People Who Use Euphemisms Really Get On My You Know Whats!

“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”

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Pun day!

Twenty more examples of word play to make you smile or groan, or maybe even both.

Enjoy!

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No matter how hard I try, I simply can’t figure out

what’s the opposite of ironing.

It’s depressing.

ironing

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What’s the difference between mountains and hills?

Mountains tend to get high, but hills are less inclined

mountains and hills

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After criticizing yet another outfit, my wife said she

was going to leave me due to my poor dress sense.

“Please baby” I pleaded. “I can change.”

poor dress sense

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Doctor Who started working for our road repair company today,

his first job was to fill in potholes.

“Tardis”, I told him.

Dr Who's tardis

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Pepperami..

What Sgt Pepper served in.

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Did you hear about the guy who was so stupid

that when they gave him enough rope,

he shot himself.

stupid

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The blow hard bloke next door says his car is more powerful than mine

and that he would easily beat me in a race.

He’s all torque.

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I’ve been caught up in a race row.

I don’t care what he says, I won fair and square.

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People often tell me I have very little patience.

But that’s probably because I’m a doctor specializing in dwarfism.

Seven Dwarfs

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A friend of mine accused me of plagiarism.

I didn’t know what that meant, but I took his word.

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I saw that the latest remake of the Dukes of Hazzard includes

a scene where Bo and Luke install a talking car alarm.

I’m not sure that’s going to go down well,

General Lee speaking.

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The wife used to work on a maternity ward.

It was labor-intensive.

Pregnancy-Cartoon

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My new neighbor works in a board game factory.

His job is to take small wooden cubes and engrave them.

I don’t like him…

He’s dot a dice person.

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I stopped at a hotel last night called

“The good, the bad, and the ugly.”

It was a Best Western.

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I once met a really stupid bloke on a Greek island.

He was a Cretan.

Souda Bay Crete

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At an awards dinner last night,

I just finished enjoying some middle eastern dip

when I was called up to accept my award.

It was post hummus.

10oz-classic-hummus

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A few weeks ago, 1,400 people were killed in Syria by a chemical attack.

It almost became Obama’s road to Degasmasks.

gas masks

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I can never wear my lucky golf socks again.

I got a hole in one.

sock-holes

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And since we are almost at the end of today’s post,

I have to announce that unfortunately tonight’s

Self Harmers Anonymous group

has been cancelled due to staff cuts.

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An African lady called Betty came into my restaurant

and asked “Is there any chicken on the menu?”

I replied “No black Betty, it’s ham or lamb.”

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Lost In Translation

“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”

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There was a movie a few years ago called ‘Lost In Translation’ starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson. It was about a jaded film star and a neglected wife who form an unlikely bond after meeting in a hotel in Tokyo, with the problem of translation between English and Japanese forming a sub theme.

It wasn’t a movie to everyone’s taste, but if you haven’t seen it definitely worth a look. It was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Bill Murray, and Best Director for Sofia Coppola, with Coppola winning for Best Original Screenplay. Scarlett Johansson won a BAFTA award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.

All that is by way of introduction to today’s post which is also about how the real meaning of what you try to say can sometimes be lost in translation.

The following signs are good examples that illustrate the point and hopefully amuse.

Enjoy.

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PUN: A Play On Words….

“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”

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I looked in the dictionary for today’s post.

It said, PUN: a play on words; the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications; the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning.

And, do you know, it was right.

Enjoy!

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I’ve never been to our basement.

I think it’s is beneath me

Basement-Cartoon

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Did you hear about the scarecrow that won an award?

He was outstanding in his field.

scarecrow

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First thing this morning, there was a tap on my door.

Funny sense of humor my plumber has.

tap

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When I was younger my Grandma used to rub lard into my Grandpa’s back when he was ill.

He went down hill fast after that.

Lard

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I was reading this book today, The History Of Glue.

I couldn’t put it down.

book glue

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I went in to a pet shop.

I said, “Can I buy a goldfish?”

The guy said, “Do you want an aquarium?”

I said, “I don’t care what star sign it is.”

aquarium

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Just seen a sign outside the hardware store:

“Stainless Steel Sinks”.

Bit obvious, I thought.

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I went to the Video Shop the other day.

I said, “Can I take out Batman Forever?”

They said, “No, you have to bring it back tomorrow.”

Batman Forever

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God is talking to one of his angels.

He says, “Boy, I just created a 24-hour period of alternating light and darkness on Earth.”

“What are you going to do now?” asks the angel.

“Call it a day,” says God.

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A Freudian slip is one where you say one thing but mean a mother.

