Plays on words

Puns. Language jokes. Quips. Riddles. And more. Can a crooked thief have crooked teeth? (21 October 2010) The word "iris" (as well as the name "Iris") contains the word "eye". So, "eye" is part of "eye-ris", whereas the "iris" is part of the "eye". Funny. (20 October 2010) The word lawsuit [a case in a court of law which concerns a dispute between two people or organizations (Collins Cobuild English Dictionary)] contains the word sue. What a coincidence. (16 September 2010) My shampoo includes both olive oil and laurel oil. Sounds like Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. (24 November 2009) Some people hate Bruce Springsteen's guts, which is fine by me. No artist is liked by everyone. I just realised today that his initials spell B.S.. Or "bullshit". How funny, for the haters out there. (22 November 2009) The verb "to game" is translated in Dutch as "gamen". Or, phonetically, "gay men". Odd. (24 April 2009) Why do toy companies make expensive action figures? Just for the adult nerds, right? What do adult nerds like? Computers, crappy movies, junkfood and loud music. And women, especially the kind they will never ever seduce. Thus I wonder why Hasbro only made plastic robots in their 2007 Transformers line-up. A Megan Fox figurine would have sold like hot cakes, because she's quite the hot cake. That's not a sexist opinion, just a play on words. (25 August 2008) In an interview with British music magazine Q, Will Smith stated that likes to watch the porn version of all of his movies. These include imaginative titles like Men In Back and Inrearendence Day. Hmm, I wonder how they will massacre his new flick Hancock. (14 June 2008) Ollie Johnston : guess I won't be interviewing him after all - cf. my 7 March 2008 'Post'. Hope I didn't jinx it. Take care, legendary gent! He was truly legentary. (20 April 2008) New variations on the tired expression "blast from the past" : stuff from the age of bluff | props from your pops | pieces from your grandnieces | fads from ye olde lads | junk from the Velo's trunk (22 March 2008) When you are a broad, er, I mean, abroad, your languages greatly improve! You're surrounded by foreign students 24/7. (28 January 2008) Two wrongs make a right, right? Well then ... is a copy of a bootleg legal? (24 November 2007) Can a lactose intolerant woman breast-feed her baby? (5 November 2007) All jizz, no piss [(c) Peter De Voecht] (5 November 2007) New variations on the tired expression "all killer, no filler" in music reviews : all hit, no shit | all tops, no flops | all brill, no kill | all hot, no rot | all crackers, no slackers (31 October 2007) Our VCR is in our home since 1989. Yesterday, I had to replace the batteries of the remote control. Is that even remotely possible, 18 years of power from only 4 AAA's? (10 June 2007) Chris Rocks! (12 May 2007) My weight this morning : 66,6 kilos (or 133,2 lbs). Did I sell my soul to him? (22 March 2007) Three legendary game developers from the 80's that worked on Commodore, Apple II and Atari have undergone a sex change : Dan Bunten became Dani Bunten, Bill Heineman became Rebecca Ann Heineman and Roger Wilson is now Sophie Wilson. Nothing to worry about, but it makes you wonder : will we ever see a Wilma Wright or a Petra Molyneux? (19 March 2007)