Dave Payn
Active Member
I was sent these a whike back (nothing to do with me despite my penchant for 'word strangling'!) Some truly amazing ones, particularly towards the end of the list.
I've had to omit a few from the list I was sent, simply because they're too rude!
Under a lot of pressure =
Prefer strenuous load?
True impudence? =
Picture me nude!
School student =
Tends to slouch.
A television commercial =
Aim to sell nice car, movie,...
Charismatic leader =
Declare I am a Christ!
Police helicopter =
I circle 'hot' people.
The crime of arson =
Fearsome torchin'.
A Goose-step march =
Scream: "Oh! Gestapo!"
The manuscript =
Thus came print.
...and every night I distrust ~
the advertising industry.
Classified Document =
Found access limited.
A sorry tale =
A real story.
Kitchen garden =
Green and thick.
Mortal sin ~
isn't moral.
The flowers that bloom in the spring =
The sign of little warmth: hope's born.
A Silent Prayer =
Priestly arena.
An Office Secretary =
Carry in coffee, teas.
The Baptism Ritual =
Met spiritual bath.
Paranormal activity =
I am part clairvoyant.
I am lonely =
E-mail only.
Polygamist =
Mostly a pig!
Television ads ~
enslave idiots.
Plastic surgery =
Super-grisly act.
Snort cocaine =
Nose narcotic.
THE ENTERTAINMENT CATEGORY
Sergeant Ernest Bilko =
Brainless rotten geek.
Arsenic and Old Lace =
A concern, as all died.
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons =
Can't spy marionette cast handlers.
The conductor, Sir Simon Rattle =
Music Director short on talent.
I, Claudius =
U, Suicidal
'The Old Man and the Sea' by Ernest Hemingway =
He's made his enemy angry and won the battle.
'The Laughing Cavalier' a painting by Frans Hals =
A fresh chap in a big hat grinning suavely at all.
He's a legend in his own mind =
Neil Diamond, when he sings.
THE TOPICAL CATEGORY
Weapons of mass destruction =
Poison to smarten a few scuds.
Celibacy in the priesthood =
Choir boys end pathetic lie!
THE PEOPLE'S NAMES CATEGORY
Nurse Florence Nightingale =
Heroine curing fallen gents.
The American writer Ogden Nash =
One needs a rather charming wit.
Rodgers and Hammerstein =
Men rather admired songs.
The late Dudley Stuart John Moore =
O, the dead jester that you'll mourn.
Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson =
An old RN sailor, a hero I'm told.
THE OTHER NAMES CATEGORY
Marston's Pedigree =
Am p***ed, no regret.
Fat Club =
Cut flab.
Sibelius Music Printing Software =
Input sublime scores as if writing.
The British Board of Film Censors =
Robs cinemas of best horrid filth.
Paris Saint-Germain =
It inspires anagram.
The Arabian Desert =
Heat-based terrain.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police =
Ah, namely an ideal cop: red tunic, too!
The Oxford English Dictionary =
I find thy lexicon's rather good.
The Royal Marines =
Army at shoreline.
THE LONG CATEGORY [10/8]
The late British comedian, actor and keyboard player Dudley Stuart John Moore =
Dead. Both dead. Not only Peter Cook... but also him. (Just hilarity and a merry career).
'Ablaze: The Mysterious Fires of Spontaneous Human Combustion' by Larry E. Arnold =
Surely no-one's body can auto flare-up in hot flames, so it's some bizarre urban myth.
I've had to omit a few from the list I was sent, simply because they're too rude!
Under a lot of pressure =
Prefer strenuous load?
True impudence? =
Picture me nude!
School student =
Tends to slouch.
A television commercial =
Aim to sell nice car, movie,...
Charismatic leader =
Declare I am a Christ!
Police helicopter =
I circle 'hot' people.
The crime of arson =
Fearsome torchin'.
A Goose-step march =
Scream: "Oh! Gestapo!"
The manuscript =
Thus came print.
...and every night I distrust ~
the advertising industry.
Classified Document =
Found access limited.
A sorry tale =
A real story.
Kitchen garden =
Green and thick.
Mortal sin ~
isn't moral.
The flowers that bloom in the spring =
The sign of little warmth: hope's born.
A Silent Prayer =
Priestly arena.
An Office Secretary =
Carry in coffee, teas.
The Baptism Ritual =
Met spiritual bath.
Paranormal activity =
I am part clairvoyant.
I am lonely =
E-mail only.
Polygamist =
Mostly a pig!
Television ads ~
enslave idiots.
Plastic surgery =
Super-grisly act.
Snort cocaine =
Nose narcotic.
THE ENTERTAINMENT CATEGORY
Sergeant Ernest Bilko =
Brainless rotten geek.
Arsenic and Old Lace =
A concern, as all died.
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons =
Can't spy marionette cast handlers.
The conductor, Sir Simon Rattle =
Music Director short on talent.
I, Claudius =
U, Suicidal
'The Old Man and the Sea' by Ernest Hemingway =
He's made his enemy angry and won the battle.
'The Laughing Cavalier' a painting by Frans Hals =
A fresh chap in a big hat grinning suavely at all.
He's a legend in his own mind =
Neil Diamond, when he sings.
THE TOPICAL CATEGORY
Weapons of mass destruction =
Poison to smarten a few scuds.
Celibacy in the priesthood =
Choir boys end pathetic lie!
THE PEOPLE'S NAMES CATEGORY
Nurse Florence Nightingale =
Heroine curing fallen gents.
The American writer Ogden Nash =
One needs a rather charming wit.
Rodgers and Hammerstein =
Men rather admired songs.
The late Dudley Stuart John Moore =
O, the dead jester that you'll mourn.
Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson =
An old RN sailor, a hero I'm told.
THE OTHER NAMES CATEGORY
Marston's Pedigree =
Am p***ed, no regret.
Fat Club =
Cut flab.
Sibelius Music Printing Software =
Input sublime scores as if writing.
The British Board of Film Censors =
Robs cinemas of best horrid filth.
Paris Saint-Germain =
It inspires anagram.
The Arabian Desert =
Heat-based terrain.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police =
Ah, namely an ideal cop: red tunic, too!
The Oxford English Dictionary =
I find thy lexicon's rather good.
The Royal Marines =
Army at shoreline.
THE LONG CATEGORY [10/8]
The late British comedian, actor and keyboard player Dudley Stuart John Moore =
Dead. Both dead. Not only Peter Cook... but also him. (Just hilarity and a merry career).
'Ablaze: The Mysterious Fires of Spontaneous Human Combustion' by Larry E. Arnold =
Surely no-one's body can auto flare-up in hot flames, so it's some bizarre urban myth.