Subject: Communication » Wordplay (Page 11)

Paradox: Two physicians.

If Bing Crosby was great, imagine how good Google Crosby would have been.

(1973 – ) English writer & stand-up comedian

Propaganda: Baloney disguised as food for thought.

The chickens have come home to roast.

(1905 – 1974) radio comedian

Teetotaler: One who abstains from strong drink, sometimes totally, sometimes tolerably totally.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

I think it’s wrong that only one company makes the game Monopoly.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Quadruplets: Four crying out loud.

I realized I was dyslexic when I went to a toga party dressed as a goat.

(1972 – ) Anglo-Irish comedian, writer & actor

A rule of thumb in the matter of medical advice is to take everything any doctor says with a grain of aspirin.


Pushing fifty is exercise enough


President Ford tells us all to bite the bullet and Betsy Ford goes on TV and shoots off her mouth.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

There are very few people at the Fringe these days doing Roman-numeral jokes; I is one.

British comedian

Will you take this woman to be your awful wedded wife?

(1914 – 1953) Welsh-born poet & writer

Rattlesnake: Tattle tail.

Gold Digger: A woman after all.

There’s nothing to fear but life itself.

(1947 – ) comedian & actor

Gigolo: A fee-male.

Tears: Remorse code.

I’m the lady who works at Paramount all day… and Fox all night.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

Is ‘tired old cliche’ one?

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

All really grim gardeners possess a keen sense of humus.

(1898 – 1951) Scottish humorist