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Sunday, February 12, 2006
Joke: Pun Fun on Professions

Read each of the following with the prefix I could have been...

I could've been...

A banker
But I was penny wise and pound foolish.

A doctor
But I didn't have time to practice.

A guitarist
But I preferred a job with no strings attached.

An ice-cream vendor
But I lost my cool.

An archeologist
But, I didn't want my career in ruins.

An athlete
But, there were too many hurdles.

A billiard player
But, nobody gave me a break.

A carpenter
But, I shelved the idea.

A chauffer
But, I didn't have the drive.

A comedian
But, my friends laughed at the idea.

A detective
But, nobody gave me a clue to get started.

A doctor
But, I got sick of it.

An Egyptologist
But, mummy objected.

A farmer
But, it wasn't my field.

A historian
But, I let bygones be bygones.

A juggler
But, things got out of hand.

A juggler
But, I dropped the idea.

A lawyer
But, that didn't appeal to me.

A lexicographer
But, I am a man of few words.

A librarian
But, they were fully booked.

A magazine editor
But, I didn't want to make an issue out of it.

A mathematician
But, I had too many problems.

A money lender
But, I lost interest in it.

A nuclear scientist
But, I didn't have the energy.

A shopkeeper
But, fate had something else in store.

A skipper
But, I missed the boat.

A sprinter
But, I was on the wrong track.

A swimmer
But, I had a stroke.

posted by sc @ 10:13 am |

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