Even more short jokes


If a mime is arrested, do they have the right to remain silent?

My long-haired friend was fired from the hot dog stand for putting his hair in a bun.

I can’t choose between silver and gold; it could be either ore.

Contemplating root canal work is deeply unnerving.

An eccentric bachelor passed away and left a nephew nothing but 392 clocks; the nephew is now busy winding up the estate.

Would a fly without wings be called a walk?

I find falling asleep is so easy I could do it with my eyes closed.

Forklift truck drivers don’t like puns; they find them unpalletable.

If a tortoise doesn’t have a shell, is it naked or homeless?

Do hotel managers get board with their jobs?

The new Elvis Presley themed steakhouses are for people who love meat tender.

Tractors are magic; I followed one recently that suddenly turned into a field.

To oceanographers, things are never bad, they’re abyss-mal.

Lightning always shocks people, because it doesn’t know how to conduct itself.

Do ambassadors stay healthy because of diplomatic immunity?

A relative ate wheat even though he was allergic to it; he was a gluten for punishment.

Good King Wenceslas likes his pizza deep-pan, crisp and even.

What did the cheese say when it looked in the mirror? Halloumi!

The boy stood on the burning deck; it was the only way he could put out the flames on his pack of cards.

If a spider lives in a maize field, does it make cob webs?

Two scientists studying fungi and algae became friends after they took a lichen to each other.

I used to be indecisive, but now I’m not so sure.

When psychiatrists give presents, are they always shrink wrapped?

A friend lost his left arm and left leg in an accident; he’s all right now.

I saw an exceptionally good scarecrow; it was out standing in its field.

Bee stings are in the hand of the bee holder.

My friend left her gloves in a secluded cave, still, they were hermits.

A man, who dreamt he was a wheel on a car and then a catalytic converter, woke up tired and exhausted.

A farmer has a herd of 200 cattle; he thought there were only 197 until he rounded them up.

I’ve damaged some small pieces of my chess set, so I took them to a pawn broker.

One of my ancestors tried prospecting for gold, but it didn’t pan out.

The local priest has been making the Sign of the Cross so often; he’s had to stop counting his blessings.

Cows wear cowbells because their horns don’t work.

I was going to procrastinate now, but I’ve decided to do it later.

You would be in Seine if you jumped off a bridge in Paris.

A burglar fell into a cement mixer and became a hardened criminal.

Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know basis.

I bought a birthday card shaped like a boomerang; it said ‘Many Happy Returns’.

What do you get if you cross a canary with a mole? A mynah bird.

What’s the difference between roast beef and pea soup? Anyone can roast beef.

In a Chinese geography test Peking is no longer allowed.

I had a very happy childhood. Dad loved to put me inside a tyre and roll me downhill. Those were the good years.

The Canadian government has set up a lottery, only for people in the north. You have to be Inuit to win it.

I love eBay – I’ve sold my homing pigeon eight times.

I phoned Seaworld the other day. They told me, ‘your call may be monitored for training porpoises.’

“You won’t like me when I’m angry. I back up my rage with documented facts and sources.” ~ The Credible Hulk



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Diction Hairy of Reeve Eyes Deaf Finnish Huns

The spell checker approved the title, but it should be ‘Dictionary of Revised Definitions’.


Continuing the long and slightly dubious history of new and revised word redefinitions and daffynitions, in a short but similar vein to works such as ‘The Devil’s Dictionary’ by Ambrose Bierce, the ‘Uxbridge English Dictionary’ #UED from the BBC radio panel game ‘I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue’ #ISIHAC and ‘Wickedictionary’ by Derek Abbott.

I have written most of the definitions listed here, apart from a handful stolen from Twitter acquaintances, although, as many of the definitions are obvious as well as being ridiculous, they may well have been used elsewhere and often.

