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rurallib

(62,433 posts)
Fri Apr 6, 2018, 09:02 PM Apr 2018

stuff my brother sends me part dos

the email jokes etc:


LEXOPHILIA



"Lexophile" describes those who have a love for words, such as "you can tune a piano, but you can't tuna fish",
or "To write with a broken pencil is pointless."
An annual competition is held by the New York Times to see who can create the best original lexophile.

No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll still be stationery.

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

I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. I just can't put it down.

I didn't like my beard at first. Then it grew on me.

Did you hear about the crossed-eyed teacher who lost her job because she couldn't control her pupils?

When you get a bladder infection, urine trouble.

When chemists die, they barium.

I stayed up all night to see where the sun went, and then it dawned on me.

I changed my iPod's name to Titanic. It's syncing now.

England has no kidney bank, but it does have a Liverpool

Haunted French pancakes give me the crepes.

This girl today said she recognized me from the Vegetarians Club, but I'd swear I've never met herbivore

I know a guy who's addicted to drinking brake fluid, but he says he can stop any time.

A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.

When the smog lifts in Los Angeles U.C.L.A.

I got some batteries that were given out free of charge.

A dentist and a manicurist married. They fought tooth and nail

A will is a dead giveaway.

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

Police were summoned to a daycare center where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.

Did you hear about the fellow whose entire left side was cut off? He's all right now.

A bicycle can't stand alone; it's just two tired.

The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine last week is now fully recovered.

He had a photographic memory but it was never fully developed.

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

Acupuncture is a jab well done. That's the point of it.

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

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stuff my brother sends me part dos (Original Post) rurallib Apr 2018 OP
K&R. dchill Apr 2018 #1
Those were great. Ohiogal Apr 2018 #2
Good ones! burrowowl Apr 2018 #3
Who do they make you think of? Squinch Apr 2018 #4
Yes. Pinboy. blaze Apr 2018 #12
Me too... Phentex Apr 2018 #14
The Times also had a "back in my day" contest that was amazing. BobTheSubgenius Apr 2018 #5
hehehe RoBear Apr 2018 #6
I Don't Care What People Say Leith Apr 2018 #7
That was a blast to read, thanks for sharing! Canoe52 Apr 2018 #8
My friend said "I've got 38 cows in the pasture. Round them up for me." Binkie The Clown Apr 2018 #9
My Irish Grandma used to do the 39 bean soup version of that joke. Iggo Apr 2018 #11
This list brings to mind my Mom's old favorite pun FakeNoose Apr 2018 #10
A gardener had an asparagus patch that got attacked by rabbits.... lastlib Apr 2018 #13
What do you call the line outside a Vietnamese restaurant? central scrutinizer Apr 2018 #15
funny, the things I bookmark. yonder Apr 2018 #16

BobTheSubgenius

(11,564 posts)
5. The Times also had a "back in my day" contest that was amazing.
Fri Apr 6, 2018, 10:20 PM
Apr 2018

Maybe it's a recurring contest, i don't know.

Iggo

(47,563 posts)
11. My Irish Grandma used to do the 39 bean soup version of that joke.
Sat Apr 7, 2018, 12:02 AM
Apr 2018

"Why don't you just add one more bean, Gran?"

"'Cause then they'd be forty." With her thick Irish accent, it sounded like "far-tee."

She was a weirdo.

FakeNoose

(32,706 posts)
10. This list brings to mind my Mom's old favorite pun
Fri Apr 6, 2018, 11:21 PM
Apr 2018

"I see," said the blind man, as he picked up his hammer and saw.

lastlib

(23,266 posts)
13. A gardener had an asparagus patch that got attacked by rabbits....
Sat Apr 7, 2018, 04:25 PM
Apr 2018

...so he put a chicken-wire cage around it. Then some birds got into it, and he had to put an awning over it. So many people asked him about it that he finally put a sign on it:

"This is the awning on the cage of Asparagus."......

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If you don't get it, maybe think "Fifth Dimension".........?

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central scrutinizer

(11,659 posts)
15. What do you call the line outside a Vietnamese restaurant?
Sat Apr 7, 2018, 07:53 PM
Apr 2018

pho queue

(You have to pronounce pho correctly: “fa”)

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