Fibbing Friday

 

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For Di’s challenge:

Fibbing Friday 5th June 2026

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1. What is the difference between Biweekly and a Fortnight? … Not sure of either of these, but I think they are newspapers, one for morning and one for evening?

2. How much oil would your lantern need to last a fortnight? … Well, I’m not good at math, so let’s just say you’d need as much as the container would hold, one cup’s worth?

3. If you spent a fortnight in Paris, what would you see? … I’ve been to Paris France and saw the airport, I’ve lived in Paris TX and saw my house and neighborhood.

 4. What’s the difference between a microchip and a micro chip? Huh? One of these words is smushed together, the other is divided into two words. One you can eat and one you better not eat. Decide wisely! 

5. What’s brown, shiny and sizzles? … pancakes

6. How is the best way to make lemonade? … buy it in a grocery store already in the jar.

7. How many types of coke are there? … All soft drinks are cokes here in TX. We say we want a coke then tell the waitress what kind of coke we want.

8. Why was a sundae glass so named? … It was invented on a weekend Sunday.

9. What is hellsapoppin? … Hot popcorn that is being made at the movie theater.

10.What did the Knights of the Round Table do during the day? … They ate and feasted at a square or oblong table. 

 

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Fibbing Friday

 

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For Di’s challenge:

Fibbing Friday 22nd May 2026

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1. What is a board room? … This is a section of a home improvement store where the lumber for sale is kept.

2. Who usually has The Chair?  … A prison execution room

3. What are minutes? … Tiny little bugs that get on plants and  people

4. What is a projector used for? … It’s the spotlight used at night in helicopters while chasing criminals

5. What is a CEO? … This stands for Check Everything Over before you publish a blog post, to correct typos

6. What is a ‘stand alone?’ … This is that wise old guy on top of a mountain giving advice  to those who climb up there.

7. What is a portfolio? … This is when you fall down, but try to let people know you meant to do that

8. What is an agenda? … This is a tossed salad with lots of different things in the bowl

9. What is a ‘sea of faces’? … So creepy!!!! It’s all the fish in the sea staring up at you with their big unblinking eyes!

10. To what does ‘any other business’ refer? This means there’s good gossip going around town

 

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For Di’s challenge:

Fibbing Friday 15th May 2026

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1 Biblioklept … This was the mayor of the hobbit village

2. Acnestis   … This is a topical medicine for curing acne.

3. Wrest pin … This gaudy pin is the top prize for winning a wrestling match.

4. Agelast … This is that little date on food products that tell when it turns into poison.

5. Peristeronic … This is what kids do to pester their parents for buying them candy or toys. 

6.  Limerence: … The study of the citrus fruit called Limes

7.  Sonder: … This is a job on a movie set that controls the sound engineering during filming.

8.  Vellichor:  … This is one half of a twin’s circus act. Velli is a dog tricks act. The Chor Brothers

9.  Petrichor: …This is the  other half of the twin’s circus act. Petri is a cat trick act.  The Chor Brothers

10. Lugubrious: … This is the act of chewing a big wad of bubble gum, getting ready to blow a big bubble.

 

 

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For Di’s challenge:

Fibbing Friday 8th May 2026

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1, Defenestration: … This is dehydrated food items, rationed in defense of lock-downs.

2. Lollygag: … Warning on a lollipop wrapper – Don’t suck too hard or it will gag you.

3. Flummox: … This is a rare kind of cattle (oxen) found only in the rain forest.

4. Cattywampus: … In kitty circles, this is the currency they use for dues to the club.

5, Bungle: … This is a basket of fresh bread rolls you get served in a restaurant before the meal.

6. Anachronism: …. These are elderly spiders. They are past being spinsters, as they can’t spin webs any more.

7. Serendipity: … This is a chain of specialty frozen yogurt shops.

8. Paroxysm: … Witty comments from parrots.

9. Solivagant: … This is used to unstop a toilet.

10. Glossolalia: … This is a kind of paint, or enamel used to put a shine on a wall.

 

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For Di’s challenge:

Fibbing Friday 1st May 2026

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These were all popular comedy shows. If you didn’t know, what do you think they were about?

