THE FOOTNOTES

A FEW GENERATIONS AGO, WHEN NOT EVERYBODY HAD HOT WATER, SATURDAY NIGHT WAS BATH NIGHT FOR THOSE WHO TOOK BATHS. SATURDAY NIGHT AT NOONSKI'S NOW IS IDENTIFIED WITH GAME NIGHT WHEN MARY, MOE, NOONSKI, PEGGY AND REGINA GATHER AROUND THE KITCHEN TABLE TO GET SOME MENTAL EXERCISE IN THE FORM OF GAMES. TO DATE, THE GAME HAS BEEN WHATZIT, IT'S A GAME WHERE THE CLUE TRANSLATES INTO A COMMON EXPRESSION. IF YOU ARE REQUIRED TO SOLVE PROBLEMS IN YOUR JOB, THIS IS GREAT WAY TO DEVELOP LATERAL THINKING SKILLS. HERE ARE A FEW FOR YOU TO WORK ON. INTERESTED PARTIES CAN GET THE ANSWERS LATER. INCIDENTALLY, THE COURANT RUNS A WHATZIT EVERYDAY--MAYBE YOUR PAPER DOES, TOO.