Edits are in. Check. Christmas Tree is up. Check. My own porcelain ornaments that I’ve made over the years dabbling around in clay are hung. Check. Air horn is under said Christmas tree. Check. Blog post up…not checked. But since you are reading this, it is now up. 😉
It’s been a busy week trying to finish edits which I did at 3:09 Sunday afternoon. Now to get ready for Thanksgiving…
Last week’s Mystery Question: Four stated facts. Three are true. One is not. Can you guess which one is made up?
- The Terminator script sold for $1.
- Instead of the usual 5 or 6 second-place winners in a Powerball lottery, there were 110 second-place winners because that’s how many used the number on their fortune cookie (they all got the same fortune cookie).
- Horse long-jumping was once an Olympic event.
- Salty water boils quicker.
And the answer is…#4! Salty water actually takes a little longer to come to a boil…Can you believe the Terminator script sold for a $1!
Now for this week’s Mystery Question: Four fact, three are true; one is not. Can you guess which one isn’t true?
- A flushed toilet rotates the opposite way in the Southern hemisphere.
- Lassie was always played by a male dog.
- The Bard never used the name William Shakespeare.
- At one time ‘girl’ was used for any child, male or female.
Okay, Super Sleuths, which fact did I make up? Leave your answers in the comments and I’ll enter you in a drawing for a book from my library. And be sure to read my Thanksgiving post and leave a comment on Thursday for a drawing for a$10 Amazon Thanksgiving gift card!
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I feel like I’m stuck in a rut, ’cause I’m going with number 1 again! I know the wind currents go in different directions in the northern and southern hemispheres, but I wouldn’t have thought the magnetic poles or temperature or anything else would affect the rotation of water in a toilet…
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We’ll see, Monique. These are so much fun! Don’t you have something comparable to Thanksgiving there? What day is it?
Believe it or not, I don’t think we have anything like Thanksgiving Day over here! I guess we’re not particularly thankful?! We have Waitangi Day (celebrating the Treaty of Waitangi), Labor Day, Queen’s Birthday (weekend), Christmas Day and Boxing Day, New Year’s Day and Day after New Year’s Day, and I can’t think of any others…! Kiwis aren’t particularly patriotic people, (except during the Rugby World Cup!) and we don’t really see a lot of national flags or anything around. Our history is more full of cannibalism and mini wars than any large-scale wars and liberation and such. So we don’t really celebrate much, and even the public holidays are more days to do housework than actually days to celebrate. We only really see celebrations and such on Guy Fawkes Day (not a public holiday, but everyone sets off fireworks, since that’s the only time they are for sale!) and Christmas Day and Halloween. Hope that all made sense!
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Monique, it seems strange that other places don’t have Thanksgiving! lol But I’m enjoying learning about your country!
4
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We’ll see, Linda!
I had the urge to Google the answer, but I thought that might take all the fun out of it. I’m going with number 3 because that sounds like another cool fact about the already cool Bard!
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Yeah, I can see that it would be tempting to google the answers, Priscilla. We’ll see next week if you got it without googling! Thanks for stopping by!
I’m going with number 2
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We’ll see, Carole. We’ll see…
I’m choosing #1 because I believe the shape of the bowl, and the orientation of the water entrance hole (whatever it’s called) will determine the flow direction.
Wow Pat. You have a beautiful Christmas tree! And, that is one cute cat. What’s its name? And finally, an air horn? For celebratory noises, I presume.
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Thank you, Tim. The kitty’s name is Suzy and she’s in the book I’m writing now. lol. We’ve had her almost eight years and she may be a little spoiled. I’ll have to do a post on her and our newest addition, Tux. She is not happy about him…And I love your logic about the flow of water…we’ll see if it works next week. lol
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Tim, I forgot to respond to the airhorn. It’s to keep the kitties out of the tree–one of them is a climber and the other likes to chew on the limbs. lol. It has a motion detector and when one of them gets close to the tree, it goes off, spewing air and noise. lol
That sounds like something I can use to keep my boys out of the tree! Bet it works, too.
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lol! It helps keep my cats of the counters, too…when I remember to put it up there. The only thing is, every time I pass by the thing, it goes off!
I believe #2 is the one you’ve made up this time. I’m so glad you write these and look forward to them each week!
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Hi Delores! I really enjoy researching these questions, too!
I think it’s #4 this time.
I think #3.
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We’ll see, Linda! These are fun and the answers are all over the board!
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Hi Mary! We’ll see that’s the correct answer next week. Thanks for stopping by!
#4
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We’ll see next week if all children were known at girls at one time, Lisa! Thanks for dropping by.
I’m going with #3.
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Hi Edward! We’ll see next week if the Bard didn’t know his name. lol
#3 because I know several are true, but I won’t say which ones!
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Thank you, Paula! lol. We’ll see next week if #3 is true…thanks for stopping by1
I am going with #2 this week.
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We’ll see, Gloria! Thanks for dropping by!
#1
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We’ll see, Caryl! Thanks for stopping by.
#4 is false
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We’ll see, Shelia! Thanks for stopping by!
#1
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Hi Lucy! We’ll see next week…thanks for dropping in!
I will guess 4. It will be fun to see the answer. Pretty tree and adorable cat !
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Thank you, Erika! I’ll have to do a post on my two cats sometimes. Maybe before Christmas! And we’ll see the correct answer next week!
#2 (but, it’s a guess!)
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We’ll see, MS Barb! And thanks for stopping by and commenting.
I would say #4 is the made up one.
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We will see next week, Alicia! Thanks for dropping by.
#2
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Number 2 has gotten a lot of votes, Jeanna. We’ll see next week if that’s the made-up answer!