"Pun" Day
A small hole or wound made by a sharp object
a puncture
This West Point grad wrote up the authoritative parliamentary rules of order
(Henry Martin) Robert
John Hancock &
Samuel Adams
Massachusetts
Good or bad, it's a sign of things to come
an omen
If you want to climb the tallest mountain in North Africa, go to Jebel Toubkal near Marrakech in this country
Morocco
Strong smelling or strong tasting
Pungent
St. Benedict's Rule defines "4 kinds of" these: those under an abbot; hermits; & 2 detestable types
Monks
Winthrop Rockefeller &
Jim Guy Tucker
Arkansas
"Breadbasket" is a slang term for this part of the body
The Abdomen
Tourism in tropic Seychelles has become a major employer since the opening of the 1st major one of these, SEZ, in 1971
airport
Lately this word has come to mean a TV talking head on political topics
pundit
Chemist Gilbert Lewis' octet rule says that the covalent type of these are formed until atoms have 8 valence electrons
Bonds
George Ariyoshi &
Ben Cayetano
Hawaii
From the Latin for "rule", my daily one includes getting up early, exercising & watching what I eat
a regimen
Cut a rug with locals on this island retreat found between Java & Lombok in Southern Indonesia
Bali
A young rebel, or something to light fireworks
a punk
The Coast Guard's navigation rules are also called these, which sound more applicable to car traffic
The rules of the road
Charles Thone &
Bob Kerrey
Nebraska
It's bounded by the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, Oman & the Gulf of Aden
Yemen
Formerly Britain's colony, this archipelago in the NW West Indies once sheltered Blackbeard & Henry Morgan
The Bahamas
It precedes "Arenas" in the name of a Chilean city, one of the southernmost in the world
Punta
"Rules of" this tell soldiers when to fight; there's no diamond ring involved
engagement
John Marmaduke &
John Ashcroft
Missouri
Consisting of a filament & an anther, it's the male pollen-producing part of a flower
a Stamen
Fancy dress & gaudy floats are the order of the day at a carnival in Valletta, this island nation's capital
Malta