Subject: Communication » Wordplay

What's that up the road? … a head?

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

Obesity: A surplus gone to waist.

If pro is the opposite of con, what's the opposite of progress?

(1918 – 2009) radio broadcaster

Incest is relatively boring.

Farmer: A man who is outstanding in his field.

Theodore Dreiser should ought to write nicer.

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet

So this cowboy walks in to a German car showroom and he says "Audi!"

(1967 – ) English actor, writer & comedian

When someone tells me they're from Switzerland I think, that's a red flag.

Comedian & writer

Antibody: Against everyone.

Abstinence makes the heart go wander.

Dave drowned; so at the funeral we got him a wreath in the shape of a lifebelt; well, it’s what he would have wanted.

(1973 – ) English writer & stand-up comedian

He makes his living from ham to mouth.

(1836 – 1911) English dramatist, librettist, poet & illustrator

Pediatrician: Man of little patients.

All I had to my name were some letters and all I had in my pocket was a broken compass; I didn’t know which way to turn.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

Urinal: The one place where all men are peers.

As soon as the hospital made me put on one of those little gowns, I knew the end was in sight.


Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker.

(1902 – 1971) American humorist & poet

It's not very often you get to see the Lone Ranger and Toronto in the same night.

baseball manager

Teetotaler: One who abstains from strong drink, sometimes totally, sometimes tolerably totally.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Geologist: Fault finder.

If these walls could talk, they'd probably say, "No! Not the nails again! Not the hammer!