Subject: Communication » Wordplay (Page 9)

Kids in back seats cause accidents, accidents in back seats cause kids.

Electrocardiograph: Ticker tape.

My piñata costume was a hit with the crowd

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

Smuggler: One who neglects his duty to his country.

I had a job drilling holes for water… it was well, boring.


Take my wife… please!

(1906 – 1998) English-born American comedian

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.

(1964 – ) English comedian

Gigolo: A fee-male.

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from strong will, and the other from strong won’t.

(1813 – 1887) American clergyman, social reformer & abolitionist

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

American boxer

Judge: A man in a trying position.

Medical Insurance: What allows people to be ill at ease.

Yodeling: Slope opera.

Apart from that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?

(1928 – ) humorist, singer, songwriter & satirist

Dave drowned; so at the funeral we got him a wreath in the shape of a lifebelt; well, it’s what he would have wanted.

(1973 – ) English writer & stand-up comedian

Peeping Tom: A window fan.

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


director I spent four years in college but I didn’t learn a thing; i was really my own fault… I had a double major in psychology and reverse psychology.

(1979 – ) American actor, writer, comedian & director

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

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

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

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

I was a lighting technician, off and on.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer