suggestive names

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On 6/11/06, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
>
> >How many of these can there be ?  I was told in 1973 or ' 74 that
> >the pygmies are cunning runts and the nun has a soul full of hope.
> >Do the two riddles usually travel in tandem ?
>
> Another in the category of misogynistic spoonerism riddles involved
> the Suez Canal's status as a busy ditch...

More in this thread, for those so inclined:

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.tasteless.jokes/browse_frm/thread/543d41f5822baa0d/


--Ben Zimmer

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