98% of Nemo.
That shows a very limp foresight! You should cell them and hope you
live fer bloody years.
--
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| Malcolm Hoar "The more I practice, the luckier I get". |
| ma...@malch.com Gary Player. |
| http://www.malch.com/ Shpx gur PQN. |
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I wonder if Microsoft can supply the necessary patch! - minus the virus!
Aha! So that's why my last P.T. teacher called them "Burpees"
> Some need a lift doing them, others just have a windlass.
>
My Pulmonary Emboli left me windlass! Four days on oxygen and Heparin in the
belly last time! I'm still warfarin down those anti-coagulation tablets and
they do seem to be working. I rat them very highly.
Urrrrghgfhghgh!!
(FX: Something heavy hitting floor!)
Omnes: Hoooray!!!!
Ewe'll be a pun gent by then.
Morgue's the pity, you cad - 'ave a nice life.
I had a counterfeit spanner once. Stamped on the side it said, "Forged in
the USA"!
It was quite a wrench but my VW Beatle once had a Spaniard in the works.
[with apologies to John Lennon]
Reminds me of a remake of a Springsteen song by one of the guys from
Abba. It was called 'Bjorn in the USA'.....
Apologies accepted re: the VW Lemon ~ John
Yeah, you learn to muck in with the rest....that soil I can say.
nemo wrote:
Where is the other 2%?
nemo wrote:
Venting: Musical opening in a wall.
Vent Ting: Windy Chinese.
>
> Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> news:409733C6...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> You gotta improve your memory, Timmie. It's the missing spleen, and
> I've already toll due a number of times: it's probably in a jar of
> formaldehyde in the labs at the University College Hospital - or by
> now it's probably gone up the incinerator chimney - unless one of the
> docs had it for dinner fried up with chips.
Or with some fava beans and a nice chianti.
--
Methuselah
I used to get high on life but lately I've built up resistance.
'Snice of him to 'spleen it to us.
Now a little intestinal for t'dude.
nemo wrote:
Venting: Musical opening in a wall.
Vent Ting: Windy Chinese.
nemo wrote:
Venting: Musical opening in a wall.
Vent Ting: Windy Chinese.
Fructus Ventris: Apples falling out of the air conditioning!
hu-mi yu wrote:
> On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 08:36:15 -0500, Michael Balarama wrote:
>
> > He was at the end of his rope
>
> And Tom Collins was on the other end of it.
What a knotty problem!
Colby: Black bee used as fuel.
Cowell: Healthy bovine.
Kent Drive: Superman at the golf course.
Purdue: Price of morning moisture.
Radcliffe: Radioactive rock formation.
Villanova: Exploding criminal star.
Bucker: One dollar dog.
Bucking: One dollar king.
Cent-tinel: A one penny guard.
Cent-Tree: A tree that stands guard, smells nice, and grows pennies.
Center: Penny in the middle.
Centaur: Half man, half horse penny.
Coalescent: A penny that comes together.
Concentric: A one penny target, or against penny tricks, or criminal
penny tricks,
Deficient: A flawed penny.
Docent: A one penny female deer, or a one penny guardian.
Eccentric: Odd behaving penny.
Efficient: A penny with little waste, or a one penny fish on the
Internet.
Magnificent: A wondrous penny.
Omniscient: All knowing penny.
Presence: More than one penny is here.
Prescience: Pennies that know the future.
Proficient: Skilled penny.
Quiescent: Still penny.
Reminiscent: Penny reviewing the past.
Resent: A dissatisfied penny.
Sufficient: An adequate penny.
Sentience: Smart penny.
> Santa was being ignored, so he decided to give out cuddly toys only at
> Christmas and covered them with a fabric made of compressed matted
animal
> fibers.
>
> He'd decided to make his presents felt!
Until the time came to deliver them, Santa kept his presents in a safe
deposit box in a Pole Vault in a Snow Bank. To open the box required a
very
special Ice Code. However, he forgot the Ice Code and had to bring in a
spy
out of the cold to Break the Ice Code.
nemo wrote:
> Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> news:4021D892...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> > Shakespeare: Vibrating weapon that writes plays.
> >
> > Submachine Gun: Weapon of underwater armies.
>
> Mine!!!
> >
> > Tank: Another weapon of underwater armies.
> >
> > Turnpike: A spinning spear like weapon.
