Subject: Communication » Wordplay (Page 2)

Umpire: The original strike arbitrator.

Usher: One who takes a leading part in a theatre.

Castration: A eunuch experience.

My father was a small claims court jester.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Two old maids on a beach, streaker ran past… one had a stroke, the other one couldn't reach.

(1930 – 2007) English comedian & nightclub owner

Why do they call it a TV set when you only get one?

(1946 – ) American comedian

At the all-you-can-eat barbecue, you have to pay the regular dinner price if you eat less than you can.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

I’m not worried about the Third World War… that’s the Third World’s problem.

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

My grandfather invented the cold air balloon… but it never really took off.

(1964 – ) English comedian

So I phoned up the spiritual leader of Tibet, he sent me a large goat with a long neck, turns out I phoned dial-a-lama.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

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

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

“Pickup artists” and “garbagemen” should switch names.

Beauty is only sin deep.

(1870 – 1916) British writer

Reducing: Wishful shrinking.

I’m not a fan of the new pound coin, but then again, I hate all change.

British born Chinese professional poker player & comedian

Corduroy pillows: They’re making headlines!

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

How can there be self-help groups?

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Never in the ring of human conflict have so few taken so much from so many.

American boxer

If a jogger runs at the speed of sound, can he still hear his Walkman?

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Theodore Dreiser should ought to write nicer.

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet

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

(1914 – 1953) Welsh-born poet & writer