June 2023 Newsletter

Welcome to June'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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  • Walking a well-beaten path, you are not necessarily on the right road.

  • If you are bending over backwards, you are no longer upright.

  • The worst thing to do with your laurels is to rest on them.

  • Just because millions are saying it, it does not have to be right or true.

  • True integrity is doing the right thing when no-one else is looking.

  1. Emmetropia: (a) dysfunctional digestion (b) excessive feeding (c) perfect vision

  2. Ensorcell: (a) to enchant (b) self-destructing organism (c) miniature battery

  3. Muliebriety: (a) quiet anonymity (b) womanliness (c) drunken incapacity

  4. Spurrier: (a) more pointless (b) spur maker (c) baby woodcock

  5. Vagarious: (a) overly chatty (b) widely sociable (c) erratic, unpredictable

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

  1. T.T.A.T. In difficult times as well as good.

  2. C.A.A.A.A.L. Being ridiculously expensive.

  3. R.C.A.D. Pelting down.

  4. F.T.T.T. Every now and then.

  5. A.S.I.A.T. A major fuss about a minor issue.

What are the rhyming phrases suggested by these clues?

  1. W.D. Ass acting inebriated

  2. M.B. Pal who’s fallen in the mire

  3. V.T. Total of all the dales

  4. L.R. Oarsman at the bottom level

  5. T.W. Contemplating shutting one eye, but momentarily

Chuckle Lines

  • "Football is not a matter of life and death. It’s far more serious than that." - Bill Shankly

  • "Well, either side could win, or it could be a draw." - Ron Atkinson

  • "I never make predictions, and I never will." - Paul Gascoigne

  • "If that had gone in, it would have been a goal." - David Coleman

  • "I never comment on referees and I’m not going to break the habit of a lifetime for that prat." - Ron Atkinson

  • "If Everton were playing down at the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains." - Bill Shankly

  • "Anybody can win, unless there happens to be a second entry." - George Ade

  • "A hole-in-one is an occurrence in which a ball is hit directly from the tee into a hole on a single shot by a golfer playing alone." - Roy McKie

 

Signing off until next time...

Professor Rebus

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Answers:

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

What’s that phrase?
1.Through thick and thin.
2. Costing an arm and a leg.
3. Raining cats and dogs.
4. From time to time.
5. A storm in a teacup.

Rhyme time
1.Wonky donkey
2. Muddy buddy
3. Valley tally
4. Lower rower
5. Thinking winking

Professor Rebus