Bend and Stretch

1. What do the abbreviations, B.C. and A.D. stand for?
   Being a veterinary, I am the perfect one to answer this question and it is Before Cats and After Dogs.

2. What do the abbreviations, B.C.E. and C.E. stand for?
   B.C.E. stands for Badly Corrupted English and C.E is a dating term used for a Casual Encounter.

3. What event triggered the start of the U.S. Civil War?
   When those cotton balls get rotten, you can’t pick very much cotton.

4. What were “The Wars of the Roses?”
   This was a dispute among the members of the Grateful Dead on whether to use the skeleton or roses for their symbol and in the end, they decided to go with both.

5. Where was the Kingdom of Prussia located?
   This is in France where the ladies do that dance.

6. According to the account in Genesis, what happened at the Tower of Babel?
   King Nimrod of Mesopotamia saw a unicorn and he built the tower to climb on a rainbow.

7. What artistic style is Pablo Picasso famous for?
   I don’t think that he was much of an artist, but he is known for saying, “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears”, after he got a bad haircut.

8. January 6th was two days ago. What makes it special?
   This is known as the day that chaos ruled.

9. In the comic strip, Calvin & Hobbes, who or what is Hobbes?
   The butler.

10. The song, “Home on the Range” asks for a home where what two animals play?
    The ones that don’t try to eat you.

Written for Frank’s Fibbing Friday.