The Speares

Living the life in Muskoka


Reading Group Questions



What's the opposite of widdershins?

What does an occasional chair become when it's not being a chair, and what happens to anyone sitting in it?

Does nonplussed mean minused?

Can you wear a mirror out with over-use?

Do cows get diarrhea?

What does WIFI stand for?

If Monty shows me there's a goat behind curtain B do I stick with curtain A or is the car behind curtain C?

What was the third city the US exploded an atomic bomb over?

How many angels can dance on the point of a needle before they all get hepatitis?

On a scale of Da doo ron ron da doo ron ron to Doo wah diddy diddy dum diddy do how would you rate the new Country?

What's grey and comes in buckets?

Is being gruntled a necessary prerequisite to then becoming disgruntled?

Is there a vulgar name for a cat's vagina?

Why do they call it meno pause? Do they expect it to start back up again?

If muscles only contract, how come I can stick my tongue out?

Why does a mirror flip things round left to right but not top to bottom?

Why would King Arthur have a round table for his knights? Wouldn't a circular one make more sense?

On a scale of Count Chocula to Frankenberry, how would you rate your last bowel movement?

What is Ralph short for?

Everybody says Who's a good boy then to their dog. Shouldn't it be either Who's a good boy now, or possibly, Who was a good boy then?

How would you sign things if you couldn't write but your name was X?

Do snakes have necks?

What would vampire shit be like?

For Further Discussion



What's the opposite of widdershins? Deosil. Widdershins means to walk around something or simply twirl in place in a counter-clockwise direction. In the northern hemisphere, the sun apparently moves in a clockwise manner (the reason why clocks themselves move in that direction) and this was considered lucky by ancient people who greatly cared about the habits of the sun. So clockwise, or deosil, or turning to the right, was considered to be the "right" way to go around something.