# "Making love to his tonic and gin." And other couplets we never say.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-love-to-his-tonic-and-gin-and-other-couplets-we-never-say/820727>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 4, 2018, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-love-to-his-tonic-and-gin-and-other-couplets-we-never-say/820727 "2018-09-04T05:41:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-love-to-his-tonic-and-gin-and-other-couplets-we-never-say/820727/41 "2018-09-05T20:13:18Z")

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My brother Mike is married to Deb. My cousin Deb married a man called Mike. My solution to which couple I’m referring to is (brother) Mike and Deb), (cousin) Deb and Mike.

Names changed etc.

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-love-to-his-tonic-and-gin-and-other-couplets-we-never-say/820727/42 "2018-09-05T22:05:51Z")

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> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#):
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> Ran off with the dish.
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> Spoons ran away with the dish? :rolleyes:

Yep, I did. But eventually she and I broke up.

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**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-love-to-his-tonic-and-gin-and-other-couplets-we-never-say/820727/43 "2018-09-05T22:42:02Z")

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Because she found out the ring you gave her was plated?

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**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-love-to-his-tonic-and-gin-and-other-couplets-we-never-say/820727/44 "2018-09-06T02:00:44Z")

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People can be lazy and it is easy to use cliches and common expressions. Word order is parcel and part of this. This doesn’t bother me at all. Sometimes one order just sounds more melodious than another.

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**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-love-to-his-tonic-and-gin-and-other-couplets-we-never-say/820727/46 "2019-11-01T23:23:36Z")

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Reported.

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