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  • ( Spazy Croonerisms ) -- (DON'T give me the answers!) -- Pls give me a

    From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Fri Aug 11 16:55:06 2023
    ( Spazy Croonerisms ) -- (DON'T give me the answers!) -- Pls give me a few more problems like these!


    ( power saw & sour paw )
    ( horse cart & coarse heart )

    ( kick the stone & stick the cone )
    ( king of the rats & ring of the cats )


    Given the following definitions, what are the spoonerisms?


    -- well-maintained Bike ---- Over-cooked hanging-ice

    -- Nice (woolen) gloves ---- Silent Cats

    -- Crazy flags --------- Unruly behavior


    ______________________

    (1) no-cost fish lures & honey shipment

    (2) leaping legumes & colliding dungarees

    (3) Criminal sunscreen & Crustacean movement

    (4) (baseball term) & seasonal pig

    ______________________


    1) uncommon violin & equitable puzzling question

    2) Oar for a Basin & Light-red equestrian riding gear

    3) Suppress a bellow & Ransack an emporium

    4) Amazon or Nile & incorrect body organ

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  • From Jonathan Dushoff@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sat Aug 12 11:57:22 2023
    On Friday, August 11, 2023 at 7:55:08 PM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote:
    ( Spazy Croonerisms ) -- (DON'T give me the answers!) -- Pls give me a few more problems like these!


    ( power saw & sour paw )
    ( horse cart & coarse heart )

    ( kick the stone & stick the cone )
    ( king of the rats & ring of the cats )


    Given the following definitions, what are the spoonerisms?


    -- well-maintained Bike ---- Over-cooked hanging-ice

    -- Nice (woolen) gloves ---- Silent Cats

    -- Crazy flags --------- Unruly behavior


    ______________________

    (1) no-cost fish lures & honey shipment

    (2) leaping legumes & colliding dungarees

    (3) Criminal sunscreen & Crustacean movement

    (4) (baseball term) & seasonal pig

    ______________________


    1) uncommon violin & equitable puzzling question

    2) Oar for a Basin & Light-red equestrian riding gear

    3) Suppress a bellow & Ransack an emporium

    4) Amazon or Nile & incorrect body organ

    John Audubon and William Spooner

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  • From Phil Carmody@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Aug 14 10:09:31 2023
    "[email protected]" <[email protected]> writes:
    Given the following definitions, what are the spoonerisms?

    So "DON'T give me the answers!" *AND* "what are the spoonerisms?"

    So I'm supposed to answer without giving the answer?

    Maybe that's the real puzzle?

    Phil
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