spoonerisms

how could you tell she was a buxom blonde over the radio?

There was the legendary racehorse (I haven’t found any evidence he existed, but it’s a great name) “Cunning Stunt.”

I also once heard a track announcer rename the horse “Brett’s Best Bet” into “Breast Bet Bet.” He said the last two words very quickly. :slight_smile:

And if you like spoonerisms, listen to any Capitol Steps CD. They always finish up with “Lirty Dies.” Some examples:

Kill Blinton is a gorney hi.
(Referring to the Pee Wee Herman porn theater bust of several years ago): The police were raking their mounds.
(about Kitty Kelly’s biography of Sinatra): That rook is making her bitch.

<slaps himself upside the head>

LOL it was a hard day - cut me some slack - it was from the early days of television! Not radio.

Spoonerisms were popular among us kids in the neighborhood when I was growing up. I remember one time when we were playing frisbee in the street (hey, it was the 70’s!), and I said, without even thinking about it, “I’ll be back in a minute, I’ve got to go shake a tit”.

My mother’s really prone to spoonerisms…the best part is that she doesn’t realise what she’s saying sometimes so she keeps repeating it and wondering why all of us are laughing/looking at her funny. It doesn’t mean anything, but my favourite is the time she kept asking for the “nodle knees” pliers. The scary part is I’m finding myself doing it more recently too. Guess I’m losing it at 24, which is even worse that elfje!

im, i mean someone else is, forever asking my mate to buck me, er him, the chong

my girlfriends favourtite drink is a Vodka Simon Loader.

That’s interesting - I always heard it as “I’m not the fig plucker; I’m the fig plucker’s son. But I’ll pluck figs until the fig plucker comes.”

DAMN, that’s even hard to TYPE correctly!:smiley:

What’s a plig? Alternatively, how does one fluck?

We used to do the “pheasant plucker” rhyme in high school drama as a warm up. Another good one:

“I slit a sheet, a sheet I slit, upon a slitted sheet I sit.”

Of course, “I shit a sleet” doesn’t make a lot of sense, but it’s still funny.

Red Wing (Minnesota) – Wed Ring. (still means something.)

Saint Paul (Minnesota) – Paint Saul (still means something.)

Bread, Blest and Broken – Bled, Breast and Bloken. (can’t tell whether I’ve spoken right.)

ground beef – bound grief, browned g’eef (made this up.)
Annoying: Coming up to a word that you think is difficult, and CONSCIOUS EFFORT makes it worse. Thinking these words in your head and your tongue gets tired, then you can’t say them. (Even silently.)

My sister was trying to join in on a conversation with her husband’s new boss concerning ducks being a pest around the house, chasing guest.She calmly announced if you have any burglers you could sick the ducks on them but instead she said “IF YOU HAVE ANY BURGLERS YOU COULD SUCK THE DICKS ON THEM”…She has yet to live that one down.Swear to God true story.

I don’t know if this one’s already been included in either of the posted links (sorry - haven’t time to surf at work) but one of my favorites was always the teacher admonishing the pupil and saying, “You’ve deliberately tasted two worms!”

I think it was from a film or TV show, but I’ve no idea which.