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Language Twisters
by Leland Waldrip

Friday, May 14, 2004
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I received this via e-mail from a friend. Some of this poetic language I had seen before, some is new. I hope you enjoy.

 


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


2. A backward poet writes...inverse.


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


4. Dijon vu - the same mustard as before.


5. Practice safe eating - always use condiments.


6. Shotgun wedding: A case of wife or death.


7. A man needs a mistress...just to break the monogamy.


8. A hangover is the wrath of grapes.


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


10. Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?


11. Condoms should be used on every conceivable occasion.


12. Reading while sunbathing makes you well red.


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


14. A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two tired.


15. The definition of a will? (It's a dead giveaway.)


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


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


18. She was engaged to a boyfriend with a wooden leg but broke it off.


19. A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.


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


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


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


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


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


25. Local Area Network in Australia: ... the LAN down under.


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


27. Every calendar's days are numbered.


28. a lot of money is tainted - It taint yours and it taint mine.


29. A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat.


30. He had a photographic memory that was never developed.


31. A plateau is a high form of flattery.


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


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


34. Once you've seen one shopping centre, you've seen a mall.


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


36. Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.

37. Acupuncture is a jab well done
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Reviewed by Ch'erie de Perrot 7/9/2004
Hey hey hey on no 25, maaaaaate LOLOL, These are literary rocky roads.

TA
**Ch'erie**
Reviewed by Janet Caldwell 7/8/2004
LOL, these are too funny. Thanks for posting them.

JC xoxoxo
Reviewed by Retta (Reindeer) Mckenzie 7/1/2004
These were great! Loved the play on words!

Reindeer
Reviewed by E. Richardson 6/28/2004
hehehehe....and who says us literary types can't be funny!?...thanks, Leland for the chortle.
Reviewed by OnepoetGem *the Poetic Rapper 6/26/2004
Funny L, thanks for the laughs. G
Reviewed by Dawn Richerson 5/30/2004
these are GREAT! thanks,
Reviewed by Cynth'ya cynthyaspeaks@gmail.com 5/26/2004
thanks for sharin' the smile.

clr
Reviewed by A Serviceable Villain 5/18/2004
Punny, very punny!
Reviewed by andrea coltman 5/18/2004
I loved this when I recieved the same e-mail...sooo clever....best wishes Andrea
Reviewed by jude forese 5/17/2004
witty! i enjoyed these ... thanx for sharing ...
Reviewed by Nicole Davis Vergara (Reader) 5/16/2004
Ahhhh Leland still entertaining the AD Masses I see! ;O) LOL
This was a humorous pleasure to read, WOW I have missed you and your writes! :O)

~Nikki~
Reviewed by Jerry Bolton (Reader) 5/15/2004
Oh, jeez! Funny as hell.
Reviewed by Tinka Boukes 5/15/2004
Thanks for sharing Leland....you made me smile....and "write" at home :)!!

Love Tinka
Reviewed by Floria Kelderhouse (Reader) 5/14/2004
LOL...really fun to read Leland..thanks for sharing..
floria
Reviewed by Gwen Dickerson 5/14/2004
Thanks Leland, I always enjoy your posts!
Reviewed by E T Waldron 5/14/2004
Thanks for sharing Leland! I really enjoy
seeing clever creative minds at work like this!
Most of these are brilliant!
Reviewed by John Banasiewicz Jr 5/14/2004
enjoyable and fun read and made me think of some others ..
Have a great weekend
Tommy
Reviewed by Sandie Angel 5/14/2004
Very interesting indeed.

~ May Lu a.k.a. Sandie Angel ~
Reviewed by Carmen Ruggero 5/14/2004
These are funny! I could never invent stuff like that. Too good.

Carmen :-)
Reviewed by Lisa Hilbers 5/14/2004
I did enjoy them Leland..Thanks for sharing them! Lisa
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