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1. The summer solstice (the longest, hottest, most unbearable day of the year!) happens around the 20th or 21st of June in the northern hemisphere. You know what that means? The sun comes in my east-facing bedroom window at around 5:15 in the morning! Who needs to be up that early? Miserable!
Which part of the world, though, gets 24 hours of daylight at this time of year?
2. Well, I'm up! Happy now? May as well get my day started with a nice, cool shower. For myself, and many other ladies, summertime means more frequent leg-shaving. Aaaaaaargh! These replacement razor heads are so expensive!
Which brand of ladies' razors used a popular Bananarama song in its commercials?
3. To the mall, to take advantage of its air-conditioned goodness! You know, I could really do with a new bathing suit. What!? Why are these all so tight? How could I have gained so much weight since last summer!?
Which comic strip character's love/hate relationship with food was often demonstrated through her "swimsuit season meltdowns"?
4. Whatever. I'll just wear a big t-shirt as a cover-up. Time to join my friends at the cottage for an afternoon on the beach! I'll just buy some ice cream first. Oh no! I'm stuck in a traffic jam and my ice cream is melting over everything! Why me!?
Which fast food franchise sells a delicious frozen treat called a Blizzard?
5. Traffic is unusually slow-moving for this time of day! What the heck is going on up there? Move, I say! Get out of my way--my ice cream is melting! Oh, for goodness' sake... they've got half the street closed down while crews are doing road work!
A popular saying in Canada is that the country has just two seasons: _____ and construction! Which word fills the blank?
6. Finally, I've arrived! I've got a refreshing glass of lemonade, and my friends and I have started playing a game of bocce in the sand. Oh no! One of my bocce balls has rolled into that wooded area! Drat the luck!
As I'm looking for the wayward ball, I remind myself: "Leaves of three? Let it be!" What am I being wary of?
7. Well, my team didn't win the bocce game, but we had fun playing! The game took a lot longer than expected, though. Maybe I should have put on some sunscreen. OW! Ooooooh! Yes, I definitely should have worn sunscreen! I'm all burned!
Which sunscreen lotion's well-known 1944 ad featured a young girl and a cocker spaniel?
8. Time for dinner! I'll just get this bonfire going... Who left the kindling out!? It's all wet from last night's rain! Well, it's going now, so no matter. Aargh! It doesn't make a difference where I sit, the smoke always blows in my face! Where are all the good roasting sticks? There are NONE left? Oh no! I left the bag of marshmallows too close to the fire, and now they're one big, gooey mess! What else could possibly go wrong!?
The epigram that "anything that can go wrong will go wrong" is often stated as whose "law"?
9. Did you hear that? ...zzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZ! *slap!* ...zzzzzzZZZZZZZZzzzzZZZZZZ! *slap!* ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ! *slap! slap! slap! slap!* Need I say more?
Which of the following is marketed as a mosquito repellant?
10. Driven inside by those horrible, blood-sucking beasties, there isn't much else to do except relax in some old armchairs and watch a little TV. Wait, I've seen this one--change the channel! I've seen this one, too! I've seen all of these! Oh no... RE-RUNS!
The episodes "The Pancake Batter Anomaly" and "The Fuzzy Boots Corollary", broadcast today, would be re-runs from the first season of which popular American sit-com?
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