Uncle John's Ahh-Inspiring Bathroom Reader
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2. c) Mrs. Meckel actually shot two bucks that winter, one of them being the eight-point prizewinner, and won a hunting rifle for her accomplishment. She had been watching them sneak around her backyard for weeks and kept a rifle handy just in case. When asked if she was known as a good shot, a local man said, “Oh yeah, you don’t want to get on her bad side while you’re within fifty yards of her.”
3. a) After Barber’s home was robbed four times in 18 months she surrounded the house with razor wire. Incredibly, police told her she had to take it down because of the danger to anyone trying to rob her. She refused. The police finally relented, but insisted that she at least put up signs warning intruders of the potential danger.
4. a) Hulmes quit smoking at 84, lived without hot water until she was 94, lived alone until she was 98, and swore by her four daily pints of Guinness stout.
5. b) Michetti was arrested, along with her 56-year-old boyfriend, for smuggling Ecstacy. She told airport police that she knew the pills were there, but she thought they were Viagra.
“Q” is the only letter of the alphabet that doesn’t occur in the name of any state.
WHAT AM I?
(Answers from page 250)
1. A butterfly
2. Few
3. Candle
4. Glove
5. The letter M
6. Deck of cards
7. Pair of eyes
8. Dictionary
9. Anchor
10. Postage stamp
11. Your breath
12. Cloud
13. Drum
14. Rainbow
15. Road
16. An hourglass
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