BS: Spoonerisms

Subject: RE: BS: Spoonerisms
From: Trevor
Date: 23 Aug 02 - 07:05 AM

Ha ha...Found some more;-
Jack & Jill went up the hill to etch a pail of water
Goldilocks and the three ears
Tinkle tinkle little star
If you're happy and you know it stop your feet

Subject: RE: BS: Spoonerisms
From: Mr Happy
Date: 23 Aug 02 - 07:25 AM

trev,

and in the same vein- 'vauhall's plan to change to working an 18 hour shit pattern during the dispute'

liverpool echo

Subject: RE: BS: Spoonerisms
From: Ralphie
Date: 23 Aug 02 - 08:10 AM

Trevor...Yes indeed "Lost Consonants" I think..
One of my favourites was of a young boy and girl throwing up in the back of a car whilst listening to Music on the Radio....The caption beneath read
On Long Journeys, Janet and John often suffered from Ravel sickness!
Still publised in a UK Sunday paper, I think
Cheers Ralphie

Subject: RE: BS: Spoonerisms
From: Trevor
Date: 23 Aug 02 - 08:50 AM

Ever since their school days, Jim had been one of his closet chums
In the early days, Gershwin found it hard to sell his sons
In the re-enactment of The Little Big Horn, Bob wanted to be Cuter

More, more, more....!!

Subject: RE: BS: Spoonerisms
From: Steve Parkes
Date: 23 Aug 02 - 10:48 AM

The Lost Consonant wsa Atlantis, wasn't it? Or Lemuria (aka Mu--isn't that where Alley Oop lives?)

Steve

Subject: RE: BS: Spoonerisms
From: open mike
Date: 23 Aug 02 - 05:44 PM

how about mary engelbright's "life is a chair of bowlies"

Subject: RE: BS: Spoonerisms
From: GUEST,Wayne
Date: 05 Sep 02 - 10:55 AM

Isn't this all frack to brunt?

Subject: RE: BS: Spoonerisms
From: Mooh
Date: 05 Sep 02 - 11:42 AM

Given my dislike of malls and shopping in general, I've always enjoyed "Mall-Wart". It feems sitting.

Mease, Pooh.

Subject: RE: BS: Spoonerisms
From: Leeder
Date: 05 Sep 02 - 11:48 AM

Like Yogi Berra, I suspect that the Rev. Spooner never said everything he said. Nevertheless, it sounds credible that he'd announce the hymn "From Iceland's Greasy Mountains". I also heard that he rendered the geological term "erratic blocks" (boulders transferred far from their original location by the Ice Age) as "erotic blacks".

Subject: RE: BS: Spoonerisms
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 05 Sep 02 - 11:54 AM

Leeder: I assume you mean that Spooner didn't say everything which is attributed to him. To claim he "never said everything he said" leads us into a very tortuous subset of logical thinking.
I, for one, am prepared to accept that he said everything that he said.

Nigel

Subject: RE: BS: Spoonerisms
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 05 Sep 02 - 11:58 AM

Leeder: and is it true that Yogi Berra was dubious about the attributions to the Rev. Spooner, I hadn't heard that!

Nigel

Subject: RE: BS: Spoonerisms
From: Gurney
Date: 06 Sep 02 - 06:25 AM

What's the difference between a Swiss admiral and a good vacuum cleaner? A good vacuum cleaner sucks and never fails! And a take on my real name. Mr. Crafarden. Chris Marden.

Subject: RE: BS: Spoonerisms
From: Mr Happy
Date: 06 Sep 02 - 07:08 AM

teacher addressing noisy class, 'the next person who speaks is a fool!'

'now pay attention....!'

Subject: RE: BS: Spoonerisms
From: annamill
Date: 06 Sep 02 - 12:56 PM

This is going to be hard to convey...let's see...

My ex-husband came out of the bathroom one day with a bottle of "polish remover" with a quizzical expression on his face and asked me "What the hell is Pole-ish Remover?"

He was serious.

L.Annamill

Subject: RE: BS: Spoonerisms
From: Leeder
Date: 06 Sep 02 - 01:57 PM

Annamill, that's not properly a spoonerism, odd as it may be. It opens up a whole different fied of humour, as does Yogi Berra, Nigel, who wasn't known for spoonerisms, but for the kind of tortuous reasoning you point out so aptly (e.g., "It ain't over till it's over). But those should be a couple of different threads.

My friend's grandmother asked in a store for "Sock and Blackwell's cross-eyed salmon" (a bit obscure unless you know the Cross & Blackwell brand).

Subject: RE: BS: Spoonerisms
From: SlowAlan
Date: 07 Sep 02 - 10:30 AM

An Australian friend of mine once cried "Aargh I've been bitten on the funnel by a finger-web spider"