SUNDAY FUNDAY
OCTOBER 24, 2021
DO YOU KNOW WHAT NEXT SUNDAY IS? (Hint - it is Halloween!!!)
Yes, I am a Halloween fan. When I taught, I always had a costume for Halloween - Zorro was maybe my favorite, but the bottle of ketchup, pirate, clown, and even the Great Pumpkin (where I made a paper mache pumpkin head)!! And, some of my colleagues joined in as well!!! I remember a presentation about having fun at work and that stuck with me!!!
Do you have memories of Halloween? Did you go Trick or Treating? Did your children dress up? And how about your grandchildren? Do you decorate your house? Do you have candy ready to hand out? (Did you buy candy early and you have eaten it up???)
I have some biases about costumes. I don’t do scary or evil. I like homemade kid costumes. (A few years back with the Disney movie “Frozen” was big, we must have had a dozen little girls in Elsa costumes). I do understand that not all moms (or dads) have time (or interest) to make costumes; and that the kids are clamoring for the store-bought costumes.
I remember a Halloween in South Dakota where there was early snow (about an inch) and our kids went out wearing parkas!!! I do like the idea of going to a church or a school for Trick or Treating - instead of going house to house. Senior homes like to give out candy as the residents like to see the kids. When they were younger, our daughter took her girls to a senior housing facility every fall and the residents loved it.
And, one last bias. Children in junior high (or even older) shouldn’t go out for candy.
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FUN PROBLEMS (maybe)
How can you write COW in thirteen letters?
Answer: SEE O DOUBLE U
Two in a corner
One in a room
Zero in a house
But one in a shelter
What am I
Answer: the letter “R”
A farmer wanted to plant five rows with four trees in each row. He did it by buying only TEN trees. How did he do it?
Answer - plant a tree at each intersection of a five-pointed star.
What English word has three consecutive sets of double letters:
Answer - bookkeeper
FIVE FRIENDS ARE BUSY
Avis is Reading
Nancy is cooking
Shirley is playing chess
Carol is doing laundry
What is Vickie doing?
Answer - playing chess (Shirley can’t play alone)
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MOVIES
Top movies of 1954
Rear Window (who played the male lead, and who was the female lead?)
Sabrina (who played Sabrina)
On the Waterfront (who starred and what was his later big role?)
Dial M for Murder (who played the female lead - who later became a Princess)
Brigadoon (do you know any of the songs?)
Which two of these had the same director? Which two had the same female lead?)
Top movies of 1959
Some like it hot
North by Northwest (note director and final location)
Ben Hur
Rio Bravo (who was a star in this one)
Pillow talk (Rock Hudson and Doris Day)
Matching for the 1959 movies - match the description with the movie
After a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.
A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.
A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt.
An interior decorator and a playboy songwriter share a telephone party line and size each other up.
After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.
TOP MOVIES OF 1964
My Fair Lady (who played Eliza)
Mary Poppins (who played Bert the chimney sweep?)
Dr. Strangelove Or How I Stopped Worrying And Love The Bomb
Zorba the Greek (who played Zorba)
A Hard Day’s Night (who were the stars)
Goldfinger (easy question - who played James Bond?)
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NATIONAL DAYS
United Nations Day 2019 — What It Is and Related Holidays (nationaltoday.com)
On October 24, United Nations Day, we celebrate the anniversary of the UN Charter of 1945.
NATIONAL MOTHER-IN-LAW DAY - October 25, 2021 - National Today
We’ve all had “mother-in-laws” and frequently they get maligned. Bringing two families together isn’t easy. On National Mother-in-Law Day, take some time to appreciate the mothers-in-law in your life, whether you have one of your own or know some women who are mothers-in-law themselves. If you have married kids of your own, take this special day to treat yourself!
NATIONAL MINCEMEAT DAY - October 26, 2021 - National Today
“National Mincemeat Day is on October 26. The original mincemeat recipe is more than 500 years old, and it used a mixture of diced fruit, meat, and distilled alcohol. It was used as a pie filling. I actually like mincemeat pies!!
National American Beer Day — History and Related Holidays (nationaltoday.com)
October 27. This is a day for American beers. There are so many beers - just walk down the beer aisle at your local grocery store and try to pick something different!!! (I bought a six-pack and nine months later finished the last one - so you can tell a little of my drinking tendencies)
National Chocolate Day — How To Celebrate and Survey Results (nationaltoday.com)
October 28, 2021, is National Chocolate Day!! Yes, I am a chocolate lover. (But, maybe I’m really a sugar lover in disguise). The suggestions are to eat more dark chocolate as it has less sugar. And, I tend to like milk chocolate mixed with something - like KitKat bars or M&M peanut butter or Reeces Peanut Butter cups. (And, I do like “white chocolate” (I’m sure that is really chocolate). I got some white chocolate cookies and cream a while back and they disappeared quickly!!!
National Oatmeal Day — History and Why We Celebrate (nationaltoday.com)
October 29th is National Oatmeal Day. A couple of weeks back, I was writing about fiber and went back to daily oatmeal (with raisins). And in addition, I added lentils, popcorn, nuts, and other high fiber items to my diet. (And, yes, it has delivered the desired effect in the bathroom)
NATIONAL CANDY CORN DAY - October 30, 2021 - National Today
Ah yes, Candy Corn - a Halloween staple. I’m not big on candy corn (no chocolate!!), but it does have sugar. If a bowl is out at a friend’s house with candy corn, I will take a handful.
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WRAP-UP
One more musical activity for me - playing for Oktoberfest on Saturday, October 30. I will have a costume. (Stay tuned for next Sunday Funday to see the costume!!!)
I will write about some miscellaneous things about me this coming week.
LOVE WINS!!!
Karen
MOVIE ANSWERS
Top movies of 1954
Rear Window (who played the male lead, and who was the female lead?)
Sabrina (who played Sabrina)
On the Waterfront (who starred and what was his later big role?)
Dial M for Murder (who played the female lead - who later became a Princess)
Brigadoon (do you know any of the songs?)
Rear Window and Dial M for Murder were both Alfred Hitchcock movies and had Grace Kelly (who later became Princess Grace of Monaco),
Sabrina was played by Audrey Hepburn
On the Waterfront starred Marlon Brando - later to be in The Godfather
Brigadoon - I’ll go home with Bonnie Jean, Come to Me, Bend to me; Almost like being in love.
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Top movies of 1959
Some like it hot - matches with E
North by Northwest (note director and final location) - matches with E and ends up on Mount Rushmore)
Ben Hur - matches with A
Rio Bravo (who was a star in this one) - matches with B - John Wayne
Pillow talk - matches with D
Matching for the 1959 movies - match the description with the movie
After a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.
A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.
A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt.
An interior decorator and a playboy songwriter share a telephone party line and size each other up.
After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.
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TOP MOVIES OF 1964
My Fair Lady (who played Eliza) - Audrey Hepburn
Mary Poppins (who played Bert the chimney sweep - Dick Van Dyke
Dr. Strangelove Or How I Stopped Worrying And Love The Bomb
Zorba the Greek (who played Zorba - Anthony Quinn
A Hard Day’s Night (who were the stars - the Beatles
Goldfinger (easy question - who played James Bond - Sean Connery)
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