Sunday, October 21, 2018

A football announcer commenting on a boneheaded foul by a defensive back: "That will really get under a head coach's craw." Not to mention it will stick in his skin.

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

A play-by-play announcer on Monday Night Football praising Aaron Rogers for an amazing comeback victory: "He pulled another rabbit out of his head." And put it in his hat.

Sunday, September 30, 2018

After a competitive round of golf where I spent a lot of time in the woods looking for a lost ball, my opponent, Steve Swanson, observed: "You had dissolved into the hinderland." Hinder as in thwarted, or hinder as in behind? I will spend 40 days wandering in the hinterland.

Sunday, September 9, 2018

A political analyst describing the current situation in Washington observed: "You can't see the forest through the trees." True enough, unless you crane your neck.

Sunday, January 28, 2018

Author James Patterson asked a waitress in a coffee shop bout a menu item called "grass-fed meatballs." She did not see anything wrong with that. Perhaps we can get those low-income babies to wrangle those grazing meatballs.
A newscaster on a local Cape Cod radio station issued a plea for listeners to donate food and clothing to "low income babies." Those darn babies have been taking menial jobs away from qualified immigrants. It's high time for them to grow up.

Saturday, January 20, 2018

The notorious Mahala Bishop muttered on the tennis court when she hit a soft lob that her opponent slammed for a winner, "Oh, it was like giving candy to a baby." From her opponent's point-of-view, it was more like taking candy from a baby.