***Word Play Pages***

Catch Phrases
(We've had some great ones, and come across other great ones)

"Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!"
Well, we all know where this one comes from (thanks to Dorothy and Glendora)

"Run, Run, Leap!"
Hard to explain, maybe you had to be there, maybe a "Sweet Mystery"

"I Love a Parade!"
When asked to comment on a stream of actually useless activity that the asker thinks is important!

"All the World Loves a Clown!"
Similar to above, usually but directed more at the person (which may be yourself) rather than the activity

"Well, we'll just pack our things,
settle our affairs, fold our tents, dye our hair, change our names,
. . . and slip out quietly . . . into the night."
Translation, we're bored, we're leaving, we won't be back!

"Was anyone else recognized?!"
famous Paul Lyndism (in answer to Hollywood Squares question about Jackie Gleason and Art Carney being recently recognized in Central Park dressed as women, had to do with filming of "Cranky Old Men" or something, in regular reality, luckly Mr Lynde never lived in regular reality)

"Time passes . . .
               Things change . . .
                                             The story remains the same."
Here we are again.

"The Pain, like the Shame, falls mainly on the Plain!"
A tip of the hat to "Liasons Dangereaux (sic)", "My Fair Lady" and Saint Lovey. Most useful for the inventive (reminds one of "Fortune Favours the Brave" but I don't remember who said that).

"You know, . . . you never see them together!"
Most amusing when applied to vastly dissimilar persons

"Just like _________, only different!"
Most amusing when applied to vastly dissimilar things

". . . but not in the Good Way!"
Most amusing when applied to things that are not normally considered to "have" a good way.

"On my planet (In my country, if you're chicken), we do _________________(thus and so, and/or this way, etc.)!"
Good conversation stopper when you want to change the subject. Actually works on several levels, confirms the recipient of your remarks suspicion that you aren't normal, and so forth.

"The Best and Worst are both inclined
to snap like vixens at the Truth!
but, oh beware the Middle Mind, which smiles and never shows a tooth."
Thanks to Edna Saint Vincent Millay

"The Household swims, like a Great White
through the vast sea of Humanity's unconscious
but ah, beware the ramoras."
From an undiscover'd fragment of Heraclitus',
used as part of the masthead of the Household newsletter, Maat.

"We'll burn that bridge when we get to it!"
Nice malapropism, useful in many ways.

"That would be in the butt, Bob!"
Yes, it really did go out over the airways on live TV, in the 60s?, I saw the show, I think it was "The Newlywed Show", the question, (which they intended to titillate, but they got more than they bargained for) was "Where is the strangest place you and your new husband have had sex?". It is amazing the number of situations, depending on the tone of voice it is said in, that it can be amusing to say, in response to various input.

"Do ya see a fence?!"
A "Kids in the Hall" favorite, used ordinarily in response to a question where some moron asks you if something happened that they think was supposed to happen, in spite of serious visual evidence that it did not happen, with the frustated desire to guilt you into shame or something.

"Well Toto, I guess we're not in Kansas anymore!"
Well, here we are again (thanks to Dorothy and Glendora). Something odd is going on.

"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!"
Well, here we are again (thanks to Dorothy and Glendora). I (or you, she, he, they, we, etc.) are being manipulated.

"Do not throw water on this Bitch!" and/or "I'm Melting!"
Well, here we are again (thanks to Dorothy and Glendora). A somewhat more gracious and more updated version of the Philistine thingee (yes, that is the technical term) below.

"Now I know how the Philistines felt!"
That's right, slain by the jawbone of an ass. If the recipient of the phrase doesn't know the Abramic Bible, you may escape unscathed

"He [She, They, It, whatever] was asking for it!, Look at the way He's [She's, They're, It's, whatever] dressed!"
One of them "sweet mysteries".

"Scotty! Scotty! can you give us Warp 7?"
"Wait a minute captain, I'll throw in some feathers!"
More of a responsive reading, more effective if done by two people.

"What's a FruitCake?"
Should be delivered descending a staircase while attempting to put your hair up in a "Scythian Warrior Princess" ponytail, for maximum effect.

"When in danger,when in doubt, run in circles, yell and shout"
A classic, what's not to love.

"[Whatever], [Whatever]er, more [Whatever] than you think!"
Intensification, how far can you go?

"After you, Alphonse!"
Hard to explain, maybe you had to be there, maybe a "Sweet Mystery"

"Quick Bark!"
Perhaps it would be better not to explain, legal issues are involved!

"Did you get your thing?"
To call attention to something indirectly without giving the game away

"One of those sweet Mysteries, sweet precisely because it is a mystery."
We could explain this one, but then we'd have to . . . . .

"Waiter! Waiter! There's a Transvestite in my soup!"
"Shut up! Everyone will want one!"
More of a responsive reading, more effective if done by two people.

"I (or she, he, they, we, etc.) don't have a "power" problem, I see a power vacuum, I take power, I use power, no problem!"
Thought it would make a good T-Shirt

" . . . and now my story is over."
appropriate hand gestures important, a simple holding of the hand, palm flat in front of the face and making a rotation seems the most effective

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