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Subject: Lexiphile

Author:
The Mayor

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Date Posted: 23:16:59 12/17/14 Wed

Making the board a "learning" experience and a fun place to be!!!! Love the Mayor

"Lexiphile" is a word used to describe those that have a love for words, such as "you can tune a piano, but you can't tuna fish", or "to write with a broken pencil is pointless."

A competition to see who can come up with the best lexophiles is held every year
in an undisclosed location. This year's winning submission is posted at the
very end...
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When fish are in schools, they sometimes take debate.
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A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.
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When the smog lifts in Los Angeles U.C.L.A.
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The batteries were given out free of charge.
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A dentist and a manicurist married. They fought tooth and nail.
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A will is a dead giveaway.
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With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress.
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A boiled egg is hard to beat.
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When you've seen one shopping Center you've seen a mall.
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Police were called to a day care Center where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.
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Did you hear about the fellow whose whole left side was cut off? He's all right now
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A bicycle can't stand alone; it is two tired.
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When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.
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The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine is now fully recovered.
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He had a photographic memory which was never developed.
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When she saw her first strands of grey hair she thought she'd dye.
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Acupuncture is a jab well done. That's the point of it.
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The cockeyed seamstress who could not mend straight.

And the cream of the wretched crop:
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Those who get too big for their pants will be exposed in the end.

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