Thursday, February 03, 2005

Play on Words

I am still trying to decide what kind of things I want to write in my blog. So for today I thought this was an interesting thing to share. I didn't come up with these phrases myself. I just thought they were fun to read.



A bicycle can't stand alone because it is two-tired.

What's the definition of a will? It's a dead giveaway.

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

A backward poet writes inverse.

In democracy it's your vote that counts. In feudalism it's
your count that votes.

She had a boyfriend with a wooden leg, but broke it off.

A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.

If you don't pay your exorcist, you get repossessed.

With her marriage she got a new name and a dress.

Show me a piano falling down a mineshaft and I'll show you
A-flat Minor.

When a clock is hungry, it goes back four seconds.

The man who fell into an upholstery machine is fully
recovered.

A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in
Linoleum Blownapart.

You feel stuck with your debt if you can't budge it.

Local Area Network in Australia: the LAN down under.

He often broke into song because he couldn't find the key.

Every calendar's days are numbered.

A lot of money is tainted. 'Taint yours and 'taint mine.

A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat.

He had a photographic memory which was never developed.

A plateau is a high form of flattery.

The short fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a small
medium at large.

Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in
the end.

When you've seen one shopping center you've seen a mall.

Those who jump off a Paris bridge are in Seine.

When an actress saw her first strands of gray hair she
thought she'd dye.

Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know basis.

Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.

Acupuncture is a jab well done.

Marathon runners with bad footwear suffer the agony of
defeat.



For anyone who doesn't live in Florida I thought I would let you know that we are having one of those bright sunny days with the high temperature around 70. This is why I love Florida!!

Kim

1 Comments:

Blogger J said...

Thanks for the list, Kim. Quite amusing.

70s in FL? oh please. Who wants brilliantly sunny weather when you can have 0C and snow!

Oh wait, I do.

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