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Fun Fridays – March 6, 2020

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How to Ruin a Book Title with One Word

Evidently, I am a fan of puns. I came across a fun exercise that played at changing one word or adding one word to a well-known title–and made it something quite different. I’ll start with some general-market titles and then shift to those found in the Christian market.

Be sure to add your creative efforts in the comments below.

To Cook a Mockingbird

Paws

The Whining

Lord of the Fries

Furious George

If You Give Your Spouse a Cookie

_________

90 Minutes in TSA

The Great Divorce Lawyer

Bad Girls of the Bible College

God Gave Us Glue

The Purse-Driven Life

Girl, Iron Your Face

In His Dubsteps

The Radio Shack

Rich Christians in the Age of Hunger Games

The Briefcase for Christ

The Meaning of Marwidge

The Pursuit of Odd

The Acts of the Apostates

I Kissed Carbon Dating Goodbye

Your Best Burp Now

Heaven Is for Real Housewives

Bored of the Rings

The Totaled Woman

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Fun Fridays – February 21, 2020

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In the 1960s, there were some unusual commercials that would have been widely enjoyed if aired during the current Super Bowl. Enjoy this one from Rice Krispies utilizing a famous opera. You’ll never hear the famous refrain the same way again! See more comments below after you watch the video.   This review was written years later by LA Times writer Diane Haithman in 2005: “at a …

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Fun Fridays – January 31, 2020

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Today’s video was created in 2011. It is a fascinating look at things that have all but disappeared due to technological advances. (What makes this video even more incredible is that it is actually a book trailer.) The question for today is: What other things have disappeared in the last nine years? I can think of one: the Amazon Fire Phone. If you cannot see the embedded video in your …

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Fun Fridays – January 24, 2020 – Puns for Lexophiles

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No. These are not original. But they are delightful to read again!
Do you have any you can add?

A Little Bit of Fun for Lexophiles (Lover of Words)
I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.
Police were called to a day care where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.
Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off?
He's all right now.
The roundest knight …

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Fun Fridays – January 10, 2019 – Why English Is So Hard

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Why English Is So Hard It is fun to compile some of the idiosyncrasies and inconsistencies of the English language. Most are found around the internet, so I claim no originality. Some are sentences with homonyms, one is a list of homophones, and others are simply fun! Do you have any to add? Comment below! Hamburger has no ham. When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes. How can I intimate this …

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