Killing time before the office Christmas party

[mbarrick]

WHAT DO YOU CALL:

1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks? creek
2. The thing you push around the grocery store? shopping cart / cart
3. A metal container to carry a meal in? lunchbox
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in? frying pan / skillet
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people? couch / sofa / chesterfield
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof? drain / eave / gutter
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening? porch (front) / deck (back)
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages? pop
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup? pancakes / pannekoeks / crèpes (in descending order of thickness)
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself? sub (cold cuts) / hoagie (meatballs or big chunks of cooked meat, with sauce)
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach? swimming trunks / swimsuit /swimming shorts
12. Shoes worn for sports? runners / sneakers
13. Putting a room in order? cleaning up / tidying up
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark? firefly
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball? wood-bug / pill-bug
16. The children's playground equipment where one kid sits on one side and goes up while the other sits on the other side and goes down? teeter-totter / see-saw / catapult ;-)
17. How do you eat your pizza? hands (or if it too hot/gooey, lifting up the plate, pushing a bit over the side and biting it off)
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff? garage sale / yard sale
19. What's the evening meal? dinner / supper
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are? basement
21. A window covering on rollers that pulls down? blind / shade
22. A new, limited access, multi-lane road? highway (has stoplights) / freeway (no stoplights)
23. Heavy garments worn for work? overalls / coveralls
24. The highest grade of gasoline? premium / high-test / too fucking expensive