The Edge

Today is Wednesday, the 219th day of 2013, with 146 days left in the year.

Today is ...

Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day. Wrap rage - a real thing - involves heightened levels of anger and frustration from the inability to open packaging. Join me today in sending a message to manufacturers by not buying or attempting to open difficult packaging.

You're So Punny!

OK, readers, here is your first week of puns. You pick your favorite pun of the week and send me an email by Sunday to edge@lmtribune.com with "My vote" in the subject line. In the body of the email give the number of the pun you think is the punniest of the week, along with your name. Limit is one vote per reader, per week.

No. 1 - During a family poker game I raised my Auntie and she said, "Uncle."

No. 2 - Nowadays, it Hertz to rent a car. I had just spent my last Dollar, and needed to get Thrifty in a big hurry. Renting one from a National chain was out of my Budget, so I opened up my communicator and called the Enterprise. Who needs a car when you have a transporter?

No. 3 - After church one day I asked my son who taught his Sunday school class. He said, "Sister Fish." So I said, "I hope she didn't carp about sin."

No. 4 - When French's finally mustard up the courage to ask Franz on a date, Franz replied, "I'd loaf to!"

No. 5 - If you think your pun about me was the one. Join me now and enjoy the fun.

No. 6 - Bells rain as the cargo plane's doors unknowingly jingle open, sleighing the ground below. The hills sing and the night goes silent again.

Winning puns will be announced each Tuesday. Complete contest rules and details can be found at lmtribune.com/edge/.

Define this

Zymurgy

Definition No. 1 - The branch of chemistry dealing with fermentation, as brewing.

Definition No. 2 - A particular way of counting.

Sentence scrambler

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Answers

Phosphoresce - To be luminous without sensible heat, as phosphorus.

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"A light wind swept over the corn and all nature laughed in the sunshine." - Anne Bronte

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