QUOTATIONPUZZLE

DIRECTIONS: Recreate a timeless nugget of wisdom by using the letters in each vertical column to fill the boxes above them. Once any letter is used, cross it out in the lower half of the puzzle. Letters may be used only once. Black squares indicate spaces between words, and words may extend onto a second line.

Solution on page 14.

Use the letters provided at bottom to create words to solve the puzzle above. All the listed letters following #1 are the first letters of the various words; the letters following #2 are the second letters of each word, and so on. Try solving words with letter clues or numbers with minimal choices listed. A sample is shown. Solution on page 14.

One day a farmer got a visit from his brother, a priest, whom he had not seen in many years. He was justly proud of his farm, so he took his brother on a tour of the place.

“See this beautiful field of grain?” he asked proudly. “I grew this.”

“With God’s help you did,” said the priest. A bit further, he showed him a lush pasture with a herd of cows grazing contentedly.

“See those cows? I bred them!” he proudly exclaimed.

Again, the priest reminded his brother, “Yes, but only with God’s help.”

The brother felt insulted and stayed silent for the rest of their walk. Finally they came to a fallow patch of uncultivated ground, full of thistles and brambles.

“What happened here?” asked the priest.

“Here? I let God do the farming by himself.”

The circus owner and his Human Cannonball had been arguing for hours, and they were still at it when it came time for his big performance. Just as the Human Cannonball climbed into the cannon, he uttered a string of insults and obscenities at his boss.

He was fired on the spot.

Moe: What do you get if you eat 3.14 cakes?

Joe: Piabetes.

Moe: What sound does an Australian frog make?

Joe: Croakey.

Moe: What do you call a pigsty when it’s wintertime?

Joe: A pigloo.

Moe: Did you hear they arrested the devil?

Joe: No. What happened?

Moe: They got him on possession.

There once was a man From Cork who got limericks And haikus confused

Knock knock.

Who’s there?

Hike.

Hike who?

There once was a man From Nantucket who was not In a limerick

Although the new chatbot is clever, It cannot write poetry ever. Oh yes I can, you silly young man. It’s just that as a large language model I am not fully trained in rhyming and scanning. Please watch for future updates.