>
> Petard: Captain in Start Wreck and grenade for hanging on a gate that
> everyone and his dog thinks is a spear!
Spearmint: A gum weapon.
> In article <4024AEC6...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us>,
> tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us, Tim Bruening was looking at the world
oddly when:
> >
> >
> >
> >Stan Kegel wrote:
> >
> >> PUNS OF THE WEAK for the week ending: 02-06-04 Part 1 In The News
> >> Bush admitted that his pre-war intelligence wasn't what it should
have
> >> been. We knew that when we elected him! (Jay Leno)
> >
> >But we didn't elect him! He stole the election with help from the
Supreme
> >Court!!!!!!
> >
> There was an election missing? His girlfriend whore a mink stole...
You accuse Bush of adultry?
Stock King: Santa Claus.
Communist: A Red Computer.
Hologram: A picture of same.
Hologram: Message from a low prostitute.
Hologram: Lighter than a Holopound.
Micro: Not your crow.
Microbar: Association of tiny crow lawyers.
Microbar: Where tiny crows get beer.
Microbe: A robe wired for sound.
Deduct: Demon waterfowl.
Reduct: Quack again.
Subduct: Underwater bird.
Review: To see again.
Revolt: To shock again.
Bossanova: Exploding cosmic cow.
Baleboss: Yiddisher classical dancing cow.
Surely a guy as childish as he could only be accused of infantry.
>
> Stock King: Santa Claus.
>
nemo wrote:
Baleboss, the boat is leaking!
nemo wrote:
Why not in the Himalayas?
Ice Coder = High Skoda.
Do a Google on Skoda.
Then he forgot to put on his thick red suit, went out in the snow and *he*
got Ice Code too in no time . . . hence . .
To the tune of Jingle Bells. . . .
Dashing through the snow - two of his reindeer gone,
Freezing cold his bum - he's got no trousers on!
Get the round done quick - or folks'll see him moon.
Female reindeer scared to death - he's hung like a baboon.
Dingle balls, Dingle balls - got no trousers on.
He don't know quite where they went he only knows they're gone.
Frozen balls, Frozen balls - scared they might fall off!
He's driving very gently now and trying not to cough!
Home nearly in sight - back at the North Pole,
Frozen three-piece-suite - icicles round his hole.
Fire's nice and warm - ev'rything's just thawed -
Next year he'll say sod the sledge and drive his mother's Ford!
Tingle balls, Tingle balls - Circulation's back.
Now he has four rosy cheeks and steam coming from his crack!
Tingle balls, Tingle balls - now they're getting hot.
Now he's pleased he's got warm feet, warm hands, warm legs, warm bot!
Oi!!!!!!
Any excuse folks! Any excuse!
> On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 13:08:36 -0700, Larry Krzewinski
> <Feerles...@madmagazine.com> wrote:
>
> >You'd better stop or I'm going to kick you with my Schumann.
>
> All these composer puns have Strauss-ed me out.
Composer: Music writing knight.
> I've written a rebuttal play to be performed by men only. I call it
'The
> Viagra Monologues".
I expect it to make the audience RISE!
You need Ox-ygen (An air draft animal).
> Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> news:422421C4...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> >
> > Halting: Bell that stops.
> >
> > Heaping: Pile of male bells.
> >
> > Hefting: A bell that lifts heavy weights.
> >
> > Hosing: Singing hooker.
> >
> > Hooting: Singing owl.
> >
> Well chuck a bucket of cold water over it! Then it'll be too wet to
woo.
How a woosing!
nemo wrote:
> Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> news:42242454...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> > Cartoon: A musical car.
> >
> > Karma: My mother the car.
> >
> > Carisma: My mother the hypnotic car!
> >
> > Hoarsepower: Car laryngitis.
> >
> > Monopoly: Parrot that has cornored the market.
>
> What about Dow Corning the market with all those imitation silecone
titties?
Dowsing: The stock market sings of finding water.
> Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> news:4224260C...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> >
> > Incrust: Below the Eath's surface.
> >
> > Infirm: Inside the company.
> >
> > Infirming: Sick vase.
> >
> > Nepotism: Ideology of related pots.
> >
> > Noising: Loud song.
>
> Oising: Yiddisher music.
Causing: A singing crow.
nemo wrote:
> Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> news:4224341A...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> >
> >
> > nemo wrote:
> >
> > > Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> > > news:41D90278...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> > > > Compress: Computer newspaper.
