How to tell them apart (a public service)

So he was kind of a medieval McCartney?

Marley23. Console device or console sympathy. Typed, spoken. Excuses, excuses. Let’s not lose sight of the important thing here, Marley. I’m right and you’re not. Neener, neener, neener.

Concerning centrifugal force, my 12th grade science teacher has a lot to answer for.

OFFENSIVE JOKE TIME: What exactly is the difference between a bitch and a ho’?

ANSWER:
A ho Will have sex with anyone.
A bitch Will have sex with anyone – except you.

Jacob Marley: Ebenezer Scrooge’s late business partner.
Bob Marley: Reggae singer.

Come on you guys -

Mary Kate and Ashley.

I can definately tell them apart.
But I still can’t tell which is which.

And as for this overdone phrase: Stalactites hold tight to the ceiling, while Stalagmites might grow tall enough to reach.

Mary Kate is the skinny one.
I am so going to hell for that.

Rick James. Dead funk musician.
James Dean. Dead actor.
Dean Martin. Dead crooner.
Martin Lawrence. Dead career.
{b]Lawrence Olivier.** Dead career, too… but at least he’s got an excuse.

The Netherlands: a small country in Europe, part of the Benelux countries.
Holland: A small country in The Netherlands, but synonymous with same.
Dutch: Language spoken by the Dutch, who are residents of Holland, a.k.a. The Netherlands.
Dutch: the people of The Netherlands, a.k.a. Holland, also known as “Nederlanders”
Hollandaise: A sauce, not the people of Holland.
The Hague: A city in The Netherlands, not a country.
Prague: Another non-country.
The Ague: Not a city or a country; a condition similar to malaria

Thomas More – Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII, beheaded for refusing to swear that Henry was head of the Church in England.

And madrigals aren’t about the words! :wink:

Dennis Moore - a not very bright highwayman with a thing for lupins.

St. Louis Browns: Charter member in the professional baseball organization known as the American League, moved to Baltimore and renamed the Baltimore Orioles during the 1950s.

**Cleveland Browns: ** Member of the American professional tackle football National Football League since 1950, franchise moved to Baltimore in 1996 and was renamed the Baltimore Ravens but due to a court settlement, a newly created team in the National Football League, which started playing in 1999, was rechristened the Browns with legal ownership of the former Browns’ team history.

**Brown: ** A school in the Ivy League.

Jerry Lee Lewis: Goodness gracious, great balls of…

Jerry Lewis: Heeeeeyyyyyy Laaaaaddyyyyyyy!!
Now if you want to stay confused, just conflate the two for hilarious results:

“Goodness gracious, great balls of Heeeeeyyyyyy Laaaaaddyyyyyyy!!

Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand

Rhett Butler
Rhett Butler
Rhett Butler

Brett Butler
Brett Butler
Brett Butler

Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890): British explorer, a character in those Riverworld books
Richard Burton (1925-1984): Welsh actor, married to Elizabeth Taylor

I think you meant Ashley is the “fat” one!
I’m definitely going to hell for that.

Fozzie: The bear who told the jokes.
Rowlf: The dog who played the piano.

And one that came up in the break room today:

Ralph Fiennes: Quiz Show, English Patient, Schindler’s List
Joseph Fiennes: Shakespeare in Love, Enemy at the Gates

mamba: a deadly poisonous snake
mambo: a rather festive Carribean dance

Kudos to whoever recognizes that obscure movie reference.

Sorry, but this is wrong.

Cimmaron - A river in New Mexico. Home of an animated horse.
Cimmerians - A nomadic Indo-European tribe, mentioned in the Bible and the Odyssey of Homer. Home of Conan the Barbarian.
Crimeans - Natives of an area of the Ukraine bordering the Baltic Sea. Home of the Charge of the Light Brigade.
Cinnamon - Wants you to call her. At home.

Belew = A singing and guitar-playing Bear.

Mousse often tastes good, or can make you look stylish and fashionable.
Moose generally do not.

A caret looks like this: ^.
A karat is a unit of measure.
A carrot is not as useful in salads nor editting.

Many people enjoy oral.
Most people would avoid aural.

I am clearly lacking in carrot/caret distinction skills. :smack:

A bra is for a woman.
A bro is for a man.
A bray is what jackasses (and sometimes board members) do.
A brew is a beer.