1. Bless this House.  … A reality show about a for hire priest who goes around throwing holy water  on houses.

2. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. … A stunt pilot who performs at air shows in his airplane, the Bel-Air

3. Diff’rent Strokes. … A show about the ups and downs of working on a golf course.

4. Porridge. … A documentary about different types of cereals, grains, and how they are made.

5. Only Fools and Horses. … The must see sports show of the year – the Kentucky Derby

6. Happy Days. …  A showcase of cute puppies and kittens, their stories from birth to adoption.

7. The Golden Girls. … An in depth look at ancient Egyptian queens.

8. The Good Life. … Rags to riches stories of people who won the lottery.

9. M.A.S.H. … A couple buys old houses, smashes walls, renovates, and resells the houses for $$$$

10 . Cheers.   … Cheerleading competitions gone wild, the good , the bad, and the ugly of cheerleading.

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Fibbing Friday

Fibbing Friday 24th April 2026

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Di says:

…film quotes this week, but who else could have said them?

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1. I have a head for business and a bod for sin.  … ?? Jessica Rabbit??

2. Wax on, wax off.  … A surfboard builder

3. I’ll have what she’s having. … Too bad, we’re all out of what she’s having.

4. Please sir, I want some more. … kids cooking s’mores at a campfire

5. You want the truth? You can’t handle the truth! … Pinocchio – that’s why he fibs.

6. I have got to get me one of these! … A hoarder who wants to have everything and gets rid of nothing.

7. Stupid is as stupid does. … … Gilligan and the Skipper

8. No-one puts Baby in a corner. … A tiger – to the tiger tamer ‘RAWR!”

9. Adventure is out there! … Peter Pan

10. I’m having an old friend for dinner … said one cannibal to another.

 

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For Di’s challenge:

Fibbing Friday 17th April 2026

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1. What is suduku?  … This is a mind numbing pill, and it puts you into a dazed condition.

2. What is a vagabond? … This is those covered wagons used in pioneer days.

3. What is an anagram? … This was the first prototype of the later Telegram business.

4. What is cribbage? … This is an old baby bed that is broken and tossed in the trash heap.

5. What is protocol? … This is a combo vegetable such as cabbage and broccoli in one plant.

6. What is subterfuge? … This is when a pan of chocolate fudge goes wrong and is syrupy and you eat it with a spoon.

7. What is rummy? … This is what you say when your pan of fudge goes wrong … “Oh rummy, my fudge is runny”

8. What is a grammy? … This is a short, fun way of saying graham cracker

9. What is an archive? … This is something unexpected you find in a library book left there by someone else.

10. What is infamy? … This is when all the family gets together for a holiday meal in one home.

 

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For Di’s challenge:

Fibbing Friday 27th March 2026

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Di says:

I’m recycling my questions from July 2021 this week. What do you make of these?

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1. What is a skiff? … This is a short cigarette – any kind

2. What is a liner? … You put pretty paper on the shelves of your cabinet or drawers

3. What is a ferry? … A young ferret

4. What is a destroyer? … Cats claws ripping up the furniture

5. What is a cruiser? …  A person who runs marathons at a steady pace

6. What is a galleon? … This is a winning hand in Poker

7. What is a pedlow? … This is the stairs leading down into the basement

8. What is a kayak? … It is a word that is the same spelled  backwards or forwards. Oh wait that’s not a fib, that’s the truth.

9. What is a schooner? … This is when a kid skips going to school, he’s taking a schooner.

10. What is a coracle? … I heard that this is a structure made from ocean coral.

 

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Here are my answers from July 2021.

1. What is a skiff? … A skiff is part of a musical number, repeated off and on through out the song.

2. What is a liner? … A liner can be two things – a make up eye liner, or a magic marking pen.

3. What is a ferry? … A ferry is a little imaginary creature that flies around granting wishes.

4. What is a destroyer? … Oh no! This is the evil murder hornet!

5. What is a cruiser? … A cruiser is a type/shape of a certain disposable diaper or nappie.

6. What is a galleon? … A galleon is a jug of milk.

7. What is a pedlow? … A pedlow is a toddler’s little push car he rides around in.

8. What is a kayak? … A kayak is a goat that lives high up in the mountains on the cliffs.

9. What is a schooner? … A schooner is an elongated glass dish used to make banana splits in.

10. What is a coracle? … A coracle is the name given for a children’s choir.

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