Click on a group of letters to go to that section:

A B C   D E F   G H I   J K L   M N O   P Q R   S T U   V W X Y Z



A small selection of some of my favourites:


Artichoke (n): creative strangulation
Babylon (n): tough synthetic infant
Cantaloupe (n): incapable of eloping
Diphthong (n): very small swimwear
Esplanade (n): Spanish lemonade
Felon (v): to trip over a thief
Ganache (n): action of teeth on chocolate
Gigolo (n): a fee-male
Hindsight (n): effect of hotpants
Impeccable (n): to protect from woodpeckers
Jamaica (n): person who makes fruit preserves
Kindred (n): fear of relatives
Legendary (n): famous milkman
Mascara (n): Brazilian traffic jam
Negligent (n): negligee for men
Noncustodial (n): a pudding without custard
Onomatopoeia (n): sound made by a tomato
Orifice (n): a hole created in an office
Palindrome (n): dromedary with humps that look the same way in either direction
Pirate (n): pie classification system
Procrastinate (n): to delay the playing of castanets
Quintessence (n): the aroma of five babies
Raucous (n): unprepared couscous
Scherzo (n): swift-moving Italian sausage
Stalemate (n): musty friend
Sycophant (n): poorly elephant
Tachycardia (n): distasteful cardigan
Toboggan (n): winter transportation for tobacco
Unison (n): child of unisex
Voluminous (n): fluorescent vole
Wiggle (v): movement of a wig
Xerox (n): duplicate ox
Yacht (v): unexpected sneeze
Zucchini (n): Italian zookeeper trousers



Copyright © 2011 – 2012 Roy Manterfield

Disclaimer
This dictionary is for entertainment only. Whereas the entertainment value is subjective, the content is not accurate and is not intended to be used in place of an actual dictionary.


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I’m not getting on very well with this keyboard; it’s just not my type.

I only asked for a leg of lamb from our butcher, but he’s given me the cold shoulder.

While I was waiting at the airport recently I heard a Scottish dating advert; “Free Wife, Aye”

I’m feeling rubbish today; this always happens when I put the trash out.

An Australian friend asked me if I thought his bad eye would see better with glasses, so I said ‘Good eye might’.

I should’ve picked the cactus up with my left hand, now I feel a right prick.

Does the phrase; ‘two daft male cattle’ contain more than one silly bull?

I’d always wanted to win a pastry throwing competition, but it was just pie in the sky.

I have more silent drum kits than you can shake a stick at… ah, just realised where I’m going wrong.

I have a yen to visit Tokyo.

LMAO… damn, now where am I going to sit?

The jockey who is always first past the post must be the reining champion.

Blood is thicker than water, although that’s irrelevant even when mixing fruit cordials for relatives.

The writing is on the wall for graffiti.

I’ve been involved in a dispute about sharpening tree felling tools, but then I did have an axe to grind.

Horse meat was once sold in a lot of British butcher shops, but they were flogging a dead horse.

I’ve been burning the candle at both ends and now I’m at my wicks end.

I’m so angry after being hit in the face by a fake Chinese vase; I’m faux Ming at the mouth.

I had a dream about two countries ruled by pets; it was reigning cats and dogs.

William Tell’s son was the apple of his eye.

I started to look out the window to see what the weather was up to, but decided to give it a rain check.

Pheasants, turkeys, geese, partridges, chickens & ducks! Not only a poultry list, but also fowl language.

I’m absolutely and utterly infatuated and totally LOVE hyperbole!

If you’re responsible for ripping a dollar in half then don’t pass the buck.

If Egyptians renounced the use of ketchup, would that be the sauce of denial?

I managed to buy twelve rare collectable postcards for only 10 US cents, but then found out they were a dime a dozen.

I can’t decide if I like this variable temperature hair dryer; I’m blowing hot and cold.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, unless the two in the bush are sought after by collectors.

A friend of ours works as a hairdresser for the police, but it wasn’t his first brush with the law.

Went to get food at a takeaway, but changed my mind because the owner had a chip on his shoulder.

Milliners are very irritable; they can get angry at the drop of a hat.

My work is piling up because of this tree trunk on my shoulders, although it’s only a small back log.

Never thought I’d figure out what this gateau was; but it was a piece of cake in the end.

I’m trapped in a tiny gap next to the wall; I got out of the wrong side of the bed this morning.

If a priest kept making the sign of the cross at a fancy dress party, would it be a blessing in disguise?

