Riddle of the week

Last week's riddle answer is that Bouncing Bob accidentally covered the horse's eyes.

This week I am taking a break of posting a riddle..
I will not be posting for 10 days because school has just started and it is getting busy.

Discussion Topic of the week

This week's discussion topic is:

Are cellphones needed for school?

Sorry

Sorry, everyone for not posting!!!
I was out of town!

Arts and Crafts activity of the week

Hi everyone,

Here is the arts and crafts activity of the week:

Stamps

Materials:
A wooden block
Markers
Foam
Scissors
Glue Stick

Procedure:
1. First take a wooden block and place it on a flat surface
2. Cut the foam into whatever shape you want your stamp to come out as.
3. Glue the cut piece of foam onto the wooden block.
4. Colour the foam into whatever color you want.
5. Stamp this wherever you want, or even use it as your personal signature!!!

Jokes of the week

Hey folks, here are some jokes!!

An old man and a young man work together in an office. The old man always has a jar of peanuts on his 

desk, and the young man really loves peanuts. One day, while the old man is away from his desk, the 

young man yields to temptation and scarfs down 

over half of the contents of the jar. When the old man returns, the young man feels guilty and confesses 

to his crime. "Don''t worry, son. I never eat the peanuts anyway," the old man replies. "Since I lost my 

teeth, all I can do is lick the chocolate off the M&M''s, i have kept the remains in the box."

Get it?? The young man ate all the peanuts which he licked the chocolate off!!

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Tom, Dick and Harry went to a party. After the party they returned to the hotel. The hotel was 600 stories high. 

Unfortunately for them, the elevator was not working. They made a plan for the first 200 stories, Tom will crack jokes. 

The second 200 stories Dick will tell a happy story and lastly Harry will tell a sad story.They then started up the steps

After 2 hours it was Harry's turn. He turned to the other two and said "Ok guys, here's my sad story. I forgot the keys downstairs.

Change!!

I have made a change in my blog's schedule. Every alternate week, I will be posting jokes, and optical illusions!

Riddle of the week

The answer for last week's riddle is: 
You on the switch of one bulb and leave it on for a long time, and then off it. then on another switch. Go up. The bulb that is warm is the one you on, and then off. The one that is on is the one you on next. the one that is off is the one you never on.

This weeks riddle is:
Bouncing Bob was riding a particularly frisky horse when suddenly its bridle came off. As they raced down the road, a screaming Bob clung to the horse's ears for dear life. Out of the corner of his eye, Bob saw a car coming, and realizing the horse was completely out of control, he panicked. Flailing his arms about, he accidentally caused the horse to come to an abrupt halt. What could Bouncing Bob have done to make the horse stop?

Discussion Topic

Hello Everyone!
This week's discussion topic is:
Do people act like actors and actresses in movies, or do the actors and actresses act like people in real life?

Quotes of the week

A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?
Albert Einstein

Since the world has existed, there has been injustice. But it is one world, the more so as it becomes smaller, more accessible. There is just no question that there is more obligation that those who have should give to those who have nothing.
Audrey Hepburn

Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'
Martin Luther King, Jr.

The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: "If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?" But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: "If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?"
Martin Luther King, Jr.

The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be... The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

To be, or not to be: that is the question.
William Shakespeare
Read more athttp://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/question.html#Fla60Gqtsq6Iz5Gt.99

Not going to post.. just for awhile!

Hi Folks,
I am going on a flight, and will be needing to face some jet-lag, so I am not going to tomorrow, and day after tomorrow. Sorry, but you will be missing Facts, and the current events. If I could, I will try posting in an airport (I hope I know what day it is) !

Arts and crafts activity of the week

Ku-ku leaf card

Interesting name, isn't it? I don't know if you will agree to that, but I am sure everyone will agree to the fact that this card is a perfect card to give out on special occasions, and to nature lovers.

Materials:

• Long sheet of card stock
• Lots of sheets of designed origami paper
• Glue
• Scissors
• Ribbon (Optional)

Procedure:

1. First take your long sheet of card stock and lay it flat. Divide it into thirds.
2. Draw a picture of a leaf on your folded into thirds sheet of card stock. Make sure the sides of the leaf is actually the end of the paper.
3. Cut the leaf, accept on the sides. Once you open the folded paper, there must be a chain of three leaves attached to each other.
4. Leave the middle leaf alone, and crinkle the right leaf only into two, so that one half of the middle leaf is covered
5. Do the same to the left leaf. Now the middle must be covered.
6. Decorate your wonderful leaf card, and write something inside!

