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Chaostracize
10-16-2005, 06:40 PM
1. It's not the cough that carries you off, it's the coffin they carry you off in.

and...

2. I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy.


And does anyone have any others?
Argus
10-16-2005, 06:56 PM
They are known as spoonerisms (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=spoonerism&meta=). I was considering one as my new party nickname: 50 ways to love your lever. There are plenty more, just use google.
Chaostracize
10-16-2005, 07:15 PM
Isn't a spoonerism something more of Pea soup --> See poop?
Argus
10-16-2005, 07:18 PM
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Isn't a spoonerism something more of Pea soup --> See poop?

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Maybe. I guess these are puns based on spoonerisms, but maybe pun is wrong too. You'll figure it out, I'm sure.
mason55
10-16-2005, 08:30 PM
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Isn't a spoonerism something more of Pea soup --> See poop?

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Yes. A spoonerism is transliterating one letter/sound. I have no idea what these are called.