The Anti-boredom Book of Brilliant Things To Do
By Andy Seed
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This witty and wacky ebook is bursting with laugh-out-loud facts, games, quizzes and things to do for hours of fun. Say goodbye to long journey blues!
Andy Seed
Andy Seed is an author and poet, living in North Yorkshire. He writes memoirs, funny poems and humorous non-fiction books as well as all sorts of things for teachers. Andy's most popular book for adults is All Teachers Great and Small and his most popular book for children is a non-fiction book, The Silly Book of Side-Splitting Stuff, which won the 2015 Blue Peter Best Book with Facts Award.
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The Anti-boredom Book of Brilliant Things To Do - Andy Seed
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Contents
Introduction
Food
Sport
Names
Money
Animals and Pets
Music
Words
TV and Films
School
Jobs
Technology
Holidays
Books
Hobbies
Shops
Houses
Gadgets, Toys and Games
The Future
Miscellaneous Fun
Answers
Scribble Space
Further Information
INTRODUCTION
This is a book of fun things to do and to talk about. For most of them you don’t need anything at all – just a person or two. But if you want to, you can turn to the back of the book where you will find plenty of space to scribble, doodle and write.
This book is perfect if you have a long journey or you find yourself somewhere quiet with nothing to do. It’s jam packed with witty jokes, mind-boggling puzzles and challenges, wacky ideas, silly questions, fun quizzes and interesting lists. It is guaranteed to keep you amused for ages!
It is divided into themes with lots of different things to do for each one. There are creative activities, items to choose and score, riddles to solve, games and loads of funny stuff!
So, sharpen up your imagination, prepare to have a laugh, gather your friends or family and get ready to never be bored again!
FOOD
Talk
How do your favourites compare with other people’s?
Find out by asking them these fun questions!
What is your favourite…
•Place to eat?
•Pie?
•Fruit?
•Crisp flavour?
•Drink?
•Cheese?
•Biscuit?
•Breakfast cereal?
•Healthy food?
•Cake?
If…
•You could only eat one food for the next year, what would it be and why?
•You never had to eat one thing again in your life, what would it be?
Imagine:
•If you could open a café or restaurant with anyone, who would you choose and why?
•If you lived in the time of Henry VIII and he ordered your head to be chopped off, what would you choose for your last meal?
Fruit and vegetable puns
Have a go at out-punning each other with fruit and veg, for example:
•I’m going to peach you a lesson.
•Give me a good raisin not to.
•Lettuce play a different game, go on.
•Don’t – I’ve not bean very well…
Score
You don’t need a pen for these – just read them out and take turns to say your scores:
Rate-a-plate
Give these foods or dishes marks out of ten:
Cabbage
Sticky toffee pudding
Custard skin
Tripe (the lining of a cow’s stomach)
Chilli con carne
Vegetable soup
Boiled eggs and soldiers
Cold pasta
Cucumber
Blue cheese
Love, hate or meh?
School dinners
Chopsticks
Herbs and spices
Drinking milk
Supermarket sandwiches
Pizza Hut
TV chefs
Reheated leftovers
Cooking
Indian food
Lists
To read and share. Can you think of any more names?
Tasty people
•Jasper Carrot
•Zoe Salmon
•Sean Bean
•Kevin Bacon
•Alan Sugar
•Titus Bramble
•Meatloaf
•Tim Rice
•Halle Berry
What’s in your food?
Get creative
Launch a sub
Design a new sandwich that’s never been eaten before.
Royal nom-nom
If the queen came to dinner and you had to cook, what would be on the menu? It needs:
•Starter
•Main course
•Dessert
•Drink
Crack-a-snack
Think of a new flavour for:
•Ice cream
•Crisps
Jokes
Find out which of these gets the biggest laugh.
What’s the best thing to put into a pie?
Your teeth.
Why is a tomato round and red?
Because if it was long and green it would be a cucumber.
Why don’t you starve in a desert?
Because of all the sandwiches there.
What kind of nuts always seem to have a cold?
Cashews!
What do you call a peanut in a spacesuit?
An astronut.
Why do the French like to eat snails?
Because they don’t like fast food.
What’s worse than finding a slug in your apple?
Finding half a slug in your apple.
Challenges
Find out if you can conquer these challenges.
Can you name…
•Ten foods beginning with P?
•Four drinks beginning with L?
•Three sweets