Avoid tabloid journalists; hack shuns speak louder than words.

I tried backing up my PC, but I had to stop when I got to the wall.

Is there any truth in the old saying “Absinthe makes the fart grow longer”?

Amputations cost an arm and a leg these days.

The vet suggested I try the carrot and stick approach with our cat, but sellotape won’t stick to the carrot.

Using chopsticks on rice goes against the grain.

If doctor’s self medicate, do they get a taste of their own medicine?

Don’t worry about ferry crossings; we’re all in the same boat.

Take some proper topiary lessons and stop beating about the bush.

A fool and his money are easily parted; that’s why so many clowns fall for email scams.

Computers made from the outer layers of a tree are all bark and no byte.

Chocolate’s a good thing isn’t it? So how come you can have too much of a good thing?

Is YO! Sushi the derivation of the phrase ‘what goes around, comes around’?

‘The ability of one compound to dissolve in another compound’ ~ Surely there has to be a solution here?

Don’t repair timepieces; you’ll always be working against the clock.

The sponge is good, but the frosting is the icing on the cake.

If wind is gusting, when it ceases, is it disgusting?

Presumably McDonald’s car park ‘Reverse with care’ notice is a back-up sign?

British Waterways are encouraging canal users to change their locks regularly.

I bumped into our local Domino’s Pizza recently; if it had fallen down, would it have taken all the other Domino’s with it?

I’ve been online for hours today; so now all the washing is hanging up to dry I can get back to the internet.

My blog has a new ‘subscriber’; he’s a calligrapher and he paints signs on submarines.

I owned an abacus when I was an art student; I was part of the counter-culture.

I used to mix up ‘follicular’ and ‘funicular’, which led to some very hairy train rides.

In a recent poll 1 in 10 single men would rather have an iPad than a new partner; gives a whole new meaning to “Coming back to my pad?”

Queen Elizabeth has been in Wales on the ‘second leg’ of her Diamond Jubilee tour; presumably the ‘third leg’ will be the Isle of Man?

I think river valleys are gorgeous.

I’ve always been interested in the history of millinery, but it’s a bit old hat now.

I had to sell all the rabbits and pheasants, because I didn’t want to give the game away.

I’d like the sun to return, but fog will never be mist.

I drove to the supermarket with a tiny carrot; I was in such a hurry I had to take the shortest root.



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Daft authors and book titles

Silly author names of senseless book titles; simply because I haven’t made any up for a long time. Of course I ‘think’ I’ve made up about half of these, but they’ve probably all been done before:


