘hello.’” Ms.Parton, the first time she heard Louis Armstrong sing “Hello Dolly”
3. “Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?” Medusa’s hairstylist
4. “I’ll have what she’s having.” Adam
5. “It’s alive! It’s alive!” Eve, after Adam ate the apple.
6. “No man is a failure who has friends”. William Penn
7. “If you build it, he will come.” Hugh Hefner’s architect for the Playboy Mansion, to his carpenter, greatly overstating the matter.
8. “I feel the need, the need for speed.” Andy Warhol
9. “On Wednesdays, we wear pink.” Harvey Milk, in reference to his dress code
10. “Florals? For spring. Groundbreaking.” Johnny Appleseed, referring to his sideline.

For Fibbing Friday, May 9, 2025

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Iggy Pop

For Fibbing Friday, the words to redefine are:

1.   Poggers: Female members of Edgar Alan’s fan club.
2.   Simp: Bart’s father. (Bart is Simp son) 
3.   Bussin: What you be doing if you run out of money to buy gas for your car.
4.   Delulu: DeTubby’s little friend
5.   Gucci: The vital life force or flowing energy that makes one a successful mud-wrestler.
6.   Vibing: What Canadian geese are doing when they fly in formation.
7.   Rizz: What they eat with red beanzz in New Orleans.
8.   Cheugy: Nickname for a wrestler known for biting his opponents.
9.   Booed up: What they label a ghost who is all stoked up for Halloween.
10. Beige Flag: What be Mr. Pop’s banner. 

 

 

for Fibbing Friday, Apr 25, 2025

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Image thanks to the NY Public Library

for Fibbing friday, the task at hand is:

  1. Who was buried in King Tut’s tomb? Christopher Robin, who was the one who uttered the phrase “Tut, tut, it might rain,” to cause Pooh to raise his umbrella to save himself from the bees. 
  2. Why did the Sphinx have a lion’s body and a human head? Because in the alternative choice,  the human body couldn’t support the lion’s head.
  3. What month of the year did the Nile River overflow its banks? Oct”Ober.”
  4. How many gods did the ancient Egyptians worship? Every one.
  5. How much makeup did Cleopatra wear? Enough to cover her eyes and face.
  6. How long was Nefertiti’s neck? Long enough to reach from her shoulders to her head.
  7. Why did the Egyptians walk so strangely? Their skirts were too tight. (See illustration above.)
  8. .How many pyramids did they build? Too many.
  9. What was Ramses II known for? Butting heads with the Nubians.
  10. What did the Egyptians do in Karnak? Watched the Johnny Carson show.

Silly Answers for Fibbing Friday, Apr 4, 2025

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For Fibbing Friday  this week’s questions are:

1. Who made the first manned hot air balloon? Mary Anne MacLeod Trump (Donald’s mother)

2.  Which is the more widely used around the world, cow’s milk or goat’s milk?  It depends on what you are using it for.

3.  What does the word “Canada” mean? It means “can be done.” They chose it over the statement of the first French explorer who, when asked to cross a river, said, “No cana do.”  

4.  True or False, an adult male baboon can kill an adult leopard? It can, but just because it can doesn’t mean it will.

5.  Which U.S. State has the nickname “Hawkeye”? Maine, in honor of Hawkeye Pierce, whose birthplace was Crabapple Cove, Maine. (Check it out.)

6.  In which decade of the 19th Century did Christmas Day become a national U.S. holiday? the “Decade of the boughs of Holly”

7.  Which strong cheese, made from ewe’s milk and stored in caves, is named after a village in France?  Cheez-its

8.  Who painted “Whistler’s Mother”? A 4-year-old Whistler, when he got into her makeup while she was sleeping and tried to make up her face, somewhat excessively, I might add. It took her hours to scrub off the makeup.  She was not pleased and spanked him soundly.  Years later he tried to compensate by painting her portrait. She forgave him.

9.  In Denmark they are known as “laks” what are they known as in English? Something to put on bagels.

10.  Approximately what percentage of humans are left-handed? The remaining percentage that isn’t right-handed.

 

 

Some Poultry Answers, for Fibbing Friday, Mar 21, 2025

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For Fibbing Friday, the task at hand is: Have some fun with dreaming up who these ‘familiar people’ were or what they could be remembered for (or whatever your mind comes up with).

