Bathroom Readers Institute - Uncle Johns 24-Karat Gold Bathroom Reader

CALCULATOR WORDS

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Sizzle

Eggshells

Belize

Zoo

Shell

Igloo

Oslo

Hobo

Oboe

Bolo

Boise

Glee

Google

Ebbs

Ellis

Gigolo

Hills

Oil

Oozes

LEGO

Hell

Boggle

Hobbies

Bolshoi

Illegible

GRANDMA CELIA, CARD SHARK

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Insta-matic: Grandma Celia didnt memorize all the cards when she shuffled; she just memorized the card at the top of the deck, which happened to be the Seven of Clubs. (At the end of the shuffle she slowed down just enough to get a look at the card.) When she cut the deck into three piles, she made the pile with the Seven of Clubs the third pilethe one on the rightso that shed draw that card last. But she called out Seven of Clubs first, because that was the only card she knew. Then, after she drew what turned out to be the Jack of Hearts from the top of the first pile, she called out Jack of Hearts as she drew the card from the top of the second pile. That card was actually the Three of Spades. So she called out, Three of Spades, when she drew the top card from the third pile, which she already knew was the Seven of Clubs. (Thats why she didnt let me see any of the cards until she was done.)

Longest field goal in NFL history: Tom Dempsey, for 66 yards in 1970 Even more impressive, Dempsey was born without half of his kicking foot.

Seeing Is Believing: Grandma Celia planned this trick in advance, so before I came over she took the Ten of Diamonds out of the deck and put it in her purse. Then when she wrote the note, put it in her wallet, and put the wallet back in her purse, she made sure to put it right next to the Ten of Diamonds.

Later, when she said Stop! and took her wallet out of her purse, she pressed the Ten of Diamonds against the outside of the wallet with her fingers and lifted it out of the purse with the wallet, taking care not to let me see the card. When she laid the wallet on top of the cards, she laid the Ten of Diamonds face down on the top of the pile. (Thats why she told me a messy pile was OKto make it harder for me to spot the new card on top.)

Flip-Flop: Before she did this trick, Grandma Celia turned the card on the bottom of the deck face up, without me noticing. When she fanned out the cards in her hand and told me to pick one, she was careful to make sure the bottom card wasnt showing, so I couldnt tell that it was face up. After I picked my card (and while I was momentarily distracted reading it), she closed the fan, squared the deck, and casually turned the deck over without my realizing it. All the cards in the deck were now face up, except for the card on top, which was face down. I assumed that the entire deck was face down, which is exactly what she wanted me to think. When I put my card back in the deck, it and the top card were the only two cards that were face downthe rest of the deck was face up. When Celia put the cards behind her back, she turned the top card face up and turned the entire deck over, so that now all of the cards were face down...except mine, which was face up.

A Stand-up Guy: This was the simplest trick of all: When Celia held up the Joker she kept her fourth fingerher index fingerhidden behind the card. Then when she set the cup on top of the card, she raised the finger up just enough to allow the cup to sit on the card and her finger.

MOVIE QUOTE QUIZ #1

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Kindergarten Cop (1990)

The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Blazing Saddles (1974)

Rocky IV (1985)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure (1989)

Psycho (1960)

The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

The King and I (1956)

Batman (1989)

The Exorcist (1973)

Air Force One (1997)

Return of the Jedi (1983)

Moonstruck (1987)

Dr. Strangelove (1964)

Old School (2003)

Oliver! (1968)

Finding Nemo (2003)

Patton (1970)

The Jerk (1979)

The Outsiders (1983)

The Godfather, Part II (1974)

The Usual Suspects (1995)

Body Heat (1981)

MOVIE QUOTE QUIZ #2

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Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

Gone With the Wind (1939)

Back to the Future, Part II (1989)

The Lost Weekend (1945)

Mary Poppins (1964)

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

Animal House (1978)

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

Shrek (2001)

Saturday Night Fever (1977)

Caddyshack (1980)

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

Midnight Cowboy (1969)

Working Girl (1988)

All the Presidents Men (1976)

Ferris Buellers Day Off (1986)

Predator (1987)

Pirates of the Caribbean (2003)

Deliverance (1972)

Black Swan (2010)

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

The Princess Bride (1987)

Carrie (1976)

Picky eaters: Each of the worlds 1,600 flea species prefers a different animal.

KNOW YOUR BOATS

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j) Argo. Jason and his Argonauts were the heroes of Greek mythology who searched for the Golden Fleece aboard the Argo.

d) Pequod. In Herman Melvilles 1851 novel Moby Dick, Captain Ahab hunted for a vicious white whale aboard the Massachusetts-based Pequod. The novel says the ship took its name from a celebrated tribe of Massachusetts Indians; now extinct as the ancient Medes. The tribes name is actually Pequot, but they are indeed a New England-based nation that was nearly obliterated by English settlers during the 1600s.