Subject: Communication » Wordplay (Page 7)

What Iran needs now is a more modern leader – a mullah lite.

(1973 – ) Iranian-born British comedian

She was just a passing fiancée.

Pushing fifty is exercise enough


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

Sadist: A person who is kind to a masochist.

Quadruplets: Four crying out loud.

How do you tell when you're out of invisible ink?

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Also-ran: A British athlete.

British writer, cartoonist, poet & performer

Bathing Suit: A garment cut to see level.

My girlfriend’s dog died, so to cheer her up I went out and got her an identical one: She was livid… “What am I going to do with two dead dogs?”

(1973 – ) English writer & stand-up comedian

Kids in back seats cause accidents, accidents in back seats cause kids.

Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker.

(1902 – 1971) American humorist & poet

I have the brain of a German Shepard and the body of 16-year-old boy… they're both in my car and I want you to see them.

(1956 – ) American stand-up comedian, actor & television ho

Alarm Clock: Something that makes people rise and whine.

I had a job drilling holes for water… it was well, boring.


All really grim gardeners possess a keen sense of humus.

(1898 – 1951) Scottish humorist

If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?

(1973 – ) English comedian, writer, actor, director & producer

A kiss that speaks volumes is seldom a first edition.

(1892 – 1972) American comedian, dancer & composer

Parenthood: Feeding the mouth that bites you.

Out of the mouths of babes comes cereal.

Polygamy – the art of  parrot-folding.

comic actor-writer