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FIVE MINUTE FUN
MAY.28.2007 FMF@gairrhydd.COM
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!"Use empty plant pots as water bowls for cats. I place them round the garden and let them fill with rainwater. My cats prefer it to tap water. !"Keep your left-over coffee grounds and sprinkle them onto the soil in your garden. It makes a great fertiliser.
If you’re fed up of the ceremonial falafel extracting from every orifice you have, then why not branch out? Be cool, and most importantly stay clean. Here’s a few tips curtesy of Derek Brockway. What a man...
!"Damp cotton buds are just the thing for cleaning computer keyboards. Dab the buds in a weak disinfectant solution, then run them in between the keys to remove dust and dirt.
!"Save the tops from Pringles tubes and use them as coasters. You can even paint them with enamel paint to add a bit of colour to your table.
!"I just love sewing, but I often find it a struggle to pick up the needles, if I drop them, from up off the carpet. To solve this, I reccommend keeping a magnet in your sewing basket so you can pick them up in seconds.
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Household Magic
!"When washing up, I often find that wine glasses smashed when they hit the bottom of my sink. I break at least one a month and, at £2 each, it was
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6. Part-carbon, part-water, I am poison to the fishes. Many falsely claim my name, I am the pause that refreshes. What am I?
costs me £24 a year (GASP). Then my mum suggested putting a folded tea towel at the bottom of the sink before filling it with water to protect the glases. Genius.
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HOW TO PLAY SUDOKU: Fill in the numbers. While I battled cancer, my best mate bonked my Peter. I’ve got the oldest tumor in town. I am the eggman, coo- coo -ca choo.
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5. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
3. George, Helen, and Steve are drinking coffee.
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4. One door closes, nine open. When nine close, one door opens. What is it?
2. A woman has seven children, half of them are boys. How can this be possible?
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1. A man walks up to you and says: "everything I say to you is a lie." Is he telling you the truth or is he lying?
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Bert, Karen, and Dave are drinking soda. Using logic, is Elizabeth drinking coffee or soda?
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Put them up at the ‘found on facebook’ group. Make them grim children...
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ACROSS 1 Army Unit (6,4) 7 Unspecified person (7) 8 Blockade (5) 10 In arrears (3) 12 Hesitate (6) 13 Measure the condition (5) 14 Detest (4) 15 Short haircut (4) 16 Stunt, hoax (5) 17 Noon (6) 18 Exhaust (3) 20 Native American’s tent (5) 22 Haulage cable (7) 23 Norwegian explorer (4, 3, 3)
DOWN 1 Ancient Celtic priest (5) 2 Practical judgement (5) 3 Speed contest (4) 4 Trick (4) 5 Fictional detective, - - - Holmes (8) 6 American state (9) 9 Bad-tempered (6) 11 Like-minded(9) 12 Lady (6) 13 French police officer (8) 18 Chop off (5) 19 Haughty (5) 20 Tough timber (4) 21 Course (4)
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