...makes for intriguing Word Play.

Joy



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Recent market turmoil had led to some new and interesting mergers. The
stocks of these new companies should soar! Invest!

1. XEROX and WURLITZER - They're going to make reproductive organs.

2. FAIRCHILD ELECTRONICS and HONEYWELL COMPUTERS - The new company will be called Fairwell Honeychild.

3. POLYGRAM RECORDS, WARNER BROTHERS and KEEBLER - The new company will be called Poly-Warner-Cracker.

4. W. R. GRACE CO., FULLER BRUSH CO., MARY KAYE COSMETICS, and HALE
BUSINESS SYSTEMS - The company will be called Hale, Mary, Fuller, Grace.

5. 3 M and GOODYEAR - MMM Good

6. JOHN DEERE and ABITIBI-PRICE - Deere Abi

7. HONEYWELL, IMASCO and HOME OIL - Honey, I'm Home.

8. DENISON MINES, ALLIANCE and METAL MINING - Mine All Mine.

9. 3M, JC PENNEY, and THE METROPOLITAN OPERA COMPANY - 3 Penny Opera.

10. GREY POUPON and DOCKERS PANTS - Poupon Pants.

11. KNOTTS BERRY FARM and THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN - Knott Now.

12. ZIPPO MANUFACTURING, AUDI, DOFASCO and DAKOTA MINING - Zip Audi Do Da.

Joy,
Those are funny. We needed 'em.

ROTFL

A few more new words

1) Arachnoleptic fit (n.) The frantic dance performed just after
you've
accidentally walked through a spider web.

2) Beelzebug (n.) Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your
bedroom at 3 in the morning and cannot be cast out.

3) Bozone (n.) The substance surrounding stupid people that stops
bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately,
shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.

4) Cashtration (n.) The act of buying a house, which renders the
subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.

5) Dopelar effect (n.) The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter
when you come at them rapidly.

6) Extraterrestaurant (n.) An eating place where you feel you've been
abducted and experimented upon. Also known as an E-T-ry.

8) Intaxication (n.) Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts
until you realize it was your money to start with.

9) Kinstirpation (n.) A painful inability to move relatives who come
to
visit.