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Best Original Lexophile Jokes
email from friend/NYT | 9/1/2020 | unknown/multiple

Posted on 09/01/2020 4:00:05 AM PDT by sodpoodle

An annual competition is held by the New York Times to see who can create the best original lexophile. This year's submissions:

I changed my iPod's name to Titanic. It's syncing now.

England has no kidney bank, but it does have a Liverpool.

Haunted French pancakes give me the crepes.

This girl today said she recognized me from the Vegetarians Club, but I'd swear I've never met herbivore.

I know a guy who's addicted to drinking brake fluid, but he says he can stop any time.

A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.

When the smog lifts in Los Angeles U.C.L.A.

I got some batteries that 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.

Police were summoned to a day care centr e where a three year old was resisting a rest.

Did you hear about the fellow whose entire left side was cut off? He's all right now.

A bicycle can't stand alone; it's just two tired.

The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine last week is now fully recovered.

He had a photographic memory but it was never fully developed.

When she saw her first strands of grey hair she thought she'd dye.

Acupuncture is a jab well done . That's the point of it.

I didn't like my beard at first. Then it grew on me.

Did you hear about the crossed-eyed teacher who lost her job because she couldn't control her pupils?

When you get a bladder infection, urine trouble.

When chemists die, they barium.

I stayed up all night to see where the sun went, and then it dawned on me.

I'm r eading a book about anti-gravity. I just can't put it down.

Those who get too big for their pants will be totally exposed in the end.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Education; Humor
KEYWORDS: humor; language; laughs; lexophile
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To: ShadowAce

My dad unfortunately passed away when we couldn’t remember his blood type… His last words to us were, “Be positive!”


21 posted on 09/01/2020 6:11:18 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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I saw an ad for burial plots, and I thought… “That’s the last thing I need!”


22 posted on 09/01/2020 6:12:23 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: ShadowAce

Bad puns…it’s how eye roll.


23 posted on 09/01/2020 6:12:52 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: ShadowAce

Pretty good.


24 posted on 09/01/2020 6:24:21 AM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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Just burned 2,000 calories. That’s the last time I leave brownies in the oven while I nap.


25 posted on 09/01/2020 6:42:22 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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Don’t trust atoms, they make up everything.


26 posted on 09/01/2020 6:42:52 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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R.I.P boiled water. You will be mist.


27 posted on 09/01/2020 6:43:29 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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Thanks for explaining the word “many” to me, it means a lot.


28 posted on 09/01/2020 6:44:52 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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What is the best thing about living in Switzerland? Well, the flag is a big plus.


29 posted on 09/01/2020 6:45:33 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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A friend of mine tried to annoy me with bird puns, but I soon realized that toucan play at that game.


30 posted on 09/01/2020 6:46:57 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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If 4 out of 5 people SUFFER from diarrhea... does that mean that one enjoys it?


31 posted on 09/01/2020 6:48:52 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: sodpoodle

The pot smoke was so thick in San Francisco that I walked into a pole.

“KURWA!” he said.


32 posted on 09/01/2020 7:05:36 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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