1.  Perseus. A handbag designer
2.  Ares  Where they stashed the Native Americans (Naughty, naughty)
3.  Achilles  A Mexican restaurant
4.  Poseidon  King of flowers
5.  Medusa An American-based Health coverage organization.
6.  Athena Where you can usually find the best eggs. If not available, try at hen b.
7.  Hades  What Lucille Ball’s  response to her husband was when he told a good joke.
8.  Apollo  A poultry hero
9.  Cronos  A petition to make raising poultry in urban areas illegal
1o. Hermes His response when she asks him to clean up the kitchen after she has finished cooking.

“Hubba Hubba!”for Fibbing Friday, Jan 24, 2025

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For Fibbing Friday the challenge is:

1. What is a fib? A heart stoppage  that may be cured by a defibrillator.
2. What is a crib? The third chest bone down from the top.
3. What is a bib? The first 39.6 % of the Bible.
5. What is an antler? What you call your mother’s youngest sister.
6. Define staunch. A very strong bad odor.
7. What is a paunch?  Your father’s midday meal.
8. What is a launch? The midday meal in Great Britain.
9. What is a nub? The mirror reflection of the bread used to make a hamburger.
10. What is a hub? A reversed half-hearted cheer.

For Fibbing Friday, Jan 17, 2025

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For Fibbing Friday today the prompt words inviting daffynitions are:

1.  Aurora: A sound a lion makes
2. Argument:  What is about to be ruined by Donald Trump.
3. Blessing: What there be when the printer runs out of coloring agent.
4. Smack: What some do in Hollywood when they can’t direct, produce, do stunts, operate cameras or serve as wardrobe and makeup mistresses.
5.  Embarrassment:  Extreme distress over forgetting to wear one’s underwear.
6.  Prickle: What an extremely nasty person deserves to get on his hamblurger.
7.  Bloat: What you are supposed to do to a birthday candle.
8.  Coalition: The act of accustomizing oneself to heat by fossil fuels.
9.  Barrel: A small rotund member of the Ursus species..
10. Zeal:A type of ocean animal with flippers that frequents the Zyder Zee.

For Fibbing Friday, Jan 3, 2025

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I can’t believe it. Instead of doing today’s Fibbing Friday, I redid one from May that I’d done before but obviously didn’t remember. I should compare daffynitions and see if I repeated any!
At any rater below are Today’s Actual Fibbing Friday prompts as well as my answers.

1. What is a didgeridoo? Impertinent question asked by your buddies when you got home from a date.
2. What is a wombat? What girls hit a baseball  with.
3. What is a jerry can? What Jerry Seinfeld’s brother used to say when his mom asked which of them wanted to sweep the porch for her.
4. What is a beaker? A bird, duh.
5. What is a photofit? A picture that is the right size for the picture holder in your wallet.
6. What is meant by pluck? When you make it to the bathroom in time.
7. What is a cat nap? The direction a cat’s hair grows in.
8. Where will you find a winder? At the funeral of her husband.
9. What is a crosshair? A mad rabbit.
10. What is an effigy? A combination of a rude swear word and an acceptable one.

For Fibbing Friday

Here it is Again! Fibbing Friday, Dec 27, 2024

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1.  Ackamarackus:  What my father used to say every time someone began to play the shakers in Latin music.
2.  Anencephalous: What some people accuse a man with tiny feet of also having.
3.  Antediluvian: What they call a boy who has finally agreed to give up his Teddy bear.
4.  Accismus: The next holiday after a Thanksgiving.
5.  Agelast: The woman in a beauty shop whose main job is to put gel in your damp hair before blow-drying it. 
6.  Arabinose: What they call a Palesitinian man’s large proboscis
7.  Antimacassar: What they call a man who curses every time he passes a Macdonald’s Hamburger Spot.
8.  Anagrammatic: What Anna became after graduating from college with a degree in English.
9.  Aichmophobia: Someone with a dread of pain.
10. Atrabilious: Someone who develops a stomach disorder every time they hear music sung by Ol’ Blue Eyes.

 

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