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Solving => Today's Puzzles => Topic started by: magus on March 05, 2013, 09:11:22 AM
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THEME: assonance in first three letters of five phrases with only the vowel changing, from a to u, respectively
GOOD ONES:
the theme construction: PAT, PET, PIT, POT, PUT
Pop one's cork? OPEN
BTW:
Put on a new cassette RETAPE [RELOAD is what I had, and it is the better choice. When one "puts on" a new cassette he plays it; he does not "retape," which is an editing task]
Roughly 21% of the atmosphere OXYGEN [when I was in school it was 16% (with 78% nitrogen), so if this is correct, air can take its place among the other "facts" I was incorrectly taught, e.g. Pluto]
RATING: ;D
Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun
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I agree, retape makes no sense.
Air:
78% Nitrogen
21% Oxygen
1% Argon, plus other traces
The atomic weight of oxygen is 16, that may be what you remembered.
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Thanks, rbe, for setting me straight about air. My wife says I can remember a lot of facts but can't remember what I did yesterday. Now it may be that I can't remember the "facts!"
Anyway, it is odd that the atomic number is 16, so I must have confused things. Good sleuthing.