Substitution chart

¶ 30 November 03

1 egg = 2 T vegetable oil
1 T prepared mustard = 1 t dry mustard
1 prune = 8 raisins
1 pizza = 12 dollars
1 C Coke = 1 C Pepsi
sunrise = sunset
1 wasp = 14 ants
1 hug = 5 handshakes
1 punch in jaw = 8 middle fingers
1 stomach flu = 10 staff meetings
completing free coffee card = spying nude neighbor through the window
licked by dog = gift of ugly necktie
cloud = crow
bowling trophy = promotional t-shirt
finding a $20 bill on the sidewalk = finding 20 $1 bills on the sidewalk
thunderstorm = trick-or-treating
car door slammed on fingers = testifying against brother-in-law
legalized gambling = africanized killer bees
car alarm = painful urination
misspelling = untied shoe
2 lawyer jokes = 1 C bread crumbs
empty parking lot = dream-within-a-dream
shaving = sauteeing
pinking shears = parsley
tapanade = “Rashamon”
bone spur = church pew
eleventy-twelve = 132
J. Robert Lennon

 

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Comment

  1. tax audit= being mugged after going to cash machine + dog dying
    brent    Nov 30, 8:57am    #
  2. young children present in the home=half of a night’s sleep
    Tiffany    Nov 30, 12:35pm    #
  3. whining child = itchy rectum
    beerzie boy    Dec 1, 1:15pm    #
  4. Cigarette = The next cigarette
    Michael Peo    Dec 2, 6:23am    #
  5. tech support = 8 hour noogee
    Oorgo    Dec 3, 6:15pm    #
  6. I noticed a typo in your Lennon piece. In the last line, eleventy-twelve = 122.

    frost-covered window = shower door

    snow-covered window = Christmas c1975

    rain-streaked window = dad’s new girlfriend

    open window = your own bag of chips
    palinode    Dec 5, 1:28am    #
  7. Ingmar Bergman = Emily Dickenson
    MOJdeB    Dec 6, 4:59pm    #
  8. I say:

    1 hug = 50 handshakes

    But I agree on the rest.
    Paul (gnfti)    Dec 7, 5:22pm    #
  9. handrail = stiff neck

    holy moses = a cinder in the eye

    this is fun = we’ve heard enough out of you
    Jeff    Dec 11, 1:45am    #
  10. A chimpanzee in baby clothes = a man in a gorilla suit
    jh19    Dec 16, 10:15am    #
  11. dentist for first time in nine years=dying to self
    rob    Dec 17, 11:23am    #
  12. Unlimited mobile phone minutes = 99 to life
    hm    Dec 24, 1:43pm    #
  13. indeed = nah’mean?
    Henry Floss    Dec 25, 7:41pm    #

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