Beauty of Maths
December 14, 2009 by Christine
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I have received a similar version of this with an extra part, which, as a Maths teacher, I really liked.
It says that if A=1%, B=2%, etc., then HARD WORK = 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11=98% and KNOWLEDGE=11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5=96% but ATTITUDE=1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5=100%.
Therefore, HARD WORK and KNOWLEDGE will take you a long way, but ATTITUDE will get you all the way to the end.
Peter Green
The Baffler
August 18, 2009 by Christine
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The Stinker’s demonic.
Our searches are deeper,
We need a MNEMONIC.
El Camino’s trail REAL
We found was quite royal.
We love being baffled.
To Lovatts we’re loyal!
If your sand sea’s an ERG,
Then you’re in the SAHARA.
If your tree seeds are wingèd,
It’s M for SAMARA.
FIACRE? A French word
For an old-fashioned coach.
Don’t GYBE in your yacht
If you don’t want to BROACH.
The SYRINX’s a word
For the pipes of God Pan.
An ENDOMORPH chap
Is a round-bodied man.
We thank you, Christine
For so working our brain.
Please Baffle us bafflier,
Again and again!
Perfect prize poem
August 12, 2009 by Christine
Filed under Creative Submissions
Normal for this time of year,
When I need a ‘cheerer-uppa’,
My first instinct is to make a ‘cuppa’,
So to win a Bodum mug and teapot,
Which keep my beverage piping hot,
Is a definite plus – they look good too,
And when I settle down to do,
A Lovatts puzzle – or maybe two,
I have the perfect combination,
Contentment is a great sensation.
I have been doing your puzzles for years – always a challenge. BIG is my favourite, because of the diversity the puzzles present. This is the first time I’ve won a prize but I’ll keep trying.
Ruth Coleman
Bowral, NSW
Calkuro Convert
July 29, 2009 by Christine
Filed under Creative Submissions
Maths can be scary!
Then, believing “if you don’t try,
you don’t know”,
I gave Calkuro a go.
Calkuro, does my brain tease -
But now for it
my braincells shout “More please!”.
Mrs Maree Thorpe
Wallsend
Try CALkuro for yourself by clicking here, or follow this link to view our online tutorial.
Of birds, bees and crosswords
June 24, 2009 by Christine
Filed under Creative Submissions
This true story took place almost 35 years ago in my 3rd year of high-school, so I was about 14 at the time.
On rainy days the school often invoked a ‘wet weather timetable’. During a shortened lunch-period students could, rather than being sent outside into the elements, engage in (supposedly!) quiet socialising or private study in designated class-rooms.
On one such occasion two of my colleagues decided to attack the crossword in the daily newspaper. A couple of clues eluded them. Peter was quite a wordsmith back then, so the clues must have been fairly tough. I don’t recall the actual clues, so let’s say for the purposes of this story that one of the missing answers was ‘gamin’.
Mandy was helping by trolling through the standard school-issue dictionary - no computers or Internet in those days - looking for potential words that fitted the letter combinations on hand. I should note that Mandy’s willowy blonde looks belied her beautiful sweet and naive nature!
After a little while Mandy triumphantly exclaimed, “I’ve found it…….SEMEN!!” “Oh for God’s sake, Mandy”, hissed the more worldly Peter exasperatedly, “read the definition!”
Although it took some time for Mandy to get over her embarrassment, it has obviously had no long-term effect on her. Some years later I was proud to be the best man at her wedding…..to my mate Steve, not Peter!!
Ron Cooke
Ringwood North, Vic
Cheryl’s Clerihew
June 23, 2009 by Christine
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Passionately abhorred
Crude Aussie blokes
Telling lewd, bawdy jokes
Cheryl Roach
Poem by Robin Hardy
May 6, 2009 by Christine
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So hope Christine will understand
My computer - it is out of ink
Brain won’t work - I cannot think
But I’ll ‘Lovatt’ when the prize is mine
And celebrate with ‘Hardy’ wine
Got writer’s cramp - my head is throbbin’
Here’s my entry - done by ‘Robin’
Can You Read These Lines?
April 21, 2009 by Christine
Filed under Creative Submissions
FORTE LORES
INA RO
DEMARNT LORES
DEMAR TRUX
FULA ENSAN
COUSAN DUX
Translation: There they go, forty lorries in a row. Them aren’t lorries, them are trucks, full of hens and cows and ducks.
Wynne Harwood
Blenheim, NZ
Clerihews
April 21, 2009 by Christine
Filed under Creative Submissions
Thinks shes swell
Shes a thinker
But cant do Stinker
Trish Parnell
Whakatane, NZ
Christines crosswords bring joy to me
I pounce upon them with cries of glee.
But Lovatts Logic do I care
Who gets what, or when or where?
Meg Dillon
Margate, Qld
Oh Ali you are a funny un,
With your cross-words as youre doing um
Cant find the word, so expletives you use
If I didnt do that, well I might blow a fuse!
Ali Nielsen
Ballogie, Qld
Allan McSwain
Was considered a pain
He was rather barmy
As he lived alone as a farmy
Allan McSwain
Margaret River, WA
Im Beverley
I puzzle daily
Crosswords for leisure
Give me pleasure
Bev Krelle
Horsham, Vic
My name is Kerry
I live near a ferry
My deep river of fear
Is no dictionary near.
Kerry Benger is my name
A close brush with fame?
The closest Ive come
Is DIYs No. 1
Kerry Benger
Mannum, SA
Pat Barker Likes to travel
Sometimes along the gravel
Open highways, trees and vines
And maybe stops for a few small wines.
Mrs P Barker
Portland, Vic
Puzzles, my pastime
April 14, 2009 by Christine
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Puzzles are my main pursuit
Every day with pen in hand
A cryptic sits there in demand
Solving smartens up my brain
Then off I go to catch a train
To make a buck and earn my keep
Then hope to eat, relax and sleep
Another day, another quest
I cant decide which are the best
Sudokus, Starhunts, Cryptics too
No matter; any one will do
My schooling didnt count for much
But puzzles keep my brain in touch
They teach me more than I could learn
At school, as far as Im concerned
So thanks to Lovatts for the fun
Theres puzzles there for everyone
Be like me, for Ive been hooked
And get yourself a puzzle book.
Bruce fisher
Bayswater, Vic


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