[John Whitworth]

Many 'ands make light work. It's the way you tell them!

[Rob Stuart]

Very good. Did you get that off a lolly stick?

[Brian Allgar]

No, I think he got it from a packet of remaindered Christmas crackers.

[Matt Q]

So it may be that unlike me everyone else is familiar with Harry Graham's (writing as Col. D. Streamer) Perverted Proverbs, but for those who aren't, and who find themselves strangely unable to search the web, here's a link.

-Matt

[Matt Q]

Originally Posted by John Whitworth

So it's puns is the game, is it, Rob? I'll have to chew on that. Did you know what writing this &&&&&&&&&&&& on a piece of paper will illuminate the house? And why is that?

Because you'd have amperes and amperes and amperes and ...

[Rob Stuart]

That's very good!

[Matt Q]

“Better the devil you know” – so they said.
Now I’m keen to do well, and I’m easily led,
so I found me a friend who had horns on her head.
She was darkly attractive and she looked good in red,
and when we made love, she set fire to the bed.

This went on for months, but then out of the blue
God sent me to hell – and for eternity too!
Turns out it’s a sin – yes really! Who knew?

“Better the devil you know?” – don’t be dense,
you should never know devils (in the biblical sense).

[Roger Slater]

'You shouldn't throw stones
if you live in glass houses'
is a proverb no logical
person espouses,
for who would suggest
that a homeowner should
throw stones in a house
made of bricks or of wood?
If your house is a glass one,
but one thing is certain:
be sure every wall
has a suitable curtain.

[RCL]

A Devil’s in the Details?

Who says that a devil resides in the details
of smiling beguiling black-and-white texts,
his evil corrupting our docs and our e-mails—
dark lies that he hides in the fine-print details?
A truthful writer often prevails,
bans obvious biases from his texts,
evicting a resident devil from details
that smile and beguile in black-and-white texts.