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July 17, 2014, 12:17
haberdasher
The dis- game
BREAKFAST - quite fragile; ask any 3-year-old

INTERDIGITATE - bury a middle finger (which one depends on from which end you start counting)

HERETOFORE - why I came to the golf course

HEREBY - the cry of the fleamarket vendor

GODFREY - the sermon was so long they didn't have time to pass the collection plate

ADDRESSED - how a body tends to remain unless acted upon by an outside force

INGEST - Don't take me seriously, I was only making a joke. (Or seven...)
July 17, 2014, 13:20
<Proofreader>
kingdom: head masochist
boredom: Saudi oil field
Mohawk: One of the three Indian Stooges
Curly fries: Stooge's favorite snack
frigate: I don't care
punchline: Jim Jones end game
july: No, I'm being truthful
moor: not less
pavement: the worst lifesaver flavor
July 17, 2014, 14:24
haberdasher
quote:
Originally posted by Proofreader:
kingdom: head masochist
boredom: Saudi oil field

...Not sure I understand these two. I can offer
KINGDOM - what you did to a checker when it got to the eighth rank
BOREDOM - Yoga ennui

but I know these are not what you had in mind. Would you parse them for me?
July 17, 2014, 18:30
<Proofreader>
king dom (as in dominant)in a master/salve relationship.
boredom -- drilling for oil area
Were they really that obscure?
July 17, 2014, 18:54
haberdasher
KING DOM - didn't think of the "dominate" connection. Wouldn't that be the Marquis de Sade, rather than Masoch?

BORE DOMe - yes, though no inherent connection to the Middle East
July 17, 2014, 18:56
Geoff
quote:
INTERDIGITATE - bury a middle finger

Is this a common practice in proctology?
July 18, 2014, 06:03
haberdasher
...more like in Road Rage, I should think
July 18, 2014, 18:14
Geoff
Oh... So is the time between one regent's visit to a proctologist and the next regent's visit the Interrectum?
July 18, 2014, 18:42
Greg S
quote:
quote:
Originally posted by Proofreader:
kingdom: head masochist
boredom: Saudi oil field


...Not sure I understand these two.


So are you telling me, haberdahser, that you "got" all the others, ever posted? Perhaps there are too many local inferences, that don't register with this Antipodean, but I would say there is at least one out of every 4 or 5 posted that I don't "get" - at all.


Regards Greg
July 18, 2014, 19:11
<Proofreader>
quote:
there is at least one out of every 4 or 5 posted that I don't "get" - at all.

Should there be enough interest, I am prepared to arrange a podcast on the intricacies of American humor.
July 19, 2014, 14:19
Geoff
A podcast? Is that when you take a pea and fling it? Or is it the dramatis personae in a movie about whales?
July 19, 2014, 19:00
haberdasher
quote:
So are you telling me, haberdasher, that you "got" all the others, ever posted? Perhaps there are too many local inferences, that don't register with this Antipodean, but I would say there is at least one out of every 4 or 5 posted that I don't "get" - at all.

Most of them, yes. I understand what's being invoked, or what the reference is. Some I disagree with; some I consider are weak or far-fetched, and maybe not particlarly amusing; some are more clever, and some are absolutely sparkling. A few leave me in the dark, and if I can't figure them out I ask.

It calls for flexibility of mind, a.k.a what shrinks call "looseness of association." (Which they generally don't mean as a compliment.) And it's the lifeblood of any accomplished or aspiring punster, because recognition of that possible alternative meaning is the genesis of coming up with new ones...
July 19, 2014, 19:37
Geoff
FWIW, Greg, some blow right past me as well. Alas, I am often too confused to ask for clarification.

Haberdasher, can't you be brought up on charges in your state for using "genius" and "punster" in the same sentence?
July 19, 2014, 21:02
Greg S
quote:
It calls for flexibility of mind, a.k.a what shrinks call "looseness of association."

Given my ability to solve most Cryptic Crossword puzzles I attempt, often discovering in the process an answer which is a word I have never heard of, I would have thought I had that quality in spades but clearly not in abundance (something to do with Miley Cyrus according to you haberdasher and that one I do "get" - she's "coming" here to do a few of those in concert soon)

Anyway here's a few simple ones on a new theme I started sometime ago, which didn't garner much interest from others at the time, perhaps because they weren't "clever enough".

around - square
abound - freed
aground - airborne

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Regards Greg
July 20, 2014, 06:03
<Proofreader>
amend: rip
abed: ambulatory
July 20, 2014, 13:52
haberdasher
ATTRIBUTE - damning with faint praise

ACCOLADE - no soft drinks here, bub

(P.S. that was "genesis" above, not "genius"...)
July 20, 2014, 15:49
<Proofreader>
indiscreet: what goes on in Harry's Hourly Rentals, stays in Harry's Hourly Rentals
July 20, 2014, 16:03
haberdasher
AWESOME - I'm by myself today

ABYSMAL - ran out of antacid (and I have no pep, too)
July 20, 2014, 16:43
Geoff
OBSCURE An old, superceded remedy.
July 20, 2014, 17:02
haberdasher
ABROGATE - I know he's Irish but he doesn't have the slightest trace of an accent
July 21, 2014, 12:50
haberdasher
ACCURATE - the church leader retired and no relpacement has been appointed

ACCURSED - wash your mouth out with soap !

