Answers!

The Answers for Some of the Mystery Questions...
Q:  When Does A Bill Become a Beak on a Bird?
A:  The truth is there is no difference!  Bill is generally accepted as a scientific term, were as beak is a 'normal' word.  A.K.A. spoken by us people who don't have a p.h.d. in science.

Q:  Why Does Monopoly have Such Weird Playing Tokens?
A:  To answer this, it's time for some history.  In the early 1930's, "inventor" (he actually borrowed from two existing games) Charles Darrow self-published his game 'Monopoly'.  The great success of the game brought the attention of the Parker Brothers, who bought the rights to Monopoly in 1934.  When the Parkers bought the game, the instructions told you to use buttons or beads.  So in the 1935-1936 used wooden tokens that looked like pawns.  Chess pawns.  Did I say boring?  Boring.  So the Parker Bro's made metal tokens in the shapes of a car, flatiron, lantern, thimble, shoe, top hat, and rocking horse.  Later, a battleship and cannon were added - 10 tokens.  The lantern, purse and rocking horse were kicked out in favor of the horse and rider, dog, and wheel barrow.  Finally a sack of money was added to promote the true spirit of the game.  So no tokens, to boring ones, to cool ones.  Maybe we'll have electronic boards with hologram projectors attached.  You tap the start square to start and each person says an image.  Then you tap your way around the board.  COOL!

I'm getting hungry......

TORNADOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Tornado Watch.....
Yesterday we had a variety of weather:

1. Sun
2. Cloudy
3. Sunny and Breezy
4. Cloudy and Breezy
5. Rain
6. Hail
7. Thunderstorm
8. Tornado

Oh My!
Don't worry every one:  the hail was pea-sized, the tornado touched down ten miles away, and the worst that happened to us was that one of our favorite shows was interrupted, and we're not even sure if that was caused by the storm.

Moving on to other subjects....

I read a series called the Imponderables books.  In these books, they ask some odd questions....

• When does a bill become a beak on a bird?
• Why does Monopoly have such odd playing tokens?
• Why do we cry at happy endings?
• Which fruits are in Juicy Fruit chewing gums?
• Who are all the people on the sidelines in a football game?
• And What is the difference between an introduction, a preface, and a foreword in a book?

If any of you know the answers, post them in the comments, or if you're curious, read my next post.
Their is a website I like called FreeRice.  You answer simple questions and the questions get progressively harder.  For each right answer, 10 grains of rice are donated for hungry people.  If you want to check it out, click here.

Just wanted to let you guys know that this is an open house!  We have a guest bedroom that is completely empty.  Also, we are having a party here on the 26, the day before Memorial Day.  That is ten days from now.  There will be grilling, games, swimming, music, and our next door neighbors are going to stop in and they MIGHT bring their horse cody.  For those of you who like horses, he is 17 hands!

People, feel free to be social on here.  Post!

Well, I hope you liked the latest post.  I will get back to you soon.