[Editors] Fw: Fun with words...

[Elizabeth Thomson]

Thought all ye wordsmiths might enjoy the following....

Elizabeth

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>-- 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.
>-- Sea captains don't like crew cuts.
>-- Condoms should be used on every conceivable occasion.
>-- 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.
>-- She was engaged to 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.
>-- 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 -- It taint yours and it 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.
>-- Those who jump off a Paris bridge are in Seine.
>-- 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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Elizabeth A. Thomson
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