April 2024 Newsletter

Welcome to April's edition of Philosopher's Tone! I'm your host, Professor Rebus, and I'm delighted to have you aboard the Pitcherwits™ Express. What can you expect? A monthly dose of bonus puzzles, wisdom and snippets about the English language! I hope you enjoy this month's publication.

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Onwards!

  • You are rich or poor according to what you are, not according to what you have.

  • Unless you actually like angry rowing, ‘always’ and ‘never’ are words that work against a peaceful resolution.

  • You will only find success coming before work in a dictionary. (att. Vidal Sassoon)

  • When life is difficult, use the difficulty.

  • The greatest wealth is being truly loved.

  1. Fraxinella (a) figure of speech (b) involuntary movement (c) fragrant rue

  2. Pernambuco (a) cocktail ingredient (b) hard redwood (c) mule

  3. Myology (a) study of nerves (b) study of muscles (c) study of fungi

  4. Crispate (a) with a curly edge (b) deeply flooded (c) cutlery design

  5. Paspalum (a) pasture grass (b) crass thinking (c) oxymoron

From the initials and the clue, what’s the phrase?

  1. I.A.L.W.T.T.  You have to travel far to get to your sweetest girl.

  2. B.T.H.L.A.L. …than never to have loved at all.

  3. T.D.I.I.T.D.  Little points are crucial.

  4. F.U.T.W.  Not 100% well?

  5. T.P.S. A combination of bad factors.

What are the rhyming phrases suggested by these clues?

  1. T.D. When your mind is on beer

  2. N.F. Starving hungry state

  3. C.L. He’s passionate about blankets

  4. P.L. Motif for a jump stick

  5. C.C. Ill-tempered driver, needing paying

Chuckle Lines

……punished words?

  • “A pun is the lowest form of humour -when you didn’t think of it first.” Oscar Levant

  • “Aardvark never killed anyone.” Spike Milligan

  • “If it ain’t baroque, don’t fix it.” Anon

  • “With friends like you, who need enemas?” Anon

  • “Coincide – what you do when it starts raining.” Anon

  • “You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead.” Stan Laurel

  • “On the other hand, you have different fingers.” Emo Philips

  • “Old professors never die, they simply lose their faculties.” Stephen Fry

 

Signing off until next time...

Professor Rebus

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Answers:

What’s the meaning?
1. c
2. b
3. b
4. a
5. a

What’s that phrase?
1.    It’s a long way to Tipperary
2.    Better to have loved and lost
3.    The devil is in the detail
4.    Feeling under the weather
5.    The perfect storm

Rhyme time
1.    Thinking Drinking
2.    Needing Feeding
3.    Cover Lover
4.    Pogo Logo
5.    Crabby Cabbie

Professor Rebus