tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post411617788055367721..comments2024-03-28T15:01:21.285-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: ParaprosdokiaLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-91788059035671022422018-12-08T15:24:51.318-05:002018-12-08T15:24:51.318-05:00Wonderful article. I stumbled upon it while looki...Wonderful article. I stumbled upon it while looking for Groucho.<br /><br />"Clear? Why, a five year old child could read this. Run out and get me a five year old child. I can't make heads or tails of it."<br /><br />The Ruinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14731291895225970402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-31468256064074773212012-04-27T12:46:49.782-04:002012-04-27T12:46:49.782-04:00Thank you, Dale.
Now at long last, I learn that t...Thank you, Dale.<br /><br />Now at long last, I learn that the way I think about things has a fancy-delancey name!<br /><br />I recently read of the time when Vincent Price was preparing the memorial service for his wife, Coral Browne, who, though Catholic, wasn't really strict about it.<br /><br />The priest asked Price, "Did your wife have any favorite hymns?"<br /><br />Price answered, "Yes ... and quite a few 'hers'."<br /><br /> ...And there was a drunk who staggered into a bar(re), which really upset the ballerinas ...<br />(Okay, you have to say that one aloud, but it's the same principle, right?)<br /><br />And there was a TV anchorman who was eulogized thus:<br />"When I think of (him), I think of St. Paul, of St. Joseph, of St. Augustine ... probably the three dullest cities in America."<br /><br />And given time, I can probably think of hundreds more ...<br /> ... as can you all!<br /><br />So happy <i>ludittle sorspea!</i><br />(These recognition wordoids are a hoot sometimes!)Mike Dorannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-58578194231891456872012-04-25T00:00:32.240-04:002012-04-25T00:00:32.240-04:00(humming) Doin' the Vatican… Doin' the Vat...(humming) Doin' the Vatican… Doin' the Vatican… Doing the Vatican Rag!Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-1165008484585826602012-04-24T22:27:00.757-04:002012-04-24T22:27:00.757-04:00This was wonderful! And I'm also a big Lehrer ...This was wonderful! And I'm also a big Lehrer fan (who could, decades ago, sing "The Elements.") I'd ramble and gush more but it would fill several pages!Jeff Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00316081079528920123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-19898035255478459142012-04-24T16:22:16.547-04:002012-04-24T16:22:16.547-04:00Wow, Groucho and Lehrer together.Wow, Groucho and Lehrer together.Robert Loprestihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08844889305615182897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-68658186180006170542012-04-24T14:03:51.202-04:002012-04-24T14:03:51.202-04:00Ah . . . there's nothing like a good post.
Sa...Ah . . . there's nothing like a good post.<br /><br />Sadly, that was nothing like a good post!<br /><br />Just kidding! That was a GREAT post! I just had to steal and alter a joke I first heard in <i>Mary Poppins</i>: "There's nothing like a good joke. And, that was nothing like a good joke."<br /><br />Really enjoyed it, Dale.<br />--DixDixon Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11220791609338404147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-53369378112315278982012-04-24T10:23:11.930-04:002012-04-24T10:23:11.930-04:00Liz -- I actually can do virtually all of Tom Lehr...Liz -- I actually can do virtually all of Tom Lehrer's songs. There is one noteworthy exception, The Elements. Much to my amazement, that song is done exceptionally well by . . . Harry Potter!!<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSAaiYKF0csDale Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10553503281187956955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-29648794714187382352012-04-24T09:56:55.003-04:002012-04-24T09:56:55.003-04:00Thanks for several robust chuckles this morning, D...Thanks for several robust chuckles this morning, Dale--should I forgive my husband for waking me up? (OK, that's a lame one.) A discussion on DorothyL a couple of years ago demonstrated that an awful lot of us of a certain age still remember ALL the lyrics to Tom Lehrer's songs--quite an achievement for a songwriter. Hard to believe he's 84.Elizabeth Zelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-9688244201338687692012-04-24T08:35:02.451-04:002012-04-24T08:35:02.451-04:00I feel like the chap in the Bourgeois Gentleman w...I feel like the chap in the Bourgeois Gentleman who had been speaking in prose and hadn't known it. Paraprosdokia is a word to cherish.Janicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-72633770396152343102012-04-24T04:56:37.725-04:002012-04-24T04:56:37.725-04:00That's the best collection I've seen yet, ...That's the best collection I've seen yet, Dale.<br><br>My neighbour knocked on my door at two this morning, can you believe that? Two AM!!! Luckily for him I was still up playing my bagpipes.<br><br>By the way, zip on over to check out <a href="http://www.google.com/" rel="nofollow">Google doodle</a> today.<br>Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.com