[quote=“LadyOfWicca” post=160873]A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have their initial sounds switched to form new words. The pairs need only sound the same, not necessarily be spelled the same (power saw & sour paw, horse cart & coarse heart). There may sometimes be one or two connecting words (kick the stone & stick the cone, king of the rats & ring of the cats). Given the following definitions, what are the spoonerisms?
overweight dam builder & symptom of a sick flying mammal
bottom of the ocean & an insect-bitten dog has this
a cooking utensil & a nosy admirer
the person in charge of clocks and watches & the result of exposing silent actors to the sun[/quote]
You stand before two doors, each with a guard. They will only let you open one door. One door leads to Paradise, the other to death. You may ask one and only one question to one of the guards. One guard always tells the truth, and the other guard always lies (but they aren’t telling you which is which). What one question do you ask? Which door do you enter?
You ask either guard which door the other guard would choose to get to Paradise and whatever his answer is, choose the opposite door.
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If you ask the honest guard, he will honestly tell you that the other guard will lie and pick the Death door.
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If you ask the lying guard, he will lie and tell you the honest guard picked the Death door.
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They’ve both picked the Death door, so you are safe if you go through the other door.
One of my Favorite old school episodes of Dr. Who, The Pyramids of Mars, features a similar conundrum.
-The question is to ask either of them, “If I were to ask the other guard which door leads to Paradise which Door would he choose?” No matter which door is picked choose the other door, because if it’s the guy who lies, he’ll tell you the wrong door (because the the guy who tells the truth would tell you the right door to Paradise), and the guy who tells the truth will tell you the wrong door as well (because he would tell what door the guy who’s lying would pick)[/spoiler]
The following phrases are colloquialisms, idioms or proverbs that are written in their literal, and rather complicated form. Can you uncover their true meanings and solve this teaser?
Example: “Don’t place the two wheeled vehicle in a position preceding the equine mammal,” is the proverb “Don’t put the cart before the horse.”
Positive aesthetic appeal is solely the equivalent of the thickness of the epidermis.
The ground covering of slender leaved plants is always a more vibrant hue of a common secondary color in the proximity of the opposite surface of a structure serving as a boundary.
Produce the sound of sharp tapping by striking blows to a processed piece of secondary xylem from a large perennial plant.
The gyre that emanates shrill sounds receives the viscous lubricant.
Answers –
1. Beauty is only skin deep.
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2. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
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3. Knock on wood.
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4. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
Bet that’s one of them optical illusions things made to trick our minds. Like those sidewalk chalk art that if you look at it the right way, it seems like it’s 3D.
