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Traveling Games

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<The car swerves across the road>

Drat that was 126 not 26

<Driver thinks I really should pay more attention to the road>

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I am wondering if people have any good traveling games, I don’t mean like travel twister I mean car or train games.20110901-182548.jpg

I currently undertake a 170 mile journey every monday morning and every Friday evening as I cross the country from Gloucestershire to Essex and back. I have recently been playing a couple of number plate games to help pass the time.

Game 1 – Numbers

This is really a counting game you start at 1 and once you see a number plate with the number 1 you move on the 2 then 3 and so on.

Rules
1) the number must be a sole number e.g. W1NKR can be used as number 1 and WA51KNR can not it would be used as 51

2) in a single journey numbers can be seen out of sequence up to three infront as long as the numbers between are seen e.g. If you up to number 5 and you set off and see a number 7 as long as you see the 6 before the end of the journey the 7 counts.

I am currently searching for 26.

Game 2 – Word Play

The other game I sometime play is taking the three letter of a number plate and make a three word sentence e.g. WR 51 SLC is the number plate then the phrase could be “Scouts like Camping” often the sillier the better so DEM 197 Y the phrase could be Don’t Eat Midgets.

Rules

1) You must use real words

2) must be a sentence not just a collection of words so for DEM Dance East Mood  but Dancing Eastly Mood would work

So those are my travel games let me know what keep you occupied on journeys

TTFN

Quiz Answers

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<after much scratching of heads>

Oh yes but of course that was the answer

<looks of bewilderment>

I thought this quiz was not that difficult it was just about reading the question however of the 5 people that entered 1 got 10 out of 10

The answers are as follows
1. 13
2. The other one is a 50p or no its a 5p
3. It is one more pound (and for those who said it was written badly it is supposed to be so you think year not number)
4. incorrectly
5. No he is dead
6. none its a hole
7. all of them
8. Neither 8+8=16
9. no time, the ladder rises with the tide…along with the boat
10. 9, mum, dad, 6 sisters, 1 brother

Well I said I would dig out a prize and I have a spare badge from the Avon Bear Hunt the person who got all 10 correct was Moz Morris who can be found if your interested blogging at Moz’s Musings – Moz if you get in touch and let me know where you want the badge sent to I will post it on (it is the one shown at the top)

Thanks for playing

YIS

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Where does the time go

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 <sits on the foot of the bed and ponders>

Where does the time go, living away is bad but I thought I would have time to post more

<gets up shakes his ead and walks off for a bubble in the jacuzzi>

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I must say I really thought that I would have more time to post seeing how I am working away and have pretty much nothing else to do in the evenings. However I somehow seem to have found a way to fill that time doing pretty much nothing.

What is more worrying is as September fast approaches I realise that another year is coming to an end and my blog has been neglected.

Time is a funny thing seem like you have lots of it at the start but it quickly disappears.

If you find that meeting night has come round again all to quickly here are some brain teasers to try to see how clever your young people are.

  1. What is 5 divided by 1/2 plus 3?
  2. I have two coins making 55p but one is not a 50p. How can that be?
  3. Why is 2011 pounds more than 2010 pounds?
  4. What word in the english language does nearly everyone pronounce incorrectly?
  5. In the UK is it legal for a man to marry his widow’s sister?
  6. How much dirt is there in a hole that measures two feet by three feet by four feet?
  7. Some months of the year have 30 days, some months of the year have 31 days; how many have 28 days?
  8. Which is correct eight and eight IS fifteen or eight and eight ARE fifteen?
  9. A 10 ft rope ladder hangs over the side of a boat with the bottom rung at the surface of the water. There is one foot between the rungs and the tide goes in at a rate of six inches per hour. How long till three rungs are covered?
  10. Mr and Mrs Smith have six daughters and each daughter has one brother. How Many people are in the family?

I am sure you can find a way to make this kill 10 or 15 mins.

I will post that answers in my next post if you would like to try to answer the questions please do and send me a answers via the contact form below and I will try to dig up a prize for the winner.

That is all from me for now TTFN

K