From the daily archives:

Friday, March 14, 2008

5+5+5=550

03.14.2008

A doozy. Using a single straight line to the left of the equals sign, make the following statement true:
5+5+5=550
Think about this one. It’s worth it. There are two correct answers. If you give up (but don’t!), you can go google it.

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Teatime illusion

03.14.2008

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Don’t call me daughter

03.14.2008

Busta busting a karaoke jam.

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Forming Possessives of Singular Nouns

03.14.2008

To form the possessive of a singular noun not ending in an s sound, add an apostrophe plus s to the noun. (But you knew all these…)

my lawyer’s advice
my child’s teacher
Tulabelle’s haircut
Mr. and Mrs. Snerd’s woodpile
Illinois’s politicians
Arkansas’s former governor
Des Moines’s mayor
the corps’s leadership

To form the possessive of a singular noun that ends in an s [...]

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