Word that inevitably follows Henny Youngman's quip, "Take my wife"
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Henny Youngman - Wikipedia  Henry "Henny" Youngman was an American comedian and violinist famous for his mastery of the "one-liner". His best known one-liner was "Take my wife...
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Spiritual Humor - Enlightened Spirituality  A quip from Robert Frost: "Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I'll forgive Thy great big joke on ...... [Quips from Henny Youngman (or attributed to him):].
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Funny2 - Henny Youngman Jokes 1  Airline Jokes Getting on a plane, I told the ticket lady, "Send one of my bags to New York, send one to Los Angeles, and send one to Miami." She said, "We can't...
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TOP 10 ONE-LINERS OF HENNY YOUNGMAN  Thursday's Top ...  Jan 26, 2012 ... The late, great Henny Youngman was a stand-up comedian once dubbed The King ... was Take my wife, please. ... Tags: henry henny youngman ... Laughs, Smiles and just enough Wisdom reach his audience through the magic of his written and spoken words. ... Notify me of follow-up comments by email.
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Phil Ochs In Concert | Shadows That Shine  Sep 4, 2015 ... On April 24 1965, in the words of historian Ricardo Santiago, the .... such totality, that motive and conscience follow tremulously in its wake. ... Phil's quip that it was written for him by Joan Baez actually has a ring of truth to it. ...... From the Henny Youngman referencing opening gag (Take my wifeplease!
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jokes - Is the phrase "Take my wife  please!" a paraprosdokian ...  Mar 14, 2013 ... I've heard this joke many times and never understood the word play. ... Ending the phrase with "- please! ... It isas the OP's link notesa famous one-liner by Henny Youngman. From his wiki: Henny explained the origin of his classic line "Take my wife, please" as a misinterpretation: in the mid-1930s he...
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Henny Youngman - Wikipedia  Henry "Henny" Youngman was an American comedian and violinist famous for his mastery of the "one-liner". His best known one-liner was "Take my wife ... please". .... Henny explained the origin of his classic line "Take my wife, please" as a misinterpretation: he took ... "Henny Youngman kept them laughing until the end".
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Something familiar lyrics  Quickly, follow the unknown. With something more ... Something familiar, / Something peculiar, / Something for everyone: / A comedy tonight! / Something .
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Lyrics containing the term: THIS SONG  You're the Top [With Ethel Merman][Live]  Frank Sinatra  Great American Song Stylists ... a bar, But if this ditty is not so pretty, At least it'll tell you how great you are. ... I got your extension, but I'll probably never call Cause this time last year.
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My Fair Lady Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or Audrey ...  '"No one taught him 'take' instead of 'tike' '"Hear a Yorkshireman, or worse Hear ... You disgrace to the noble architecture of these columns! .... It's business of a personal nature. ... Well, if you was a gentleman, you might ask me to sit down, I think. ... My lady friend gets French lessons for pence an hour... ...from a real French...
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A.Word.A.Day --billingsgate - Wordsmith.org  Feb 15, 2010 ... But as the cradle of the English language, many words in its ... you on a tour of five places around London that have become words. ... noun: Vulgar, abusive language. ... After Billingsgate fish market in London, once notorious for the foul ... A related word is fishwife, a synonym for a vulgar-tongued woman.
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Ja'mie King and other screen teens' efforts at adding new ...  Oct 24, 2013 ... The phrase - used to denote someone who is hotter than "hot" - is ... CLUELESS, 1995. Bags of words ... Alicia Silverstone in Clueless. ... Fetch a new word . ... Remember those T shirts with "Eat my shorts" and "Don't have a cow, man"? ... Anna's remark in response - "Game on, molls" - was a highlight of...
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If music be the food of love , play on ; Give me excess of it , that ...  I have heard my father name him : He was a bachelor then . ... Fie , that you'll say so ! he plays o' the viol-de-gamboys , and speaks three or four .... Cesario , Thou know'st no less but all ; I have unclasp'd To thee the book even of ..... I will plant you two , and let the fool make a third , where he shall find the letter : observe his...
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ON LANGUAGE - NYTimes.com  Aug 7, 1983 ... When a shortstop comes up with a really bonehead play or an ... So if you're one of that bopped-on-the-noodle 4 percent who goes ... A euphemism (from the Greek for ''to speak with words of good omen'') is a pretty word for an ugly thing. ... When striptease artist Georgia Sothern asked H.L. Mencken for a...
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Urban Dictionary: pow right in the kisser  A euphamism for wifebeating from "Honeymooners". One of these days, Alice, one of these days. Pow! Right in the kisser! Bang! Zoom! To the moon, Alice, to the...
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Skip to My Lou | Lyrics and History - Making Music Fun  Skip to My Lou | Children's Song Lyrics and Sheet Music | Creative Resources ... one prettier than you," the male would "steal" a new partner from a dancing male. The dancing man would take his place in the circle to sing "lost my partner, what'll I do." 'Lou' seems to be a variation of 'loo,' which is the Scottish word for love.
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Eeny, meeny, miny, moe - Dictionnaires  Hickery Pickery, pease scon: Where will this young man gang? ... On saying that last word, the child pointed to was either: "in", "out" or "it" as the case may be. ... Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Mo,: Catch a nigger by his toe,: If he won't work then let him go; .... The rhyme has been used by killers to choose victims in several films,...
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David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens  'I'll buy a book,' said I, 'with a good scheme of this art in it; I'll work at it at the .... if they please; but I am a wife and mother, and I never will desert Mr. Micawber. ... upon myself when I repeated the irrevocable words, "I, Emma, take thee, Wilkins. ...... 'Madam,' replied Mr. Micawber, 'it is my intention to register such a vow on the...
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Aristotle (384-322 BC) Greek writer, philosopher: He is credited with ...  1983) US writer, editor: She wrote "Concerning Women," 1926; founding editor of ..... of Our Character," 1990, received the National Book Critics Circle Award. .... (1906-1998) US comedian: He is best known for the line, "Take my wife, please. ...... US blues singer: She who achieved international fame in the 1930s for her...
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Catch Word #73  Word blends - Culips  Word blends; Ginourmous; Chocolate chip; National park; Merriam-Webster ... Maura: So we take fantastic and fabulous, put them together and we make...
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Reno Gazette-Journal from Reno, Nevada  Page 4 - Newspapers.com  Feb 25, 1998 ... Youngman grabbed an usher and told him, "Take my wife, please. ... became an American institution was born in England on March 16, 1906. ... with Y'oungman, dubbed Henny "the king of the one-liners" in the 1930s. ... Also, taking in former Soviet allies now causes friction with Russia, .... 48 Questions?