Archive of articles classified as' "Word Play"

Super cheap guitar; no strings attached!

11/9/2010
—S. M. Orges
3 Comments

Proud man dies of crow allergy.

8/27/2010
—Prattle Assassin
3 Comments

Over-budget temple contractor shortens his chortens.

7/29/2010
—Prattle Assassin

A chorten is a ceremonial structure containing Buddhist relics, better known as a stupa.

No Comments

On the rocks. Scotch and marriage.

7/29/2010
—Riya
3 Comments

After carefully dismantling Chekhov’s gun, I

7/27/2010
—Philip Klop

Chekhov’s gun is the literary technique whereby an element is introduced early in the story, but its significance does not become clear until later on.

1 Comment

Man steals some watches. Gets time.

4/30/2010
—Bogusky
6 Comments

Was a poet. Didn’t know it.

4/30/2010
—Dave
2 Comments

The day unfolds. I fold laundry.

4/28/2010
—R. Armour
No Comments

Mix-a-lot gasps, “Ass fixation, not ASPHYXIATION!!!!”

4/21/2010
—Libertiness
2 Comments

Girl on fire. An old flame?

4/17/2010
—nihualahain
Source - No Comments

Received grade on H1N1 paper. “Superfluous.”

3/11/2010
—yroehT
3 Comments

For sale: Guitar. No strings attached.

3/10/2010
—Matthijs Hoitsma
4 Comments

Heart surgery finally opened his heart.

3/8/2010
—Vicky
2 Comments

Man steals calendar; gets twelve months.

2/19/2010
—Kit Legit
3 Comments

Attempting haiku: / septendesyllabism / constrains my efforts.

1/26/2010
—Will Raymer

(Haiku are seventeen-syllable poems, usually in a 5-7-5 grouping. Septende- is the prefix for seventeen.)

6 Comments