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This is
Volume 1, Issue 7 ----- July, 1997
of The KIDS MONTHLY Newsletter


Table of Contents:

Note

Jokes and Riddles

Brain Drain

Facts and Figures

Staff for KIDS MONTHLY


Note:

I'm skippin' an extra month's article, 'cuz I need a little more time to write it. So, it will be in next month's issue. The title? Thomas Alva Edison.

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Jokes and Riddles

Got any good, clean, jokes and riddles? Send 'em to me at: KidMonth@aol.com

What bird can lift heavy things?
A Crane.
(Kathrine Brunton, Indianapolis, IN)

What do mice wear on their feet?
Squeakers.
(Kathrine Brunton, Indianapolis, IN)

What is a pig's favorite kind of chair?
Sow-fas.
(Kathrine Brunton, Indianapolis, IN)

What is a cow's favorite kind of chair?
Cow-ches.
(Kathrine Brunton, Indianapolis, IN)

What is a dinosaur's favorite baseball team?
The Giants.
(Kathrine Brunton, Indianapolis, IN)

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Brain Drain

Brain Drain will give a hard word out of the Dictionary, and give 4 multiple choice answers. Your job is to figure out which answer is the correct one. The answer to the word will be given later in this issue.

A. koan (ko-an)

  1. The wrist.
  2. A brainteasing question.
  3. Surfing term for a bothersome beginner.
  4. American measurement used to determine the amount of sugar in grapes.

(The correct word and definition this month is from the Balderdash game. Answer is near the bottom of the newsletter, to get there fast, click here: Answers.)

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Facts and Figures

Did you know that...............

  1. The largest and very likely the loudest guitar ever made is 38 ft. and 2 in. tall, 16 ft. wide and weighs 1,865lbs. It was made by the students of a high school in Jasonville, IN. When it was first introduced in 1991, it was so big that the guitar had to be played by six people all at the same time!
  2. The heaviest sumo wrestler ever weighed 556 pounds!
  3. The largest apple weighed 2 lb.10 oz. and the circumference was 18. in. It grew in Minnesota.
  4. The largest peanut was 4 in. in length. This one grew in North Carolina.
  5. This is the fifth of five items on this list :-D

...............Now you know!

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Staff for KIDS MONTHLY

Editor-in-Chief: David A. Szpunar

Editor and Writer:
David I. Proctor, III

Contributing Editors:
Andy Proctor
Bryan Szpunar
Helen Szpunar
Casey Szpunar

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Answers to Brain Drain

If you don't remember the word, click on the answer to get to go back up to the question.

Back up to Brain Drain


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Last Revised: February 2, 1998
This issue first on the web: Monday, June 23, 1997

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