> > > >
> > > > Depress: Sad newspaper.
> > > >
> > > > Express: Failed paper.
> > > >
> > > > Oppress, Repress, and Suppress: Newspapers that follow the party line.
> > > >
> > > > Presley: Korean newspaper.
> > > >
> > > Elvish Presley: Musical Lord of the Rings newspaper.
> >
> > Elfish: L-shaped sea animal eaten by elves and hobbits.
> >
> Hobbits: Very naughty Japanese pictures with the ocean missing.
Why is the female ocean singing?
nemo wrote:
> Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> news:42243457...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> >
> >
> > nemo wrote:
> >
> > > Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> > > news:41D902E5...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Panther Wyvern wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Did you know that Sweepea, the name of Popeye's adopted baby is
> > > > actually
> > > > > "Sweet P", short for "Sweet Potato"?
> > > > >
> > > > > Yep, when the child grew up, he was often heard to say the
> following,
> > > > "I yam
> > > > > what I yam... I'm a yam."
> > > >
> > > > Sweet P: Urine of a diabetic.
> > > >
> > > Ain't that the plant that Jesus brought back from the dead? Lathyrus
> > > Odoratus? Well, he would have stunk a bit by then, wooden tea?!
> >
> > Red Sea: Communist ocean.
> >
> Bosphorus: Luminous sea. It's Bosphorescent!
Read Sea: Ocean that's literate.
Literate: Ate garbage (Litter Ate).
nemo wrote:
> Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> news:42222955...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> >
> >
> > nemo wrote:
> >
> > > Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> > > news:421A8254...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> > > >
> > > > Breaking: King of dancing by spinning on the ground.
> > > >
> > > > Braking: King of stopping.
> > > >
> > >
> > > . . . . or the monarch of making donkey noises.
> >
> > Donkey: Unlocks a Mafia lock.
> >
> Dungking DoUGHnut: Sweet bagel thingey eaten by the owner of the largest
> sewage processing company in the world!
Speedo: Fast female deer, fast money, or fast pastry.
nemo wrote:
> Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> news:42242C97...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> >
> >
> > nemo wrote:
> >
> > > Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> > > news:4222F716...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> > > >
> > > > Nestorius wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > What did the clumsy soft thick-bodied North Atlantic fish with
> pelvic
> > > fins
> > > > > fused into a sucker say when he heard that he and his fish-mates was
> > > going
> > > > > to be a part of a fish study?
> > > > >
> > > > > I hope they don't lump us all together
> > > >
> > > > That sounds fishy.
> > >
> > > Stone me!
> >
> > With an Oliver Stone?
> >
> Here the Oliver I'm tall king about, in all his glory! Magnificent piece of
> machinery!
>
> http://homepage.mac.com/sljohnson/typewriter/oliver/Oliver246891.html
>
> Nice to see one in such good condition.
>
> I've got one. Cost me five shillings (25p) at Reg Stone's second-hand stall
> in Inverness Street Market. Not in such good condition though.
>
> You'll like this:
>
> A woman is supposed to have asked Reg how much a particular vase was. He
> replied, "Shillin'!" (5p)
>
> She said, "You fool! It's Ming Dynasty!"
>
> He replied, "OK. Half a Crown then!" (12緘)
>
> If it ain't true, it should have been!
Didn't the Queen object to having her crown sawed in half?
> Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> news:41265BDB...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> > War-ming: Hostile Chinese vase or hot Chinese vase.
> >
> > Hostile: Aggressive fence.
> >
> > Fencing: Singing barrier.
>
> Prezoomably, if you're stopped by such a singing barrier, you're
Foiled!
Foil Ling: A Chinese Saber Artist.
nemo wrote:
> Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> news:412657E2...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> >
> >
> > nemo wrote:
> >
> > > Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> > > news:4047C83E...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> > > > Countryside: Murder of a nation.
> > > >
> > > > Countryside. Murder of the environment.
> > >
> > > Suezside: Murder of oneself by jumping into a certain canal.
> > >
> > > Matricide: Murder of one's bed.
> > >
> > > Arabinoside: Putting Osama out of everyone's misery!
> > >
> > > (n. Biochem.
> > > A glycoside of arabinose, esp. any of those used in antiviral
therapy as
> > > structural analogs of ribonucleosides.)
