This is fun. Stolen from Sarah
What do you call...
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks?
A creek (pronounced "crick") :D
2. The thing you push around the grocery store?
cart
3. A metal container to carry a meal in?
lunchbox (or if it's taller than it is wide, lunchpail)
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in?
frying pan
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people?
couch
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof?
gutter
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening?
Deck if it's off the ground in back of the house, patio if it's on the ground, and porch if it's off the ground in front of the house
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages?
POP.
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup?
pancakes
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself?
Sub
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach?
trunks
12. Shoes worn for sports?
tennis shoes
13. Putting a room in order?
cleaning or tidying
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark?
lightning bug
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball?
roly-poly
16. The children's playground equipment where one kid sits on one side and goes up while the other sits on the other side and goes down?
teeter totter
17. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
RUMMAGE SALE! No one down here calls them that!!
18. What's the evening meal?
Supper. Or dinner. If I hadn't migrated to Lower Michigan, it'd be just supper.
19. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
Basement
20. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
water fountain, not to be confused with the fountains along the sidewalks on campus
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks?
A creek (pronounced "crick") :D
2. The thing you push around the grocery store?
cart
3. A metal container to carry a meal in?
lunchbox (or if it's taller than it is wide, lunchpail)
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in?
frying pan
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people?
couch
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof?
gutter
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening?
Deck if it's off the ground in back of the house, patio if it's on the ground, and porch if it's off the ground in front of the house
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages?
POP.
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup?
pancakes
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself?
Sub
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach?
trunks
12. Shoes worn for sports?
tennis shoes
13. Putting a room in order?
cleaning or tidying
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark?
lightning bug
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball?
roly-poly
16. The children's playground equipment where one kid sits on one side and goes up while the other sits on the other side and goes down?
teeter totter
17. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
RUMMAGE SALE! No one down here calls them that!!
18. What's the evening meal?
Supper. Or dinner. If I hadn't migrated to Lower Michigan, it'd be just supper.
19. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
Basement
20. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
water fountain, not to be confused with the fountains along the sidewalks on campus