[Each month in 2025, we plan to wander unsupervised down mem=
ory lane, repeating the Grif Net email/blog posts for an entire week from 2=
5 years ago (that’s from January 2000 for those mathematically challe=
nged.) I found out my attempt at humor has NOT gotten better in passing yea=
rs, but lots that were funny THEN are still funny NOW.]
No wonder the English lan=
guage is so very difficult to learn:
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1. We must polish the Polish furniture.=
2. He coul=
d lead if he would get the lead out.
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3. The farm was used to produce produce.
4. The du=
mp was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
5. The soldier decided to deser=
t in the desert.
6. This was a good time to present the present. (And this last c=
ould mean "gift" or "era of time ")
7. A bass was painted on =
the head of the bass drum.
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8. When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
9. I did not=
object to the object.
10. The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
11. The bandage w=
as wound around the wound.
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12. There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row=
=2E
13=
=2E They were too close to the door to close the door.
14. The buck does funny th=
ings when the does are present.
15. They sent a sewer down to stitch the tear in =
the sewer line.
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16. To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.=
17. The wi=
nd was too strong to wind the sail.
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18. After a number of injections my jaw got n=
umber.
19. Upon seeing the tear in my clothes I shed a tear.
20. I had to subject the =
subject to a series of tests.
Bonus: How can I intimate this to my most intimate =
friend?
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D=
r Bob Griffin
[email protected] www.grif.net
"Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!&quo=
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