Subject: Communication » Wordplay (Page 8)

Also-ran: A British athlete.

British writer, cartoonist, poet & performer

Harpist: A plucky musician.

All I had to my name were some letters and all I had in my pocket was a broken compass; I didn’t know which way to turn.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

I like a woman with a head on her shoulders… I hate necks.

(1945 – ) comedian, actor, writer, playwright & musician

Do Roman paramedics refer to IV’s as ‘4’s’?

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Electrocardiograph: Ticker tape.

I really wanted kids when I was in my early 20s but I could just never… lure them into my car; no, I'm kidding… I don’t have a license.

(1980 – ) Australian comedian

Castration: A eunuch experience.

Youth is stranger than fiction.

writer

Rattlesnake: Tattle tail.

He was married to an acrobat, but she caught him in the act.

If pro is the opposite of con, is progress the opposite of congress?

(1946 – ) American comedian

Realtor: A man with lots to sell.

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)

Teachers: United Mind Workers.

Propaganda: Baloney disguised as food for thought.

At school the other kids used to push me around and call me lazy; I loved that wheelchair.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

What's that up the road? … a head?

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

Is it possible to mistake schizophrenia for telepathy, I hear you ask.

comedian

Obesity: A surplus gone to waist.

If I had my life to live over, I’d live it over a deli.

(1926 – 2009) comedian, actor, radio – TV personality & host