'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.'
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