Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Straighten Up!

This puzzle is appropriate for 2 November 2010 in the hopes that our elected officials finally wake up.

Q:

In this puzzle, you will form a chain of common compound words or 2 word phrases, in which the second part of each word or phrase is the first part of the following word or phrase.  For example:  lunch bag, bag lady, ladybird, etc.

Here's the challenge:

How quickly can you get from slap happy to dead serious?



And another challenge:

How quickly can you do it using only words starting with the letters in the middle row of the keyboard?

Remember, your answer must contain common words or phrases that most people would know.