{"id":421,"date":"2003-10-31T11:36:22","date_gmt":"2003-10-31T19:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/2003\/10\/floppy_friday\/"},"modified":"2003-10-31T11:36:22","modified_gmt":"2003-10-31T19:36:22","slug":"floppy_friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2003\/10\/floppy_friday.html","title":{"rendered":"FLOPPY FRIDAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P>Do you ever get the feeling the Bush administration is fighting the war on terrorism by<br \/>\nbobbing for apples? I do &#8212; and not because it&#8217;s Halloween. But never mind. It&#8217;s also floppy<br \/>\nFriday, time to forget our troubles. Here&#8217;s some entertaining word-play, aka bad puns, making the<br \/>\nrounds of the Web in various places like the <A\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.danmahony.com\/oddwords.htm\"><B><EM><FONT\ncolor=#003399>Malapropria<\/FONT><\/EM><\/B><\/A> page of The Mailbox News or the <A\nhref=\"http:\/\/pub64.ezboard.com\/fessais49672frm5.showMessage?topicID=487.topic\"><B><FON\nT color=#003399>Puns Intended<\/FONT><\/B><\/A> page of ezboard.com:<\/P><br \/>\n<P><I>If you don&#8217;t pay your exorcist, you get repossessed.<BR>You feel stuck with your debt<br \/>\nwhen you can&#8217;t budge it.<BR>The man who fell into an upholstery machine is fully recovered.<br \/>\n<BR>A backward poet writes inverse.<BR>A bicycle can&#8217;t stand on its own because it is two<br \/>\ntired.<BR>Those who jump off a bridge in Paris are in Seine.<BR>When two egotists meet, it&#8217;s<br \/>\nan I for an I.<BR>A man&#8217;s home is his castle, in a manor of speaking. <BR>A man needs a<br \/>\nmistress just to break the monogamy. <BR>A hangover is the wrath of grapes. <BR>Shotgun<br \/>\nwedding: A case of wife or death. <BR>In democracy your vote counts. In feudalism your count<br \/>\nvotes. <BR>She was engaged to a boyfriend with a wooden leg but broke it off.<BR>Dancing<br \/>\ncheek-to-cheek is really a form of floor play. <BR>Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?<br \/>\n<BR>Condoms should be used on every conceivable occasion. <BR>What&#8217;s the definition of a<br \/>\nwill? (It&#8217;s a dead giveaway.) <BR>Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. <BR>He<br \/>\noften broke into song because he couldn&#8217;t find the key. <BR>Every calendar&#8217;s days are numbered.<br \/>\n<BR>A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat. <BR>He had a photographic memory that was<br \/>\nnever developed. <BR>A plateau is a high form of flattery. <BR>A midget fortune-teller who<br \/>\nescapes from prison is a small medium at large. <BR>Once you&#8217;ve seen one shopping center,<br \/>\nyou&#8217;ve seen a mall. <BR>Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead-to-know basis. <BR>Santa&#8217;s<br \/>\nhelpers are subordinate clauses. <BR>Acupuncture is a jab well done.<\/I><\/P><br \/>\n<P>With apologies to all surfers who&#8217;ve already seen these, and further apologies to all<br \/>\nwho&nbsp;can&#8217;t stand puny humor.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you ever get the feeling the Bush administration is fighting the war on terrorism by bobbing for apples? 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