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mitchtv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-12-07 09:41 PM
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For those who enjoy language


FOR THOSE WHO ENJOY LANGUAGE


Those who jump off a bridge in Paris are in Seine.

A backward poet writes inverse.

A man's home is his castle, in a manor of speaking.

Dijon vu - the same mustard as before.


Practice safe eating - always use condiments.

Shotgun wedding: A case of wife or death.

A man needs a mistress just to break the monogamy.

A hangover is the wrath of grapes.


Dancing cheek-to-cheek is really a form of floor play.

Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?

Reading while sunbathing makes you well red.


When two egotists meet, it's an I for an I.

A bicycle can't stand on its own 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.

In democracy your vote counts. In feudalism your count votes.

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.

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

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

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 that was never developed.

A plateau is a high form of flattery.

A midget fortune-teller who escapes from prison is a small medium at large.

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

Once you've seen one shopping center, you've seen a mall.

Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead-to-know basis.

Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.

Acupuncture is a jab well done.







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stuntcat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-12-07 09:54 PM
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1. I have to forward
Can I forward them to my peeps??
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mitchtv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-12-07 10:24 PM
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3. be my guest
that's how I got it
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Nevernose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-12-07 10:04 PM
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2. Awesome! (And a tidbit about puns)
Punning, or at least understanding puns, is one of the ways in which "they" determine if a child has a high linguistic intelligence.
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Common Sense Party Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-13-07 12:26 AM
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6. I entered a Best Pun contest. I sent in 10 different entries, hoping
that one of them would win the prize...

But no pun in ten did.
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Zoigal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-12-07 11:35 PM
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4. Thanks

Zoiguy and i loved it.
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VenusRising Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-12-07 11:38 PM
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5. Those are great!
Thanks for sharing those.

:hi:
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