ODDS AND ENDS

1. Why did the Greeks need a vicious, three-headed dog at the entrance to Hades? Was anyone trying to get in? 

2. With all due respect to John Dunne, Man is an island. It's in the Irish Sea between England and Ireland.

3. Having trouble making up your mind? You suffer from "Decision fatigue."

4. Can you interpret this rebus?

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5. What happened when the dentist dropped her diamond earring in the amalgam mix?

6. What's the difference, if any, between Hispanic and Latino/a?

 

7. What's a smart ass?

Answers/Credits:

 

2: Paul Coulter

 

4. Separate Tables (1958 American film and a metaphor for how hard it is to let down our defenses and share our feelings)

 

5. There was a jewel in the crown. 

    Caryn Robbins

 

6. Hispanic refers to a person with ancestry from a country whose primary language is Spanish. Latino/a refer to people with origins from anywhere in Latin America (Mexico, South and Central America, and the Caribbean).

 

7. One clever enough to win every argument.....but not clever enough not to.

    David R. Williams