'BUBBA'ISMS VIII
Jazz: 'ISMs: A tendency to take a cynical view of affairs.'
Spammy: 'Pissimism.'
ensiform: 'In a famous speech, Shakespeare has Henry V exhort his
men, “I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, straining upon the
start. The game's afoot: Follow your spirit, and upon this charge, cry 'God
for Harry, _______ ___ __ ______!"'
toejam: 'Potter does not die.'
jedimaster538: 'Larry, Curly and Moe.'
skep: 'England and my pants!'
peachie: 'William, Beatrice and Eugenie.'
twentyone12: 'and pie for everybody!'
Jazz: 'all your base are belong to us!'
applet222: 'Salamanders are called newts when aquatic. What are they
called when terrestrial?'
pusdoc: 'Efts.'
Occams_Razor: 'Eft they are in the water they are newts.'
mike32768: 'And eft they aren't?'
BobC: 'What is the term for the removal or shortening of a dog's tail?'
victort: 'Detailing?'
jelly1000: 'Why did Zeus condemn Atlas to support the sky?'
maxbearjr: 'Cause he kicked sand in his face.'
skep: 'He stole Zeus' tent poles.'
Spammy: 'He ate all the ambrosia?'
victort: 'Because if he didn't all the books would be wrong.'
BobC: 'So Chicken Little wouldn't have a leg to stand on.'
Dagmar: 'He was a Giants fan.'
skep: 'He stole all the maps from U.S. Americans so they don't know
about the Iraq and South Africa and like such as?'
applet222: 'What is the most popular breed of pedigreed cat in America?'
applet222: 'Yes psufreak and jessica! Persian.'
BobC: 'They prefer to be called Iranian now.'
Jazz: 'American short story writer O. Henry famously wrote some of his
best work in prison. For what crime did he go to prison?'
BobC: 'Attempted writing.'
driving: 'Excessive use of sentimentality in literature.'
pusdoc: 'What was the name given to the shoes worn by Chinese
women with bound feet?'
pusdoc: 'Jazz, Mountain, Bob - lotus shoes.'
driving: 'That practice never carried over to Thailand, because they
didn't want to be known as the Thais that bind.'
Jazz: 'Finish the Christmas carol line: 'Sing, choirs of angels, Sing in
_______.'
bubba: 'Three-four time.'
TRINA: 'In 1859 Charles Darwin published what major work, which
postulated that natural selection was the agent for the transmutation of
organisms during evolution?'
Triviaballer: 'Origin of Species.'
victort: 'Then he wrote a political one . . . 'Origin of the Speeches.'
ensiform: 'Then a risque book, 'Organs of the Species.'
BobC: 'Then a botany one . . . 'Origin of Peaches.'
dshellpsu: 'Then a dirty one . . . 'Origin of the Feces.'
applet222: 'SONG TITLE: 'Full Moon and Empty ________.'
toejam: 'Head.'
BobC: 'Pockets.'
JPaul: ' Gas tank.'
Blinkybill: 'Stomach.'
(Answer was Arms)
jelly1000: 'The burghers of Nome, Alaska, unsuccessfully tried to
change the name of the town to what in 1899?'
skep: 'Baked.'
pusdoc: 'Miller Brewing Company merged with another country’s major
brewing company to become part of a huge multinational corporation
with operations in over 60 countries. What country is the parent firm
originally from?'
skep: 'South Africa.'
driving: 'Do they brew the dark beers separately from the light beers
there?'
ensiform: 'Adrian IV, the only English-born Pope, issued a bull called
Laudabiliter. This granted the king of England dominion over what?'
twentyone12: 'Darts and warm beer.'
jedimaster: 'God.'
Rowena: 'What is the “claim to fame” in 2007 of the ‘Woolly-Stemmed
Begonia?'
Rowena: '(Hint) It is the only thing in the world to do the 'thing.'
Jazz: 'Do the hokey pokey.'
victort: 'Be sheared?'
Rowena: '(Hint) It was declared . . . '
jelly1000: 'Insane.'
BobC: 'Sexless.'
toejam: 'A midget.'
skep: 'Mentally incapable to stand trial.'
(Answer was 'It was the only species to be declared officially extinct so
far this year.)
jelly1000: 'Which two birds are able to produce milk?'
skep: 'Lady Bird Johnson and Robin Givens.'
(Answer is flamingos and pigeons)
applet222: 'What name remained the most popular name for a baby girl
in the United States for 80 years – until it was overtaken by ‘Lisa’ in the
1960s?'
ezy2000: 'Tonisha.'
x-PANDORA-x 'Consuella.'
ZippyWendy: 'Piggy.'
Mountainmage: 'Shaniqua.'
BobC: 'Bertha.'
skep: 'Lemonjello.'
ensiform: 'LaTrina?'
(Answer was Mary)
pusdoc: 'Wealthy Venetians of the 16th century wore the first “platform”
shoes, towering as high as 30 inches on platforms built of cork. What
were these ridiculous shoes called?'
victort: 'Silly.'
Mountainmage: 'A bad idea.'
Occams_Razor: 'Wobblies.'
pusdoc: 'The answer is chopines.'
Oddball: 'You know a lot about shoes. You are an 'e-feet' snob.'