In England, Australia, and New Zealand, November 4th marks Mischief Night, a time of bonfires and firecrackers to commemorate the failure of Guy Fawkes's plot to blow up England's Houses of Parliment in 1605.
Here in the States, the first Saturday in November marks Sadie Hawkins Day. Women and girls are encouraged to invite men and boys of their choice for a date. This tradition began in the town of Dogpatch in the Li'l Abner comic strip drawn my Al Capp when strong mountain gals caught and hog-tied their guys. :-) And there you have it! Hope you enjoy it. If you have holidays in your country you would like to see posted, send them to me through the Talk to Me link and I'll be glad to post them. |
Miss Lavender was visiting her aunt, Mrs. Bluebell, for an early Thanksgiving. Although they don’t celebrate Thanksgiving in England, they had invited Miss Scarlet, Mrs. Peacock, and Mrs. White as the three Americans already had plans for the holiday. Arriving on Friday evening, they ate and turned in early as they planned to arise at a very early hour. Miss Lavender and her aunt planned to take their guests into the city for a sale at Drummond’s. Everything was 50% off from opening at 9 AM until 11 AM, and so they wanted to get their early. Their idea of early was about three hours early. They loaded up with thermoses of hot tea and some sandwiches and took along some lawn chairs as they planned to queue and be the first in the store. Since it was a nippy morning, each wore a different kind of coat - mackintosh, parka, pea jacket, ulster, or wind breaker. They were the first to arrive and lined up outside the store in a row (from 1st to 5th from the door) and each was eager to make their special purchase - an elephant statuette, a hat decorated with flowers, a scarf weaved with gold thread, a set of satin sheets, or a set of lovely guest towels.
From the clues, determine the order in which each lady queued in line, the type of jacket each wore, and what each wanted to buy (which they did indeed purchase after entering the store).
1. Mrs. Bluebell wasn’t the woman who wanted to purchase the scarf.
2. The woman who wore the mackintosh sat immediately in front of Miss Scarlet, who sat immediately in front of the woman who planned to purchase a porcelain elephant statuette for Mr. Boddy, who collects elephants.
3. The five women are Miss Scarlet, Mrs. Bluebell, the woman who wore the pea jacket, the woman who wore the wind breaker, and the woman who planned to purchase a hat.
4. The woman who wore the ulster planned to purchase the beautiful scarf make with fine gold thread.
5. The woman who had sat up her lawn chair in front of the other four women planned to buy some exquisite cream colored satin sheets.
6. The woman whose place in line was immediately behind Miss Lavender hoped to be able to purchase some beautiful guest towels for her guest bathroom (who wasn’t the woman who wore the parka).
7. Mrs. Bluebell took her place in the queue immediately behind the woman who wore the pea jacket.
8. It wasn’t Mrs. Peacock who wore a parka as protection against the early morning snappy weather.
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WOMAN'S NAME | COAT WORN | ITEM WANTED |
On Sunday, four different Giovanni employees were sent home from work during the day with all the symptoms of the flu. The manager got on the phone and lined up help for the coming week to take their place. However, each peson he contacted (two of whom are women - Clare and Eva, and two of whom are men - David and Frank) said he or she could not be there on Monday due to a prior appointment, but agreed to help out the rest of the week. So Monday morning the manager turned to his most trusted employee, Stefano, to try and help out in the areas that needed it - assistant chef, hat check person, reservations clerk, and waiter. Needless to say, Stefano was pretty tired at the end of a very long twelve-hour day!
From the clues, determine each part-time employees first and last name (one is Bloom), the prior appointment each had on Monday, and the position each was to fill (one was for a reservations clerk).
1. Neither the woman who was to fill-in as a waiter nor the person sunamed Agoita (who was not David) was the one who had a Monday appointment with his or her doctor for a complete physical.
2. Monday was the last day for enrollment at the local Community College, but the person who needed to get enrolled in his of her classes was not the one who was to fill-in for either the hat check person or the waiter.
3. The man who had an appointment with a home realtor to close on a house he and his wife are buying is not surnamed Agoita.
4. Mr. Patel was to fill-in for the ill assitant chef from Tuesday on until the regular employee is well enough to return to work.
5. Clare didn’t have an appointment with the dentist nor was she planning on taking classes at the local college.
6. The person who had an appointment with his or her dentist wasn’t surnamed Kanowski.
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