‘Advantageous’ by Benny Fishall
‘Am I Bothered?’ by Carrie Henri-Gardless
‘American Breakfast’ by Chris P. Bacon and ‘Pancakes’ by Mabel Sirrup
‘American Independence’ by Bertha Venation
‘Amphibians’ by Newt and Sally Mander
‘Antibiotics’ by Penny Silling
‘Are You Dancing?’ by R. U. Asking
‘Artificial Weightlessness’ by Andy Gravity
‘Back Problems’ by Eileen Bent
‘Bacteria’ by Mike Robes
‘Beguiled’ by N. Tyesing
‘Blushing’ by Rosie Cheeks
‘Breakfast’ by Hammond Deggs
‘Breath of Fresh Air’ by Hal E. Tosis
‘Bricklaying’ by Bill Jerome Wall
‘Broken Window’ by Eva Brick
‘Bullfighting’ by Matt Adore
‘Carbuncles’ by Ivor Boyle
‘Carpet Fitting’ by Walter Wall
‘Chinese Arsonist’ by Kin Dlin
‘Cloudburst’ by Wayne Drops
‘Coastal Walks’ by Cliff Topp-Path
‘Common Cold Symptoms’ by Ron E. Nose
‘Constabulary’ by Laura Norder
‘Constipation’ by Anita Pu
‘Contempt for Human Nature’ by Miss Ann Thropy
‘Continental Sausages’ by Frank Furter and Sal Armie
‘Cooking Pasta’ by Al Dente
‘Crime & Punishment USA’ by Penny Tentiary
‘Crumbs in My Cuppa’ by Duncan Biscuits
‘Deception’ by Miss Leed
‘Dentistry’ by Phil McCavity
‘Dielectric Heating of Food’ By Mike Rowave
‘Digital’ by Anna Logg
‘Diplomatic Mission’ by M. Bassy
‘Dockers Tales’ by Steve Adore
‘Does My Bum Look Big in This?’ by Hugh Jarse
‘Dog’s Dinner’ by Nora Bone
‘Donald’s Flatulence’ by Ivana Trump
‘Drinking to Excess’ by Al Coholic
‘Easily Done’ by F. Oughtless-Lee
‘Eating Disorders’ by Anna Recksia
‘Empty Glass’ by Phil Ettup
‘Equally Adept’ by Amber Dextrous
‘Exploring other Galaxies’ by Anne Dromeda
‘Fading Away’ by Peter Innout
‘Favourite Pizza Toppings’ by Anne Chovie
‘For Whom?’ by Pete Sake
‘Forthright’ by Frank O. Pinion
‘French Cookery’ by Sue Flay
‘French Windows’ by Pattie O’Dors
‘Frogs and Newts’ by Anne Fibienz
‘Genie’ by Al Addin
‘Geology’ by Roxanne Minerals
‘Get Moving’ by Sheikh Alleg
‘Get Rid of Your Possessions’ by Lester Worrierbout
‘Goodbye Cruel World’ by Sue Aside
‘Good Read’ by Paige Turner
‘Great Britain from 1837 to 1910’ by Vic Torian and Ed Wardian
‘Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow’ by I. M. Balding
‘Harassment’ by Percy Kyuwshun
‘Haunted House’ by Hugo First
‘Helping Hand’ by Abel N. Willin
‘Hitting the Fan’ by Hoo Flung Dung
‘Horrendous’ by Terry Bull
‘How can I Help?’ by Len de Hand
‘Hypnotism’ by N. Tranced
‘Implants’ by E. Norma Stitz
‘Insurance’ by Justin Case
‘Intellectual Isolation’ by Ivor E. Towers
‘Islands’ by Archie Pelago
‘Keeping Scores’ by Adam Upp
‘Knighthood’ by Neil Downe
‘Large Snakes’ by Anna Conda
‘Leather Preparation’ by Tanya Hyde
‘Leo Tolstoy’ by Warren Piece
‘Lexicon’ By Dick Shunnery
‘Life Before Cars’ by Orson Buggy
‘Lion Taming’ by Claude Bottom
‘Living on a Budget’ by Penny Pincher
