"Lexophile" is a term used to describe those who are clever with words, such as, "You can tune a piano but you can't tuna fish," or "To write with a broken pencil is pointless." A competition to see who is the best lexophile is held every year in Dubuque, Iowa. The year's winning submissions were: ... A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months. ... The batteries were given out free of charge. ... A dentist and a manicurist married. They fought tooth and nail. ... A will is a dead giveaway. ... With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress. ... A boiled egg is hard to beat. ... Police were called to the daycare centre, where a three-year-old was resisting a rest. … Did you hear about the fellow whose whole left side was cut off? He's all right now. ... A bicycle can't stand alone. It is two tired. ... The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine is now fully re-covered. ... He had a photographic memory which was never developed. ... When she saw her first strands of grey hair she thought she'd dyed. ... Acupuncture is a job well done. That's the point of it. |