> >
> > Beside: Murder of a bee.
> >
> > Reside: To murder a person twice.
>
> Matricide: Killing a large item of bedding.
Matting: Musical large item of bedding.
Bedding: Musical sleeping place.
Sleeping: Bell with the Zzzzzzs.
Sobering: Ring that cures drunkenness.
Soberness: Non drunk Scottish monster.
Soften: 10 Cushy people.
Soleness: One Scottish monster.
Antenna: Ant that communicates at great distances.
Sobriety: Tea that makes you non drunk.
Society: Tea that brings people together.
Sorcerer: Magic making knight who levitates.
Joker: King Joe's dog.
Muffin: Swimming organ of a pastry fish.
Rimmer: Edge of an ocean.
Rimming: Edge of a Chinese vase.
Claiming: Ceramic Chinese vase.
Clammer: Ocean of clams.
Clamming: Chinese vase of clams.
Drummer: Ocean of percussion instruments.
Drumming: Chinese vase of percussion instruments.
Dreaming: Chinese vase of fantasies.
Fanti-sea: Ocean of dreams.
C4: Explosive ocean.
CD: Compact demon.
DVD: Demon-vampire recording device.
EB: Electrical bee.
Comcast: A computer play.
Comcast: Computers fishing.
Comfort: Computer military base.
Comfortable: How to say "Come for the bull" quickly.
> SPECIALTY PUNS OF THE WEAK for the week ending 03-24-04
> Bestride: using a wild animal as a steed. (Douglas Drill)
Bestride: To ride a bee.
> Gallop Poll: Young Lady sitting on a high post (Rosalie Moscovitch)
A horse in Poland.
A pole on a horse.
Entrant: Ant in a contest.
Fire Ants: Ants who fight fires.
Important: High ranking ant.
Reluctant: An ant that is hard to persuade.
"KIMEVANS" <kime...@bigpond.com> wrote in message
news:q2LVb.49075$Wa.4...@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>
> "Marmoset" <marm...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns9489E2412B0E...@216.196.97.131...
> > My girlfriend found a new pencil store
> >
> > She lead me right to it
>
> >good move....its easy to lead a horse to water but a pencil has to
be
lead!
she left her mark and to the point-she is a sharp girlfriend
Market: Writing cat.
Marker: Writing dog.
Marking: Writing king.
Jenni Saqua wrote:
> "Sheila Dundee" <Co...@optusnetXCAPS.com.au> wrote in message
> news:4028cbd0$0$19705$afc3...@news.optusnet.com.au...
>> Dr Tormento wrote:
>>> "Sheila Dundee" <Co...@optusnetXCAPS.com.au> wrote in
>>> news:4028bd3b$0$18303$afc3...@news.optusnet.com.au:
>>>
>>>> Pollywolly wrote:
>>>>> Sheila Dundee wrote:
>>>>>> Pollywolly wrote:
>>>>>>> Dr Tormento wrote:
>>>>>>>> Marmoset <marm...@yahoo.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>> news:Xns9489E2412B0E...@216.196.97.131:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> My girlfriend found a new pencil store
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> She lead me right to it
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I don't see the point.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It was meant 2B'
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You are very blunt :-(
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not here to get in a graphite.
>>>>
>>>> Well, don't crayon MY shoulder!
>>>
>>> Now, now, don't go off the depenned.
>>
>> Well - just listen to His Nibs !!
>>
> I would :) but there've been some ink credible shrinking posts
(like
> Dr T's) which are showing up only via your replies!
Those of us at the sharpen can't de-scribe how irritating that can be!
Sharpen: Pointy writing instrument.
Pointy: Sharp tea.
Harry Farkas wrote:
> "I've finished the commercial for the new tool bench accessory," said Tom
> advisedly.
He hit the nail on the head.
Repentant: Remorseful ant.
Resistant: Ant that blocks progress.
Tenant: After 9 ant.
Magnetic: An attractive tic.
Hamfist: To be punched out by a pig.
Timmy <tsbr...@dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
news:1105330932....@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>
> Ranting: A bell diatribe.
>
> Questing: Bell on a mission.
>
> Resting: Bell remaining still.
> Fasting: Speedy bell.
>
> Fasting: Bell during Ramadan.
>
Don't take the mickey out of Islam. Eide my warning!
Mickey Mouse: Rodent Key.
