Chattanooga Times Free Press

The name game

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What’s a good name for a retired artist? Drew. What’s a good name for a lion tamer? Claude.

What’s a good name for a retired back-hoe operator? Doug.

What do you call a caveman who wanders aimlessly? Meandertha­l.

What do you call a camel without any humps? Humphrey. Man to woman on

elevator: “You look like Helen Green.”

She replies, “I don’t look so good in red either. What’s it to you anyway?”

I worked my way through college boxing. They used to call me “The Artist.” Because I spent so much time on the canvas. When is a bellybutto­n like a car?

When it is an Audi. Did you hear about the reckless driver?

He drove his expensive car into a tree and found out how the Mercedes bends. Where do jellyfish come from?

Ocean currants.

What do you call a blonde skel- eton in a closet?

The winner of last year’s hideand-go-seek contest!

What do you give a man who has everything? Penicillin.

I resolved to lose 20 pounds by the end of the year.

Only 30 pounds to go.

I opened a tub of margarine and there, in the margarine, was the face of Jesus. I took it around to my neighbor, Mr. Kazamoto, who shook his head and said, “I can’t believe it’s not Buddha.”

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Lisa Denton

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