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From Reader's Digest - May 1978 Aardvark: Heavy labor: "It's aardvark, but it pays well." Galleon: Before cars were invented, Spaniards were able to go for thousands of miles on a galleon. Himalaya: "Yesterday was Father's birthday so Mother made Himalaya cake." Incongruous: Where U.S. laws are made. Infidel: The Vatican is not inclined to believe infidel Castro. Lapse: What we get when we sit down. Machiavelli: I know a tailor who will Machiavelli good pair of pants for $30. Medication: The guru refused to let his dentist freeze his jaw because he wanted to transcend dental medication. Newt: He was really a salamander but no one newt. Nicholas: "But, Joe, I can't marry you. You're penniless." "That's nothing, the Tsar of Russia was Nicholas." Paranoia: One mental-hospital patient to another, pointing to the two psychiatrists doing ward rounds: "Don't let that paranoia." Thesis: Professor's cryptic comment on a returned college essay: "Thesis awful." Thongs: What Thinatra things. Urn: Q. What's a Grecian urn? A. Oh, about 20 drachmas a week after taxes. Verse: Just remember--no matter how bad these puns may be, they could be verse!
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