08-19-2006, 09:49 AM | #1 (permalink) |
Searching for the perfect brew!
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FOR LEXOPHILES (LOVERS OF WORDS)
1. A bicycle can't stand alone; it is two tired.
2. A will is a dead giveaway. 3. Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana. 4. A backward poet writes inverse. 5. In a democracy it's your vote that counts; in feudalism, it's your Count that votes. (Sirlance, I didn't know you were a Lexophile; re: his sig) 6. A chicken crossing the road: poultry in motion. 7. If you don't pay your exorcist you can get repossessed. 8. With her marriage she got a new name and a dress. 9. Show me a piano falling down a mine shaft and I'll show you A-flat miner 10. When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds. 11. The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine was fully recovered. 12. A grenade fell on a kitchen floor in France resulted in Linoleum Blownapart. 13. You are stuck with your debt if you can't budge it. 14. Local Area Network in Australia : The LAN down under. 15. He broke into song because he couldn't find the key. 16. A calendar's days are numbered. 17. A lot of money is tainted: 'Taint yours, and 'taint mine. 18. A boiled egg is hard to beat. 19. He had a photographic memory which was never developed. 20. A plateau is a high form of flattery. 21. The short fortuneteller who escaped from prison: a small medium at large. 22. Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end. 23. When you've seen one shopping center you've seen a mall. 24. If you jump off a Paris bridge, you are in Seine. 25. When she saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she'd dye. 26. Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know basis. 27. Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses. 28. Acupuncture: a jab well done. 29. Marathon runners with bad shoes suffer the agony of de feet.
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08-19-2006, 04:21 PM | #4 (permalink) |
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I can see a bunch of uptight English teachers laughing around a faculty table about this.
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08-20-2006, 09:45 AM | #5 (permalink) | |
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Location: In the middle of the desert.
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Actually, I became a lexophile in high school. My english teacher was hot... but teachers weren't banging their students back then... Great list, Brew!
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08-20-2006, 10:54 AM | #6 (permalink) |
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Location: Pats country
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funny list. a couple real groaners in there.
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08-20-2006, 02:01 PM | #7 (permalink) | |
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Location: The Netherlands
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Great list!
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