Fun With Words

1. There is no ham in a hamburger
2. There is no straw in a strawberry.
3. There is neither egg in eggplant or apple in a pineapple.
4. A Guinea pig is not a pig
5. A panda bear is related to a raccoon not a bear.
6. Fireflies aren’t flies, they are beetles.
7. Greyhounds can be any color.
8. Rush hour lasts longer than an hour – and so does happy hour.
9. Sweetmeat is made of fruit, and sweetbread is a meat.
10. Hot dogs can be cold, and homework can be done in school.
11. If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
12. Button and unbutton are opposites, but loosen and unloosen are the same.
13. You wind up a watch to start it, but wind up a romance to end it.
14. If teachers taught, why don’t preacher praught?
15. One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese?
16. Quicksand works slowly.
17. Boxing rings are square.

Can you think of any others?

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