h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

cloud/could



The nouvelle cuisine isn't known for a huge amount of food, but the (6) are often decorated with (6) of exotic flowers

plates/ petals

Old wives tale; you can get rid of (5) if you rub them with (5)

warts/straw ?

blimey I thought that might last longer than 2 minutes

It would have, if I had searched for the new one first



When you erect a (4) to spend your holidays in, make sure you take a (4) to protect yourself from insects.

tent/ net(t)

I got a (4) full of water when someone pointed a (4) at it as I walked past the car they were washing.

shoe/hose ?

Correct.

I've always intended to read a tale of a (3),(3)I've never got around to it .

tub/but?

That's correct chorlton

Its time I (3) my (3) ( sure you must have had this!)

ate/tea

When I had an accident in the office with a (7) my thumb bled but I did not put a (7) on it.

stapler/plaster ?

Yes and I really did, just not in an office

I'm not sure what exactly a stapler is, haven't looked it up, but if it is what we call 'Tacker' - ouch . Hope your thumb is well again


The parents of Hänsel and Gretel cut a (5) to make a (5)

Same words, different setting:

If you don't use your (5) every morning, you'll look like a (5)

brush/ shrub?

Does a (5) (5) a cloth over a table for a communion service in a war zone?

padre/drape

I sent a (5) letter to my tenants, whose (5) were overdue.

stern/rents

Don't (5) at me like that or you will reduce me to (5).