‘Living With Mosquito Bites’ by Ivana Scratch
‘Long Walk Home’ by Miss D. Buss
‘Looking Younger’ by Fay Slift
‘Lost Coffin’ by Sue Anne Undertaker
‘Lumberjack’ by Tim Burr
‘Magnificent’ by Wanda Full
‘Make Your Own Honey’ by B. Keeper
‘Men Can Change’ by Betty Woant
‘Mensa’ by Jean Yuss
‘Money Management’ by Owen Cash
‘More of a Lute Than a Guitar’ by Amanda Lynne
‘Mosquito Bites’ by Ivan Itch
‘Music of the Early 1960s’ by Tristan Shout
‘My Worst Journey’ by Helen Back
‘No Longer Required’ by Sue Perflewus
‘Not Too Hot, Not Too Cold’ by Lou Quarm
‘Odds and Sods’ by Miss Elaine Ayous
‘Off the Beaten Track’ by Dusty Rhodes
‘Off To Market’ by Tobias A. Pigg
‘Office Software’ by Mike Rowsoft
‘Old Age’ by Jerry Attrick
‘Optician’s Guide’ by Seymour Clearly
‘Outgoing Personality’ by Greg Arius
‘Outstanding’ by Emma Nentley
‘Over and Out’ by Roger Wilko
‘Pampered and Indulged’ by Molly Coddled
‘Passing in the Night’ by Mr Intyre-Lee
‘Picnicking’ by Alf Resco
‘Plunging Necklines’ by Seymour Bust
‘Poked in the Eye’ by Dee Stick
‘Positronic Brain’ by Anne Droid
‘Precipice’ by Eileen Dover
‘Prison Break’ by Frieda Convict
‘Pub Crawl’ by Carrie Meholm
‘Recommended Books’ by Betty Dreedit
‘Relay Race’ by Anne Dover-Baton
‘Rowing the Pacific’ by Willy Maykit
‘Rubber Inflatables’ by Abel Loon
‘Rushing’ by Ed Long
‘Rusty Bedsprings’ by I. P. Knightly
‘School Sports’ by Jim Nasium
‘Seaside Amusements’ by Penny R. Cade
‘Shellfire’ by R. Tillery
‘Singing Without Music’ by A. K. Pella
‘Sitting’ by Stan Ding
‘Smoothing Rough Surfaces’ by Emma Ree Pay-Purr
‘Snapdragon Cultivation’ by Anne T. Wrynum
‘Sore Joints’ by A. King
‘Spring Showers’ by April Rain
‘Spring Shrubbery’ by Theresa Green
‘Standing in a Circle’ by Hans Joyned
‘Stand-up Comedian’ by Joe Kerr
‘Stealing Money’ by Robin Banks
‘Stone Age’ by Neil Ithic
‘Stop Shouting!’ by Danielle Soloud
‘Suspended’ by Dan Glynn
‘Suspense’ by Cliff Hanger
‘The Bishop’s Seat’ by Cathy Draal
‘The Capacity to Endure’ by Sue Stainability
‘The First of Twelve’ by Jan U. Weary
‘The Last of Twelve’ by Dee Sember
‘There’s a Hole in My Bucket’ by Lee King
‘Thirst Quencher’ by Bev Arage
‘Three Wishes’ by Jean E. Ovthelamp
‘Track and Field Sports’ by Arthur Letticks
‘Triumphant Conquest’ by Vic Tree
‘Truancy’ by Marcus Absent
‘Try Harder’ by Buster Gutt
‘Turkish Fast Food’ by Donna K. Bab
‘Twist and Shout’ by Sheikh Tall-About
‘Two Shillings and Six Pence’ by Arthur Crown
‘Tying Shoe Laces’ by Ben Dover
‘Under the Bleachers’ by Seymour Butts
‘Underwear Problems’ by Lucy Lastic
‘Unknown Lands’ by Terry Incognita
‘Voice Amplification’ by Mike Raphone
‘Voyeurism’ by A. P. Pingtom
‘Waiting for dinner’ by Sally Vating
‘Wireless Telegraphy’ by Ray Dio
‘Your Future’ by Claire Voyance