ACCORD - it's not easy for everybody to pull together when there's no rope
July 21, 2014, 17:43
Geoff
DISCORD The Honda built by scabs while the regular workers were on strike.
July 21, 2014, 18:21
<Proofreader>
record: put seeds back n an apple
rebut: ass transplant
recede: the drought killed the first batch
recipe: What do you have to do to fix "Mississ"
July 23, 2014, 07:41
Geoff
Darn, I could have sworn that Recipe was the Greek muse in charge of cooking.
August 02, 2014, 22:26
bethree5
abalones - fancy delis (sorry no baloney)

abdication - pet neutering

abridged - certain islands
August 03, 2014, 05:48
<Proofreader>
abridged: lost some teeth
abide: fail to purchase
amend: rip
accrue: desert the ship
August 07, 2014, 21:13
<Proofreader>
revolt: turn on the electricity
repulse: administer CPR
retreat: buy another round
August 09, 2014, 14:31
<Proofreader>
remonstrate: have another period
redo: another bowel movement
August 10, 2014, 08:14
<Proofreader>
perspiration: a happy cat's brilliant idea
pontificate: the Pope's diploma
August 10, 2014, 08:48
haberdasher
REPUBLICAN - just opened his second barroom

REVERE - to fishtail

RECUR - sonofabitch!

REFUSE - weld again

REORGANIZE - kidney transplant

REALM - make another charitable donation
August 10, 2014, 08:56
haberdasher
ALIMONY - no citric acid in this drink
August 12, 2014, 03:54
haberdasher
variations on the theme:

AREA - without an extinct giant bird

DIARRHEA - without two extinct giant birds

...

ABROGATE to remove one's Scottich accent

ALLOCATE to get lost

...

ACCORD - what you plug the coffeepot in with
August 12, 2014, 04:05
Tom
union is the act of eliminating anion
August 12, 2014, 07:01
<Proofreader>
infantile: floor covering for a nursery
bratwurst: the nastiest kid
antebellum: who tied the clanger on the cat?
imposter the devil's favorite macaroni
amen: nympho's battle cry
hymen alternative cry

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August 13, 2014, 09:17
haberdasher
DESTINE - to empty the beer mug
August 13, 2014, 11:50
<Proofreader>
demobilize: get rid of the baby's playthings
August 13, 2014, 13:26
haberdasher
DERRIERE - what happened to the Old Lady in Candide (or is that pushing it too far?*)


*["...I'm missing the half of my backside")
August 14, 2014, 11:27
<Proofreader>
antidotes: what she does to her nieces and nephews.
gnus: hard to find in papers.
malpractice: teach shopping
August 16, 2014, 09:58
<Proofreader>
disenchanted: kicked out the Hari Krhishnas.
August 20, 2014, 12:36
<Proofreader>
oxymoron: dumb cow
avowal: a, e, i, o, and u
August 22, 2014, 08:40
<Proofreader>
distemper: calm down
done: for most, finished; for Kalleh, get back to work.
August 22, 2014, 12:40
haberdasher
EXPENSE - money I used to have

similarly

DISPENSE - a drain on the Privy purse
August 24, 2014, 07:53
<Proofreader>
fez: past tense of "fuzz". Ex. "Your skin is fuzzy." "It's always been fez."
August 24, 2014, 13:11
<Proofreader>
compound: a shelter for Red Army canines.
footstool: an impressive bowel movement.
cellophane: an obscene phone call.
August 24, 2014, 18:09
Geoff
If I had stool on my foot I would NOT be impressed.

DISCRETE Knocking an island.

LESBOS A Frenchman saying "cattle" in Latin.
August 26, 2014, 13:03
haberdasher
RESTORES - take a break during Crew practice

REPARTEE - have another blast!

REDOLENT - abjure pleasure again (shoulda waited until next Spring for that)

REFEREE - the mink grew another pelt

REDUNDANT - sent another overdue-bill notice to my father's sister

DESTROY - "Ilium stinks!"
August 26, 2014, 18:31
Geoff
quote:
Originally posted by haberdasher:



"Ilium stinks!"
So what do you think of the ischium and the usually popular symphysis pubis?
August 26, 2014, 18:53
haberdasher
...That would have to be DISPLEASURE of the hip, said with a Boston accent (so it sounds like "DYSPLASIA")
August 27, 2014, 03:37
haberdasher
DESTINE - pour out the beer **

DEBRIS - to reattach the foreskin (see Michener's The Source)

DEPRAVE - Moby Dick is going crazy

**Oops! My bad. See August 13... :-(

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August 27, 2014, 12:43
Geoff
BRISTOL The mohel's fee

BRISKET His bag of tools

BRISFIT An exercise program that causes your prepuce to fall off. http://www.brisfit.com/