Mixed Grill XXIV

I'm back! Does that make you shudder? Remember you can always use the “delete” button to rid yourself of this nonsense. It's fun for me, but you may not be similarly amused. Your choice.

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Prototype – That's whom I employ. You don't think I do this myself, do you?

Pyrites of Penzance – By Gilburn and Suleiman. All that glitters is not gold. How ironic

Cat got your tongue? – Dog your corned beef? Ferret the salami, rye bread, and mustard?

Heavy hangs the head that wears the crown – Dirty hangs the head that wears the crow

Fry by night – Graveyard shift at the diner. You can't always keep the bugs out of the food

Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome – To Berlitz

Think the rain will hurt the rhubarb? – Do you care? You needn't get abusive about it

When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane (Steven Wright)

Beat me in St. Louis – Missouri masochist running the marathon there

Columbian exposition – Little Egypt

The Great Wall – Mexican standoff

There's no tamales – But no. We have some bananas

He'll seize you when you're sleeping – Santa Claus is a dirty old man

Too good to be two – Yes, yes, yes

I say to myself: Lenin and Stalin between them liquidated at least sixty million Russians in order to build factories and dams. America welcomed thirty million immigrants to help build factories and dams (Eric Hoffer)

Go virile – Mimic Hans and Franz

Catastrophe – Stuffed feline awarded to the best in show

My sweet embraceable ewe – Rambunctious declaration

Heather has two mommies – And a very loving uncle who likes to come by when they're not home

Prohibition – The times that dry one's soul

Paparazzi – Catch a fallen star

Death wish – Borrow from Pietro to pay Pauli

Liberal thought – An oxymoron. So are most liberals

The road to hell – The street in front of my house paved by some politician's brother-in-law

It takes a tough man to make a tender chicken – It's easier to make a chicken tender

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid (Benjamin Franklin)

Die hard – Any color but yellow

One flew over the cuckoo's nest – A dolt's house

Love and marriage – Are as dated as a horse and carriage

Forrest Gump – Donald Trump without a cell phone

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To be continued –like it or not.