My website has had a bit of a make-over which has had me looking back at past posts and thinking it was time for a touch of weekend daftness and wordplay.
My Dad loved words and wordplay, and being an Irishman, would often come up with good stories.
Here's one concerning a bloke who was learning to speak English. He was already at a good level and wanted to show off some new vocabulary. He was chatting to a friend, and bemoaning the fact that he and his wife were yet to manage to start a family. He elaborated further, 'You see my wife, she is impregnable. She is inconceivable. She is, in fact, unbearable.'
When we were kids Dad, came up with a game which was to invent author names to suit a book title. His favourites were:
The Channel Swimmer by Francis Near
Broken Window by Eva Brick
and
The Balcony by Eileen Over.
A while back during a tediously long drive in England with traffic jams - we came up with a lot more; some though definitely need thinking about:
The Carpenter by Rus T Nails
Nausea by Phyllis Green
Country Lanes by C Nick Rhodes
The Carpet-layer by Walter Wall
The Lawyer by Susan Aunt
Thief by M T Banks
The Entrepreneur by Phil Banks
Chicken Run by Henry Volt
Epping Forest by Teresa Green
Ferry by Rosa Cross
Gold Mine by Doug Deep
Treasure Hunter by Douglas Deep
Cocktails by Mick Stupp
The Hot Air Balloon by Rose Up-Hye
Church Bells by Justin Time
Chicken Run by Henry Volt
Thief by M T Banks
Lawyer by Susan Aunt
and
Bob the Builder by Willie Fixit.