And thanks to some delightful Twitter people for the additions:
@dancludlow @HeritageMuse @eddo75 @PenPendragon @Steve_Oliver76 @DonatellaFall @Ameino @duncancollett @Noot54

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Balderdash

No reason as usual; just felt like a little unrelated random gibberish:

Synchronicity isn’t increasing as recently as it might have been.

There is no potential in structured leanings of traditional seaside postcards.

Happiness is like a butterfly, or a moth, but in brighter light.

Assert an unremitting supply of honey and a ready source of kapok.

Saturated penny-farthing spokes create pedestrian toothpicks.

Undertaking is overtaking adjustments in traffic management.

High quality photographic prints have a propensity to constrict.

Digestive camouflage makes a splendid allowance.

A gloomy countenance assembles a bracing cabinet.

Avoid raw onion until the jigsaw is all-inclusive.

Circumvent criminal bleaching of used corn-on-the-cob husks.

What is the difference between a sheep? One eye is the same as it should have been.

:^)

“I say Holmes…”

“I say Holmes, what school do your children attend?” ~ “It’s elementary, my dear Watson”

“I say Holmes, I have terrible indigestion” ~ “It’s alimentary my dear Watson”

“I say Holmes, what is your favourite cheese?” ~ “It’s Emmental my dear Watson”

“I say Holmes, what is the plumbing like here?” ~ “It’s rudimentary my dear Watson”

“I say, you rock Holmes!” ~ “It’s sedimentary my dear Watson”

“I say Holmes, shall we take the green or the yellow door?” ~ “The lemon entry, my dear Watson” (Thanks @SimplerDave)

“I say Holmes, what is that note from Scotland Yard?” ~ “It’s complementary my dear Watson”

“I say Holmes, are you making a movie?” ~ “It’s documentary my dear Watson”

“I say Holmes, are those vitamin pills?” ~ “It’s supplementary my dear Watson”

“I say Holmes, will you elucidate?” ~ “It’s illuminatory my dear Watson”

“I say Holmes, did Ellen say she was voting Conservative?” ~ “Ellen meant Tory my dear Watson” (Thanks Denise ‘Okonkwo’ Tooley via Paul Naylor)

“I say Holmes, how the deuce do we deal with Professor Moriarty?” ~ “It’s eliminatory my dear Watson”

“I say Holmes, what did your accountant say?” ~ “It’s hell monetarily my dear Watson”

“I say Holmes, how do I remove this moustache?” ~ “It’s epilatory my dear Watson”

“I say Holmes, how is a periodic table structured?” ~ “It’s elementally my dear Watson”

“I say Holmes, is that a mammoth?” ~ “It’s elephant hairy my dear Watson”

“I say Holmes, what is your favourite shape?” ~ “It’s elliptical my dear Watson”

What?

“I say Holmes, what’s up?” ~ “It’s double entendre my dear Watson”

No, no, no, I’m sorry, this was probably a daft idea that’s being stretched too far, I’m giving it up now…



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A little initial letter alliteration

I have a habit of playing around with alliteration, or something like it; mostly in less than 140 characters for Twitter of course. Probably pointless, but on the other hand it makes me smirk:


Atrocious alliteration alludes actual alternative action and, after assiduously able allocation, allegedly always acts appallingly.

Boston’s burgeoning business buildings busily beckon big bucks beneath bold bright boundless blue.

Forever fastidiously finding fashionable far-fetched fascinatingly frivolous facts for fervently frequent free farcical fun.

Four famous flighty folks flee fittingly from fermented forest florets foraging for fast feisty fromage faking faulty faucets.

Most mid mornings many Maine motorists might move majestically; maybe meaning most match my main moaning mood?

Pecks previously pummelled past prior parallel periods patiently prepared; patently perhaps (probably?) partially prompting Peter Piper picking pickled pepper pecks?

Percent, per cent, purse sent, poor cent, pour cent, pour scent, paw scent, purr scent, percent.

Pluck Kate, pluck hate, placate, plaque eight, plaque ate, plaque hate.

Precisely! Poetic puns pose perfectly peculiar problems; perhaps particularly post peeling pernickety prickly pear pairs.

Pre pouring plausibly poor potpourri perpendicularly, paternal Pa’s pores probably proved perfectly pedicured, perhaps predictably.

Problematic philately produces portable philanthropic potato pestilence, probably propagating perfectly plausible practical pomegranates.

Read Tweet. Right wheat, rate trait, right to eat, raid treat; right sweet! Ride tight, right trite… retreat. Re Tweet.

Semantics; should speak several sentences, starting slowly, sauntering swifter, suddenly speedier; system seems successful.

Significantly stunning sunny spell suggests spring’s suddenly successfully sprung; certainly seems seasonally standard

Simultaneously selling several swimming sole shoals, skilled soldier Saul slowly shouldered sad sibling Sarah’s shabbily sewn shawl.

Stylish successful single swan swimming ceaselessly in successively smaller circles.

Taking their tray tied to two Thai trees, they too try three times to tread there, teetering through thin tattered tightly twisting trunks.

Tweet. To eat. Too eat. Two eat. Two wheat. Two ate. To wait. Two eight. To hate. Too weight. To wait. Trait. Treat. Tweet.


Messing about with Google Translate also shouldn’t amuse me, but it does:


Four famous flighty folks flee fittingly from fermented forest florets foraging for fast feisty fromage faking faulty faucets.

Google translated to French:

Quatre gens volages célèbre fuir dignement de la forêt fermenté fleurons d’alimentation pour fromage feisty rapide semblant robinets défectueux.

