Husband’s use of silver tongs shocks wife in column tale
A reader shares a shocking domestic moment as her husband Dirk used heirloom sterling silver tongs to dispose of a dead squirrel, insisting he would wash them. The letter suggests many readers will offer similar grim anecdotes about husbands misusing kitchen tools.
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Squirrel Tongs My Dinner Joke Sparked By Accident
A Spokane reader recalls keeping sentient kitchen tongs as a joke after a heated debate. After soaking in bleach and dishwasher cycles, they now nickname them the Squirrel Tongs and joke about the dinner invitation fallout.
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Percepts Horoscope for Wednesday May 12
Horoscopic notes for May 12 advise discretion and inner focus. Aries through Gemini sections discuss resource assessment, partner information, budget surprises, and shifts in plans with guidance to seek expertise and stay centered.
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Weekly Horoscope Summary for Cancer to Pisces
The forecast offers general guidance across signs. Cancer should regroup on work tasks and seek financial clarity with a partner’s help. Leo benefits from open thinking and creative release. Virgo gains energy from feedback and new approaches. Libra should guard flirtatious signals and enjoy social time. Scorpio can start anew, adjust budgets, and pace actions. Sagittarius welcomes change and risks, with a party mood. Capricorn notes potential financial shifts and home focus. Aquarius stresses clear communication and news intake. Pisces relies on intuition for career shifts and financial input, urging consultation. The piece emphasizes entertainment value and broad guidance.
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Taking the Impossible Trick: South Secures Slam in Card Play
In a bridge hand, declarer foresees victory despite West holding both missing kings. By careful trumping, club management, and a heart finesse, South forces a win all 13 tricks even if the East West cards divide unfavorably. West becomes end played as clubs vanish.
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Universal Crossword Puzzle Highlights and Clues
A reader friendly snapshot of the May 12 1999 Universal crossword edited by Timothy E Parker listing across and down clues with references to famous figures and common terms. The grid positions and theme hints point to familiar names like Joan Baez Edam and Maxwell Anderson, with clues spanning music literature and daily life.
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Jumble crossword how to piece together clues
A compact guide explains solving the Jumble crossword by unscrambling letters from clues. Readers learn to identify scrambled words, extract the highlighted letters, and assemble them to reveal the bonus answer. The brief hints emphasize keeping track of letters and verifying completed words.
Fragmented Puzzle Clue List Feeds Themed Answers
A garbled OCR-like set of cryptic clue fragments lists items such as Needle bird shaped, Slow-paced Epsilon horse, Pittsburgh Regulation nine, and other scattered terms. The text reads like a crossword or puzzle key with mismatched wordforms and misreads, ending with a stray word Cistem.
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