October 2023 Newsletter

Welcome to October'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!

  • Good friends will give you compliments, the best of friends know you well enough to give you useful criticism too.

  • If you run with the hare and hunt with the hounds, you will end up with bite marks and be hopelessly out of breath.

  • If you are too wrapped up in yourself, you will make a very small bundle indeed.

  • Surely God feeds every bird? But He doesn’t throw the food into its nest.

  • Even the darkest hour has no more than 60 minutes – it just feels longer.

  1. Impost: (a) to pretend to be (b) compulsory payment (c) mythical creature

  2. Noctiluca: (a) viscous sediment (b) night light (c) glowing sea-creature

  3. Nonage: (a) youth (b) pre-history (c) semi-poisonous plant

  4. Sfumato: (a) artist’s technique (b) music style (c) F1 hybrid

  5. Deontology: (a) Study of duty (b) study of teeth (c) study of ‘proofs’ of God

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

  1. A.L.O.P. Just one coat on the wall.

  2. L.F.W. Unable to say anything.

  3. L.P.I.A.P. So similar these twins!

  4. H.A.A.P.I.M. Completely content to wallow.

  5. B.O.A.F. Like types gravitate.

What are the rhyming phrases suggested by these clues?

  1. M.T. It’s a pale green tone

  2. N.Z. Buttons replacement for a toddler

  3. L.B. One who boasts about their insulation

  4. L.Q. Kitten who leaves its first home?

  5. S.L. Sad, articulated one

Chuckle Lines

  • They say age is just a number, but ‘they’ are not the old bits of a body!

  • My brain is the most important part of me. Hold on though, what is telling me this?

  • “It’s not a great work of art.” “Perhaps not, but then you’re not a great work of nature.” - Sitter for portrait and J. M. Whistler

  • “The common name Bzjxxllwcp is pronounced Jackson.” - Mark Twain

  • “I do not object to people looking at their watches when I am speaking. But I do mind their holding it up to their ears.” - James Sidgwick on public speaking

  • “There’s now a support group for compulsive talkers. It’s called On Anon Anon.” - Paula Poundstone

 

Signing off until next time...

Professor Rebus

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Answers:

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

What’s that phrase?
1.A lick of paint
2. Lost for words
3. Like peas in a pod
4. Happy as a pig in muck
5. Birds of a feather

Rhyme time
1.Mint tint
2. Nipper zipper
3. Lagger bragger
4. Litter quitter
5. Sorry lorry

Professor Rebus