Google translated back to English:

Four people escape with dignity fickle famous forest fermented food landmarks cheese for quick feisty pretend defective valves.


Atrocious alliteration alludes actual alternative action and, after assiduously able allocation, allegedly always acts appallingly.

Google translated to Vietnamese:

Tàn bạo ám chỉ điệp âm thay thế và hành động thực tế, sau khi giao có thể siêng năng, được cho là luôn hành động đáng kinh sợ.

Google translated back to English:

Referring to the brutal and alliteration replace real action, after sex can diligently, are thought to always act appallingly.


Precisely! Poetic puns pose perfectly peculiar problems; perhaps particularly post peeling pernickety prickly pear pairs.

Google translated to Ukranian:

Отож-бо! Поетичний каламбури представляють зовсім своєрідні проблеми, може бути, особливо після пілінгу вибагливих колючий пар груші.

Google translated back to English:

So-bo! Poetic puns represent quite peculiar problems can be, especially after peeling demanding barbed steam pears.


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Bay, bay, balsa spruce, holly yew ebony willow?

Bay, bay, balsa spruce,
Holly yew ebony willow?
Yew fir, yew fir,
Cherry birch hazel.

Gum fir date maple,
Gum fir date elm,
Ash gum fir date laurel bay
Oak olive dogwood plane.

Poplar cedar maple,
Poplar cedar elm,
Ash poplar cedar laurel bay
Oak olive dogwood plane.

I’m afraid it has no deep or hidden meaning and, apart from a passing resemblance to ‘Baa, baa, black sheep’, makes no more sense than most of my asinine and pointless comments.

But trees are admirable, significant, blameless and trustworthy; I’m partial to trees.

:^)

BOF Anti-social Networking Group


Are you sick of being sociable?

Are you continually coerced to communicate?

Are you tired of Twittering and fed up with friend requests?

Be a BOF (Boring Old Fart) and celebrate your BOFness!

You don’t have to be old to be a BOF, anyone can be a BOF; I might be middle aged now, but I’ve been a BOF since I was an infant and I doubt there’s ever been a more boring teenager.

So, let’s distance ourselves from other people, stop answering the telephone or the knock at the door, let’s be unsociable and let’s ignore requests to Tweet, be friends or join groups.

You’ll be happy you did, probably, well, you’ll be a BOF anyway.



Elephant Jokes

Something I Tweeted recently reminded me of the elephant jokes that were popular in the 1960s:


How many elephants can you get in a Mini?

Four; two in the front and two in the back.


How many giraffes can you get in a Mini?

None; it’s already full of elephants.


How do you know if you have an elephant in your refrigerator?

There are footprints in the butter.


How do you know there are two elephants in your refrigerator?

You can hear giggling when the light goes out.


How do you know there are three elephants in your refrigerator?

You can’t close the door.


How do you know there are four elephants in your refrigerator?

There’s an empty Mini parked outside.


Why do elephants paint their toenails red?

To hide in cherry trees.


How do you get an elephant out of a tree?

Stand it on a leaf and wait until autumn.


How do you get down from an elephant?

You don’t, you get down from a duck.


What time is it when an elephant sits on your fence?

Five o’clock. Trick question


Why is an elephant big, grey and wrinkly?

Because if it was small, white and hard it would be an aspirin.


Why are elephants grey?

So you can tell them apart from plums.


How do you make an elephant float?

Two scoops of ice cream, an elephant and lemonade.


Why do elephants have Big Ears?

Because Noddy won’t pay the ransom.


How do you stop an elephant from charging?

You take away its credit card.

Actually, this is a new one on me; I didn’t come across credit cards until my first Access card in 1973.


Why do elephants wear trainers?

To creep up on mice.


Why do elephants wear green trainers?

To hide in the tall grass.


Why do elephants wear red trainers?

Because their green ones are in the laundry.


Why do elephants paint the soles of their feet yellow?

So they can hide upside-down in bowls of custard.


What’s yellow and dangerous?

Shark infested custard.

Oh, sorry, gone off message a bit.


:^)


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