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Friday: Fank Goodness It's Friday. Miss MaryDoll's Fascinating and Frustrating Teasers.

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Marydoll Fri 05-Jun-20 08:31:03

Good Morning Class, do your worst! I have given up trying to mould you, aka Miss Jean Brodie!!! wink

How many squares can you see in the diagram?

A bonus teaser, since it's Friday.

Holes in the bottom, the left and the right, yet I still hold water with all my might.
What am I ?

Puzzler61 Fri 05-Jun-20 15:57:04

Kan I av caek and a gorjys fierman pleez ? ? ?‍?

Callistemon Fri 05-Jun-20 15:47:28

I'd rather have ? anyway

Fanks

Pantglas2 Fri 05-Jun-20 15:42:14

I woz oping ewed get stucc up dat tree ? Oopsadaisy soe we cudda corled the gorjys firemen ?‍?? to cum an reskiw ewe ?

Oopsadaisy3 Fri 05-Jun-20 15:33:54

Bathsheba how nice of you, yes I’m sure my spelling will evolve the longer I stay at this school
I will count on you to help me to fit in.

Bathsheba Fri 05-Jun-20 15:31:17

Ooh Oops yoo is getin to bee wun ov us! Yorl sun bee az gud at spelin az us two - wes kan awl elp yoo!

Oopsadaisy3 Fri 05-Jun-20 15:22:32

Well, this is a very lovely picnic, I’m pleased that I didn’t wear my white gloves though.
I’m a trifle dusty but the cake was very edible.
I used to go to a different school but as money doesn’t grow on trees and Since Daddy’s ‘unfortunate fall from Grace’ , I’ve been sent here. I don’t know what Daddy fell off but I haven’t seen him since.
But today I almost climbed a tree thanks to Pants I didn’t want to, but she was very insistent and shoved me half way up, I’m only slightly bleeding and I’m sure my dress will be fine, eventually.

Puzzler61 Fri 05-Jun-20 15:01:51

Thanks Miss, hav yoo gurls skoffed da caek awl oop?
Or ar yoo gowin to blaem da scwaer baesrs for eetin’ it?

mary51 Fri 05-Jun-20 14:58:05

Thanks for the apples Miss. Pantglas your story about Farmer C and Auntie Bye is so funny.

I've been doing Rural studies cutting back the bay tree and saving caterpillars and going to the kettle now
smile

brew

Marydoll Fri 05-Jun-20 14:50:04

Kalu, Puzzler, and Feelingmyage, ask the others for a share of the riddle cake. I hope they haven't scoffed it all.
If they have, my Millionaire's shortbread is just about ready. You can have a piece of that.

Feelingmyage ?

Feelingmyage, I never beat it now with a wooden spoon, I can't do it.
It sit the pot in the sink and put one whisk in my hand mixer and mix until it is thick. Foolproof!

I have just made the toffee for the shortbread in the microwave.

Bathsheba Fri 05-Jun-20 14:35:54

An dey done luk vewy cool niver cos deys awl cuvverd in fir. Dey muss bee boylin.

Doodle Fri 05-Jun-20 14:23:07

Dey iz awl total squares feeling coz nun of dem is waring shades and lever jakits ?

FarNorth Fri 05-Jun-20 14:20:04

Please Miss,
You mean we just have to guess how many teddy bears are total squares and how many are cool dudes?
(goes back to quietly graffiti-ing the desk)

Bathsheba Fri 05-Jun-20 14:16:31

I fink bootin yore poorer cud do maw damij than hytin it

Doodle Fri 05-Jun-20 14:11:37

feeling yous shudn bee itting yous compooter. If iz not wurkin den my daddy sayz youz av to give it der boot up. Den it mite wurk betr.?

Doodle Fri 05-Jun-20 14:09:09

Ello agin oops yous lok vewy nice. I ope yous don get two messy. As yous got nyce cween ands wil yous poot sum nyce foud frm der piknik in dis bag wot I got four myne fren willa She offn layte coz she cum frum merwica witch is bout 10 myles awy. She bee cumin bak latr and we az to keyp sum fud four er. ? Yous seem lik a nyce gurl but yous dunn arf spek funnee. Awl posh lik ?

Feelingmyage55 Fri 05-Jun-20 14:01:31

I’m here. Better late than never. Off to look for my thinking cap then try to answer. I’ve just scalded the tablet cos I can’t beat quickly enough any more. MISS please - should I be doing it in the microwave coz I’m exhausted standing over the cooker?

Bathsheba Fri 05-Jun-20 13:38:26

O deer! I done fink yoo reelee unnerstan wot owr pikniks ar lik Oops. Praps yoos shud get a overawl fwom the messtik sylunce rum so yoos kan kep yore luvvlee kloves nys an kleen. An yoo kan ware my wellis if yoo lik.

Squiffy Fri 05-Jun-20 13:30:45

Puzzler i think pore Miss 's brayne has eksplodid! Her sekerterry mus hav tayken de dai off an Miss iz tryin to doo evrifing.

Puzzler61 Fri 05-Jun-20 13:20:09

And I sent another pee emm for the riddle.

Puzzler61 Fri 05-Jun-20 13:19:02

Did you miss my pee emm Miss? I didn’t guess 16 or 18.

Squiffy Fri 05-Jun-20 13:16:14

Oops welcum to de piknik. i fink yor mummee mite bee a bit dispoynted wen yoo go howm coz yor cloves wil bee in a rite mess wunce us lot get going. we try weely ard to be gwud but jus carnt help owrselvs an get veree mukky.

Squiffy Fri 05-Jun-20 13:13:13

Poor Miss's head is awl muddld up twodai. Shee nose she put appels on de rong fred. i fink praps we shwud invyte her two our piknik to mayke her fele betta.

Marydoll Fri 05-Jun-20 13:11:53

Class I wrote a long post and have totally lost it in more ways than.

Here we go again.

The puzzle answer is not 16 nor 18

Squiffy ?
CraftyGranny ?
Doodle ?
Mary51 ?
Oopsadaisy?
DanniRae ?

The Riddle

Oopsadaisy
Callistemon
Bathsheba
Mary51

You can all share this cake. ?

If I have missed anyone, I'm sure you will let me know! wink

Pantglas2 Fri 05-Jun-20 13:10:32

Arr ewe shoor ewes ment tobee at owr Skool, Oopsadaisy? Ewe sown aziff ewe shud bea ata Boring Skool wiv the pawsh kyds?

Ewe is veri welkym ere ocors, praps yore manures will rub orf on us venchulee.....?

Oopsadaisy3 Fri 05-Jun-20 12:50:36

Thank you so much Pants I would love to attend your picnic and I will select a suitable cushion, is there a clean one? I have clean shoes and sox so can’t get them messy.
Mummy sent food for us, nibbles she calls them. Do we have napkins? And cutlery, only I don’t usually eat with my fingers, in case I get my clothes mucky.
Mummy doesn’t like me to be messy. And I’m not allowed to eat or drink anything with sugar in it . Apart from that I think I might quite enjoy myself