Optional (Ribbon)

1. Open the crinkled part of your leaf. Poke a hole in the back of the crinkle with scissors. Please be careful and do not put your hand in front of the scissors. Use the help of an adult. Put the ribbon through and then tie a knot in the back so the ribbon won't come out.
2. Do the same to the other side, and then tie a bow on the front. Now, when they untie the bow, the leaf card will beautifully open.
3. Decorate your leaf card, and write something inside. Place stickers and more!

Jokes of the week

“Dad,” said Little Johnny, “I’m late for football practice. Would you please do my homework for me?”
The father said irately, “Son, it just wouldn’t be right.”
“That’s okay,” replied Little Johnny, “but you could at least give it a try, couldn’t you?”A father and son snake are out for a nice afternoon slither.
The son asks, “Dad are we poisonous snakes?”
The father replies proudly, “Yes son, we are rattler snakes! Why do you ask son?”
“Because DAD, I just bit my tongue!!”

A single guy decided life would be more fun if he had a pet. So he went to the pet store and told the owner that he wanted to buy an unusual pet. After some discussion, he finally bought a centipede (a 100-legged bug) that came in a little white box which served as the bug’s house.
He took his purchase home, found a good location for the box, and decided he would start off by taking his new pet to church with him. So he asked the centipede in the box, “Would you like to go to church with me today? We will have a good time.” But there was no answer from his new pet.
This bothered him a bit, but he waited a few minutes and then asked him again, “How about going to church with me and receive blessings?” But again, there was no answer from his new friend and pet.
So he waited a few minutes more, thinking about the situation. He decided to ask him one more time; this time putting his face up against the centipede’s house and shouting, “HEY IN THERE! WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO TO CHURCH WITH ME AND LEARN ABOUT THE LORD?”
(YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE THIS!)
And a little voice came out of the box………
“I heard you the first time…….I’m putting on my shoes!”

Riddle of the week

Hi everyone! Thank you for trying last weeks riddle! Sadly, no one got it right. The answer is: Give the last cookie with the basket to the last person.

This week's riddle is:
You are in the water, and there are three light bulbs outside the water, and three switches under the water. You can use the help of the switches to figure out in which order you have turned on the light bulbs, but you can only come out of the water once. How are you going to figure out which light bulb is which?

Discussion topic

Thank you for all comments on the previous discussion topic!

This weeks discussion topic is:
Does being the best at something make your reputation better or worse? Remember, being better at something means you can be better at bad things too!
Please comment by clicking on comments next to the pencil below the comment

Current Events

Microsoft replaces Hotmail with outlook.com

Read more at: http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-08-02/news/33001161_1_hotmail-account-sabeer-bhatia-xbox-live

 Hotmail is set to be consigned to history, marking the end of the era when the electronic mail service introduced many people to Internet and thanks to its Indian inventor, Sabeer Bhatia, heralded the country's prowess in technology.

Microsoft on Wednesday launched Outlook.com, which it said will replace Hotmail, a move that is seen to be aimed at taking on increasing competition from Gmail, Facebook and Yahoo. Hotmail quickly grew to 40 million users within three years. Currently, it commands over 370 million users, more than the size of the entire US population. But aggressive bundling of web search and email helped Google capture the top spot with Gmail, which has about 425 million accounts. Yahoo! Mail is still behind Hotmail, though, with about 310 million users.

Michael Phelps breaks record for most Olympic medals with gold in 4x200-meter freestyle relay.
Read more at: http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2012-07-31/sports/bal-michael-phelps-breaks-record-for-most-olympic-medals-with-gold-in-4x200meter-freestyle-relay-20120731_1_baltimore-swimmer-olympic-medals-michael-phelps

The machine-like swimmer, who seemed to run on motor rather than muscle and scooped up medals by the handful, had become an actual human being, one whose less than golden perfection made the victories that much sweeter when they came as they did on Tuesday night. "This has been an amazing ride," Phelps said almost pensively Tuesday night, when he won the 19th medal that made him the most-decorated Olympic athlete ever.

"It was a cool feeling. I'm sure I'll be able to put it more in words once we get through the meet and then probably down the road," Phelps said of how on Tuesday he first tied and then surpassed the 48-year-old record for most Olympic medals previously held by Soviet-era gymnast Larisa Latynina.

