KNOW YOUR SIMILES? (Wise as….)

Here's some fun for the day…….

TRIVIA:  How many of the seven wonders of the ancient world still stand?

BRAIN RIDDLE:
When I am filled I can point the way.  When I am empty nothing moves me.  What am I?


JOKE:
Q:  When do Monkeys fall from the sky?
A:  During Ape-ril showers.


QUESTION TO PONDER
Why do we leave cars that costs thousands of dollars in the driveway and park our useless junk in the garage?



COMIC FUN:

TRICIA'S TWEET OF THE DAY:
Anything worth having cost something.  What does your commitment to God cost you? Be willing to pay the price for priceless eternal life.

SIMILES QUIZ

I've always been a big fan of Charles Dickens 'A Christmas Carol'.   (yes, I know Christmas is quite a ways away) In his telling of the story, Dickens uses several similes.   I'll list a few of those at the bottom of the page.   

Each year when I watch the George C. Scott version of "A Christmas Carol", I always enjoy watching the game 'Similes' that Scrooge's nephew plays with his party guests in the "ghost of Christmas present" part of the story.   In the game, someone says the first part of the simile to a guest.   They have to guess the rest in 5 seconds or they have lost and must stand behind their chair.   I always thought it looked like a fun game.

As a reminder, a simile is a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid

So let's play the game too.   Here's the beginning of a simile……can you complete it?  (If not, you must stand behind your chair)


1.  Proud as…..

2.  Tight as….

3.  Dead as…..

4.  Dry as…..

5.  Light as….

6.  Nutty as….

7.  Quick as…

8.  As silent as…

9.  Strong as…

10.  Tough as….

11.  White as…

12.  Wise as…

13.  Solid as….

14.  Quiet as…

15.  Flat as...


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Scrooge's nephew's party.  (the Muppet version)

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SIMILE ANSWERS
1.  a peacock
2.  a drum  
3.  a doornail
4.  a bone
5.  a feather or air
6.  a fruitcake
7.  as a wink; as lightning; as silver
8.  the grave
9.  an ox
10.  nails
11.  a ghost, a sheet, the snow
12.  an owl; Solomon
13.  a rock
14.  a church mouse
15.  a pancake


SIMILES FROM 'A CHRISTMAS CAROL' ( I just live Christmas all year long)

Dead as a door nail
Tight as a drum   (also tight as your Uncle Scrooge's purse strings)
Good as gold
Light as a feather
Happy as an angel
Giddy as a drunken man
Merry as a school boy

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TRIVIA ANSWER:
One - The Great Pyramid of Giza

BRAIN RIDDLE:
A glove


Until next time…..