Take it off! All off!
The shaving cream ad also
played stripper music.



Next: advertisements

Not exactly a
lie, but not whole truth either:
adman's concoction.

next: typewriter (remember them?)

Click, click, click PING swipe
rrrrrratchet and the carriage comes
back and click, click, click.


next: VCR tapes

Before DVDs
there were VCRs.  Before
that, guy with paint-box.

next: oak tree

Massive trees grow old.
Starting from a small acorn
and then - living long.



next: Queen Anne's Lace

Umbellifera;
close kin to cow parsley, but
with a nicer name.

next: mountain ash

A flutter of leaves
followed by bright orange berries
that hang in clusters.

next: mushrooms

All types of mushrooms
Are edible. Some only
edible one time.



next: hummus

Quote from: Spell Chick on May 31, 2026, 12:57:46 AMAll types of mushrooms
Are edible. Some only
edible one time.

Like it, Chick!

A bit like eating
the packet it comes in, with
added condiments.

next: market day

Make a shopping list
Leave it sitting back at home
Try to remember.


next: Zeus

Chief among the gods,
lord of Olympus - but not
a faithful husband.

next: Helen of Troy

She was beautiful
The most beautiful woman
in the world, they say,




next: Thor

The God of War; and
carpenters.  Why else would he
carry a hammer?

next: Pegasus

Famous winged white horse
more plausible than Slepnir,
cursed with eight legs.

Next word:  Mythology

If a man tells lies,
he's a liar.  If enough
people do, it's myth.

next: truth