Subject: Communication » Wordplay (Page 2)

I think the worst thing about driving a time machine is your kids are always in the back moaning, ‘Are we then yet?’

(1987 – ) British comedian

Antibody: Against everyone.

Gold Digger: A woman after all.

Some hospitals are so crowded that the only way you can get in is by accident.


Thinly sliced cabbage.

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

Comedian & writer

There’s nothing to fear but life itself.

(1947 – ) comedian & actor

Medical Insurance: What allows people to be ill at ease.

Perfume: What a woman hopes will make her the scenter of attention.

I have Bright's Disease… and he has mine.

(1904 – 1979) Jewish-American humorist, author & screenwriter

People who use selfie sticks really need to have a good, long look at themselves.

British stand-up comedian

Pushing fifty is exercise enough


If I repeatedly stab my cornflakes does that make me a cereal killer?

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

What's the opposite of opposite?

(1980 – ) English comedian, television and radio presenter & actor

A verbal contract isn’t worth the paper it’s written on.

When you eat a lot of spicy food, you can lose your taste; when I was in India last summer, I was listening to a lot of Michael Bolton.

(1972 – ) Anglo-Irish comedian, writer & actor

Pediatrician: Man of little patients.

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from strong will, and the other from strong won’t.

(1813 – 1887) American clergyman, social reformer & abolitionist

Diets are for those who are thick and tired of it.

Urinal: The one place where all men are peers.

I remember what my grandmother said to me on her deathbed: She said: ‘I wish I’d bought a normal bed.’

British stand-up comedian, writer & actor