Mixed (Confused? Confusing?) Metaphor
Larry Sheldon
LarrySheldon at COX.NET
Sat Mar 17 21:07:54 UTC 2012
Heard from the electric (or is that "acoustic) mouth from the basketball
(note that--it is important) game broadcast my wife is watching: <sfx
highly excited, near panic male voice>"...HOME RUN PASS ..."
Home run pass.
Home run: Softball, baseball, kickball, teenager post-prom activity
NOS, TSA screening procedure
Pass: Football, soccer, bridge, teenager pre-game action intended to
lead to a home run, basketball, driving maneuver.
No wonder foreigners thing English is hard.
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