Timmy <tsbr...@dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
news:1105332418.4...@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>
> Advising: Helpful song.
>
> Advertising: Commercial song.
>
> Amazing: One singing corn field.
>
> Bemusing: Singing bee.
>
> Crossing: A musical religious symbol.
>
> Hissing: Song made by a snake.
>
> Icing: A frozen song.
>
> Massing: A heavy song.
>
> Missing: A girl who can't carry a tune.
>
> Musing: A singing cow or cat or poet.
>
> Passing: A musical mountain path.
>
> Passing: Sung by cars as they pass each other.
> Rising: A song that makes you soar.
>
> Rising: Singing grain.
>
A rye definition.
Riser: Grain dog.
nemo wrote:
> Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> news:41E20021...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> >
> >
> > nemo wrote:
> >
> > > Every time I come onto this group and see the headers download clock up
> > > several hundred new messages, I know it's a case of very bad timming!!
> :o)
> >
> > Timming: A Chinese vase like me?
>
> You're made of ceramic?
No, I don't have clay feet.
> Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> news:41E204B8...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> >
> >
> > nemo wrote:
> >
> > > At the crucifiction, the guy next to Christ kept bragging on about
the
> fact
> > > that the Romans had used three times as many nails to pin him up
as they
> had
> > > used on Christ.
> > >
> > > In the end, Christ got fed up and said, "I really wish you'd drop
this
> > > 'Holeyer than thou' attitude!' "
> >
> > In other words, he got Cross!
>
> Till someone snipped the cross-post. Then he fell down right on top of
a
> Centurion. See? Even the Romans had our brilliant tanks!
Centurion: One penny Roman soldier.
Tim Bruening wrote:
> "Douglas D. Anderson" wrote:
>
> > "Tim Bruening" <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote
> > >
> > >
> > > "Douglas D. Anderson" wrote:
> > >
> > > > "Robert Morpheal" <morp...@sympatico.ca> wrote
> > > > > Greg Evans wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Why? She was just gonna bring you your food, is all....
> > > > >
> > > > > My food taster didn't approve of that dish. So she's gone.
> > > > >
> > > > Well there's your problem- if she'd eaten the food instead of the dish
> > > >
> > > > she might still be alive.
> > >
> > > Did she eat a radish or a kaddish or a brandish or a kurdish or a
> > > swedish?
> > >
> > >
> > He was fiendish as he ate the outlandish.
>
> How caddish!
And faddish!
Wouter Valentijn wrote:
> Tim Bruening wrote:
> > nemo wrote:
> >
> >> "Tim Bruening" <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> >> news:4271BF92...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> >>>
> >>> "fredm...@the.PC ?Z" wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> "That looks like another Mistake to me", muttered the Doctor after
> >>>> he botched up the breast reduction surgery.
> >>>
> >>> Then he made another Miss Stake: Jamming a sharp piece of wood
> >>> through the heart of a female vamp.
> >>
> >> The female vamp turned out to be a robot - so it was a case of stake
> >> and chips!
> >
> > How do you vamp a robot?
>
> With a vampire upgrade.
How do you upgrade a vampire?
nemo wrote:
> "Tim Bruening" <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> news:4279CF73...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> >
> >
> > nemo wrote:
> >
> > "Tim Bruening" <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> > news:4271AF8D...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> > >
> > >
> > > nemo wrote:
> > >
> > > > Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> > > > news:3F64D428...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> > > > > Event: Ventilation system on a computer or Internet.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Fan Club: Device for smashing same.
> > >
> > > Unless the fan is protected by Fan Mail!
> >
> > You can order that stuff by sending a chain letter.
> >
> > Chain Letter: Used to imprison the mail.
>
> Mail Train: Worn by a knight's bride.
Benight: An apine knight after sundown.
> "Tim Bruening" <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> news:4279E449...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> >
> > nemo wrote:
> >
> > > Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> > > news:41B4C3A3...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> > > > Succubus: To suck in an entire mass transit vehicle.
> > >
> > > Omnibus: Travelling.
> > >
> > > Offnibus: Back on foot again.
> >
> > Or back on 30.48 centimeters.
> >
>
> Centimeter: Moving-goyle instrument registering the potency of
> perfumes.
>
> (Sometimes, you lot spelling things wrong comes in handy!)
Handy: Chinese demon.