Freud

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I recently took up meditation.

It beats sitting around doing nothing.

Cartoon-Yogi-Meditating

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I was chopping up carrots with the Grim Reaper yesterday…

….You could say I was dicing with death.

grim reaper

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I went to the doctors.

He said, “You’ve got hypochondria.”

I said, “Oh no, not that as well.”

hypochondriac

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My dog is a blacksmith.

Every time I open the front door he makes a bolt for it.

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I don’t understand how people call me homophobic.

I love my house.

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Did you hear about the guy that trashed a Chinese restaurant?

He’s being charged with Wonton Destruction.

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Introducing The Prestigious MIL-POST Blog Award

The MIL-POST Blog Award
The MIL-POST Blog Award
for 1,000 posts on your blog

 

Today I want to do something a little different.

I would like to announce the creation of the prestigious MIL-POST Blog Award, for bloggers who have managed to keep their enthusiasm, inspiration and dedication going long enough to have posted 1,000 times on their blog.

The whole idea has been inspired by a casual comment on the blog of my friend Frank over at ‘afrankangle’ who today is celebrating his 1,000th post. When you have read this why not visit Frank and join in the celebrations!

The more I thought about it the more I realized that this really is quite an achievement and a milestone that (a) most bloggers won’t reach, or (b) if and when they do reach it, it will have been the result of many months and perhaps years of blogging.

The BIG difference between this and other blogging awards is that you cannot be nominated for the MIL-POST Blog Award simply because someone else likes your blog and thinks it is worthy of some kind of accolade.

There are lots of other awards for that purpose, for example, the fasab blog has been nominated for the Versatile Blogger Award, the Sunshine Blogger Award, the Illuminating Blogger Award and the Kreative Blogger Award. There are many others.

But to be eligible for the MIL-POST Blog Award you must have posted 1,000 times (at least), simple as that.

So if you, or anyone you know, is eligible for the MIL-POST Blog Award please send them a link to this page or the MIL-POST Blog Award page where further details can be found.

And If you haven’t yet reached the 1,000 milestone yet, don’t worry, just keep on blogging and you’ll get there.

Go on,  you know you want one!

 

The Versatile Blogger Award

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Versatile Blogger Award

 

I received a surprising message the other day that I had been nominated for the Versatile Blogger Award by Alex Autin of http://alexautindotcom.wordpress.com

Obviously I was of delighted to receive the nomination, but surprised at the same time because I haven’t been blogging for very long and because until I received the nomination I have to confess that I didn’t know such a thing even existed.

Before I go on, let me thank Alex very much for the nomination, and also take this opportunity to thank everyone who has been following my blog, those how have been reading it and those who have taken the time to either hit the ‘like’ button and/or comment. Your support is very welcome and very much appreciated.

The rules are that, whilst there is no obligation to do so, it is nice to reciprocate by nominating other bloggers that you think are worthy of such an award and provide a few random facts about yourself to the person who nominated you.

The original number was 15, but this is a bit much, especially for a novice blogger like myself, so I’m with Alex in trimming the number back a bit.

As for blogs that I would nominate I’d have to say Alex’s …..things I like is excellent and well worth a read. Whether you’re supposed to nominate the person who nominated you or not I don’t know, I suppose they already have the award, but visit the blog anyway, there’s some great stuff on there!

Others that I follow and that would be worthy of a nomination would be

 

http://www.Photobotos.com

For those who appreciate great photography this site has some fantastic shots that you can just look at and/or read a bit more information about too. Well worth a look. You won’t be disappointed.

 

searchingforthehappiness.wordpress.com

Another new to blogging blogger, but writes from the heart and has some though provoking material on her blog.

 

http://www.AirportsMadeSimple.com

I do a lot of travelling so this site has an appeal for me. It’s a mixture of information and some humor, which is always good.

And finally Alex here are  my random facts….

  • I have a gift for seeing the amusing side of most situations, even quite serious ones, but the curse of opening my mouth and saying something funny at entirely the wrong time (which has got me into a lot of bother over the years!)
  • I learned to ride a bicycle in a dream – yeah, really, in a dream – maybe I’ll blog about that.
  • And my father dropped me on my head when I was a baby (Ah ha! Yes, yes, I can hear you, very funny!)
  • Oh and I’ve just thought of another one, and how’s this for a random fact, I don’t like hideous wallpaper – and I mean I REALLY don’t like it – you know the kind of thing, the sort your old maiden aunt Bessie had plastered on her living room

 

Well, they’re here to put me to bed now, so let’s see what happens tomorrow. How DO they get those uniforms so white???