The race that allowed him to surpass Latynina's 18 medals, the 4 X 200-meter freestyle relay he anchored, was won quite easily. But what perhaps was most impressive was that it came about an hour after he suffered a heartbreaking, second-place finish by .05 of a second in his signature event, the 200-meter butterfly.

London Olympics: Lightening fast Bolt proves he's the greatest ever

Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/london-2012-olympics-bolt-100m-greatest-ever-carl-lewis/1/212037.html

Coming into the 100 metres final with a bit of a question mark against his name, following defeats at the hands of compatriot Yohan Blake, the defending champion -- in less than 10 seconds -- left none in doubt as to who the world's greatest sprinter is. He stopped the clock in the giant arena at an incredible 9.63 seconds, the second fastest time ever.

Bolt, a major showman, was not the fastest off the blocks. In fact, he was only the fifth fastest at the start. But the Jamaican got into his upright sprinting position fastest and then completely blew away the field. Blake ran a great race, clocking a personal best at 9.75 seconds, but it was more than a tenth-of-a-second slower than Bolt.

It may have been the greatest 100 metres Olympic final ever with seven of the eight runners clocking under 10 seconds.

Quotes of the week!

Here are some delicious quotes!

“Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch.”
― Orson Welles

“If more of us valued food and cheer above hoarded gold, it would be a much merrier world.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

“Popcorn for breakfast! Why not? It's a grain. It's like, like, grits, but with high self-esteem.”
― James Patterson     

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  “There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.” 

― Mahatma Gandhi

Facts of the Week

If you yelled for 8 years, 1 month, and 6 days, you would have produced enough energy to heat one cup of coffee. Is it worth it?

The strongest muscle in proportion to its size in the human body is the tongue. Are you sure I can beat the world's best wrestler with it?

A person cannot taste food unless it is mixed with saliva. For example, if strong-tasting substance like salt is placed on a dry tongue, the taste buds will not be able to taste it. As soon as a drop of saliva is added and the salt is dissolved, however, a definite taste sensation results. This is true for all foods. Try it!Sure I will! Especially the next time I have to eat spinach!

A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death. Thanks for making me even more scared of cockroaches!

Arts and crafts activity of the week

Here is today's arts and crafts idea:

Triple - Fold Card

Materials:

• Thick Paper
• Craft knife
• Pencil
• Markers
• Any writing Utensil
• Ruler

1. First take a sheet of thick paper and lay it HORIZONTALLY out on a flat surface.
2. Take a ruler and measure 1 inch from the left, and 1 inch from the right, and mark dots on the measurements.
3. Then take the ruler again and measure 2 inches from the top, and 2 inches from the bottom, and mark dots in the measurements
4. Make a line from two inches from the top and 1 inch from the left to two inches from the top and 1 inch from the right.
5. Do the same type of line, except from two inches from the bottom.
6. Cut the lines you made with a craft knife.
7. Divide the section between the cuts into thirds, HORIZONTALLY.
                  
8. There must be two lines you didn't cut. Cut those lines from 1 inch from the left to 1 inch from the right.
9. Ten divide the whole page into thirds VERTICALLY.
10. After cutting all those lines, there must be three flaps that are dis-attached to the paper on the top and bottom and attached on the left and right.
    This is how your paper should be looking:                  
11. To the top most flap, fold it outwards on the first vertical fold you made on step nine. Fold it inwards on the second vertical fold you made in step nine.
12. To the middle flap, fold it inwards on the first vertical fold you made on step nine and fold it outwards on the second vertical fold you made on step nine.
13. To the down most flap, do the same thing you did to the top most flap.
14. Now fold your card, and open it, you have a tri-fold card!
15. Decorate the card with markers, write something with pencil, and gift it to someone special, or keep it for yourself as a self-stand card!
    

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Jokes of the week

Hello, Folks! Here is the joke of the week:


Man: Master, what does sham mean?
Master: Sham means fake in a language.
The man soon went to a store.
Man: Shopkeeper, do you have something that will keep my daughter's hair clean?
Shopkeeper: Here, have some shampoo.
Man: Hey, you cheat! Give me the real poo!
Shopkeeper: ????

Once a zoo owner got a truck load of penguins and asked his hired servant to take them to the zoo. He gave the servant $20 to do this. The zoo owner waited hours and hours, and finally the servant came back, with the penguins. The zoo owner was fumed. He said, "What did you do! Why didn't you take the penguins to the zoo!" The servant said, "I did, master. they enjoyed all the animals. I had remaining money, so I took them to the movies too!"


Hope you enjoyed them! Please comment and say if you did, and if you have any suggestions!