Wednesday: Miss Marydoll’s, Eggciting Eggcellent, Eggsasperating, Eggceptional, Egg Puzzle.

Please Miss.....who wants to eat a 9min boiled egg?

Ducks behind desk to avoid accurately thrown duster......

Pantglas, I can assure you, I have a very good aim. I blame that Doodle, she is responsible for the anarchy in this class!

Yes Miss! She made me do it......

We’ve got one of those new fangled timers on our oven Miss so we don’t really need to use egg timers . We’re posh in our house.

I think I know how to do it Miss! Shall I post my explanation later?

I just tell Alexa to set the timer for 9 minutes. Much easier.

Bathsheba, that would be good, after all we don't want people copying!

DH always does the boiled eggs in our house.
I am ashamed to say I can't boil eggs, even after watching Delia's Basic Cookery course.
I can, of course, hardboil them for salads and sandwiches.

Back later, have to dig out some weeds. I will have a think while I dig!

Okay, thinking out loud...

Turn both egg timers over and when the 4min finishes turn it over again. When 7 min finishes put eggs on to boilgiving 1min until 4min finishes. You then do two more turns on the 4min timer, giving 9 minutes in total.

GNHQ have stolen my thunder with their daily challenge. .
I'm all alone in my classroom. ?

I’m still here on the naughty stool Miss.....Woz I rite?

Miss, Miss it's not fair. Pantglas has written how to do it and that's how I did it and I was going to wait till later to explain it and now it looks as if I just copied her

Alexa - help!!

Even coffee and mini eggs aren't helping today

Just arrived and it is finished. Please may I clean the blackboard miss?
Is there another little one? I’ve just started to “think” this week?

Miss Doll I think you’ve been eating too much of that chocolate you found in your linen cupboard. Your title thread leads me to believe you are like my DGC when they have excess of chocolate...hyperactive

Now to the quiz.

pantglas you fibber ? I wasn’t even in class when you did that. Oops.. sorry I was late again Miss

bathsheba that’s a brilliant idea. (Alexa) wish I’d thought of it.
feelingmyage you’re even later than me. Perhaps I can get off the norty seat now.

I tried Miss I really did but I got so caught up with 7 minus 4 and 3 with one left I kept getting it wrong. Sorry ?

Miss Marydoll - a poem

To keep the Netters on their toes
And stop them thinking of their woes ?
Miss Marydoll’s gone back to teaching
Keeping our brains from atrophying ?

Miss Marydoll’s class is full of fun
And well behaved apart from some ?
That doodles known to be a corker
Constantly being out of order ?

Gillybob’s been naughty too
Had to join the detention queue ?
And squiffy’s dog, what can you say ?
I expect she’ll bring him back one day!

Pantglas posts a teasing wheeze
Then hides her head between her knees ?
callistemon cannot boil an egg
She calls on Alexa to time it instead ?

Bathsheba‘s got a clever reply
But not the right one my o my.?
feelingmyage has just come in
Oh my goodness ? where’ve you bin.

Many others come to play
So where have they all gone today.?
Come back to class before I tell,
Your missing, when we ring the bell ?

S

Oh, I absolutely love it!! ?

OK, so here's my explanation for what it's worth:

Set both timers
When the 4 minute one has finished, turn it over and restart it;
When the 7 minute one has finished, turn it over (there is now 1 minute left in the 4 minute one);
When the 4 minute one is empty again, turn the 7 minute one over quickly - it has only filtered one minute's worth of sand through to the bottom, so when this has gone back through, you'll have had 2 x 4 minutes worth and that 1 minute from the 7 minute one, making 9 minutes in total.

Phew, that looks ever so confusing Miss, sorry. I hope it makes sense

Well it’s obvious now who’s gonna be Teachers Pet
A more blatant attempt I’ve not seen yet
Might ave guessed it’d be Naughty Doodle
She’s quite good at using her noodle
To get the rest of us up Schitts Creek
Unlike me - who’s mild and meek
And in who’s mouth butter wouldn’t melt
Yikes! Miss has caught me, I’m getting the belt!

It was one of those puzzles which just kept eluding me, there at the edge of my brain but kept disappearing

Doodle