Alright, let’s talk about this “ready” thing, you know, like in them crossword puzzles. I ain’t no scholar, but I reckon I can figure some things out. Folks always yappin’ about bein’ “ready,” so it must be important, right? Like gettin’ ready for church or gettin’ the crops ready for harvest. It’s all about bein’ prepared, I guess.
Now, these crosswords, they use fancy words, but it all boils down to the same thing. Ready means you ain’t gotta wait around, you can just go do it. Like, if the preacher says, “Are you ready to be saved?” He means are you prepared, right then and there. Ain’t no puttin’ it off till next Sunday.
So, in them crossword puzzles, when they say “ready,” they might be lookin’ for words like “prepared,” or “set,” or maybe even “all set.” See? It ain’t so hard. Just gotta think like a regular person, not some fancy pants professor.
- If they say, “ready for action,” that just means you’re rarin’ to go.
- Like a hound dog chasin’ a rabbit, it’s ready to run, no questions asked.
- Or maybe it’s like when you got the oven all heated and the ingredients out on the counter, you are “ready to bake” a pie. It means you can start right away.
Sometimes, these puzzles, they try to trick ya. They might use a long-winded way of sayin’ “ready.” Like, they might say, “in a state of preparedness.” Don’t let that fool ya. It just means “ready,” plain and simple. They just tryin’ to make it sound all complicated, so you feel dumb if you can’t figure it out. But don’t you worry, just keep it simple in your head.
And sometimes, the answer is short and sweet. Like, if the clue is “ready, aim…” Well, the answer is probably gonna be “fire.” See? It ain’t always some big, fancy word. Sometimes it’s just somethin’ you say every day.
I remember my grandson, little whippersnapper, he was always playin’ them crossword puzzles. He’d sit there with his pencil, chewin’ on the end of it, lookin’ all serious. And I’d say, “Boy, what you doin’ with that scribble scrabble paper?” And he’d say “Grandma, I’m doing a crossword, it’s a mind game, you gotta use the clues to find the answers”. And I’d say “well why don’t ya just ask me, I probably know the answer, no need for clues”. He’d laugh, but sometimes I really did know the answers, even the fancy ones.
Anyway, he’d get stuck on a clue and come ask me. And I’d say, “Now, just think about it. What’s the first thing that pops into your head?” And more often than not, that first thing was the right answer. These puzzle makers, they ain’t as clever as they think they are. They just tryin’ to mess with your mind, that’s all.
So, the next time you see that word “ready” in a crossword puzzle, don’t go gettin’ all flustered. Just think about what it means in plain English. It means you’re prepared, you’re set, you’re good to go. And you don’t need no fancy book learnin’ to know that. You got common sense, and that’s more than enough to figure out most things in this world.
And if you still can’t figure it out, well, just guess. It ain’t the end of the world if you get a crossword puzzle wrong. There’s plenty of other things to worry about, like whether it’s gonna rain on the crops or if the chickens got enough feed. That’s real-life stuff, that’s what matters. Not some silly little puzzle.
But I reckon it’s good to keep your mind sharp, even if you ain’t no spring chicken no more. And if doin’ crossword puzzles helps you do that, then more power to ya. Just don’t let it make you think you’re smarter than everyone else. Cause there’s plenty of folks out there who never even seen a crossword puzzle, but they know a whole lot more about life than them fancy puzzle makers.
So, to sum it all up, “ready” means you ain’t gotta wait, you can just do it. It means prepared, set, good to go. Don’t let them fancy words in crossword puzzle confuse ya. Use your common sense, and you’ll be just fine. And remember, there are lots of other words that mean the same darn thing as ready, so keep an open mind when you’re fillin’ in them little squares. You hear?
Now, go on and finish that crossword puzzle. And don’t forget to feed them chickens, they get mighty cranky if they ain’t fed on time.
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