Mixed Grill XXVII

More of the lame and the halt. The puns, that is. I'm around all the time, and my physical condition is none of your business.

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Belly jeans – High calorie treat merits new clothes

Marine band – Aquaman and friends

Rain of terror – Floodplain fear

Win some lose some – The more winsome you are the less you're likely to lose

Three at last, three at last – Thank G-d Almighty I'm three at last. Been two for a year now

Sometimes in setting up … debates I find out in advance which side students want to take [on a particular issue] (affirmative or negative) and then assign them to the opposite [emphasis in original] side, forcing them to argue for a position they personally reject. It's a great exercise. Politicians should try it sometime, to see that their opponents may actually have something important and persuasive to say. (Bart Ehrman)

Mississippi – Water source for a very little marker

Let them eat kale – Marie Antoinette's attitude toward those who shunned gluten

Should auld acquaintance be forgot – And with enough eggnog it will be

Dogs tired – Get a hassock

How I'm graded is more important than what I learn – Theory behind grade inflation

For Brooklyn Dodger fans – From “The Boys of Summer” by Roger Kahn

1953 World Series, final game

Duke Snider caught my eye. “I still say we're the better team,” he said.

“I know.” I felt cheated. “That's the hell of it. That's the rottenest thing in this life, isn't it? The best team doesn't always get to win.”

The son also rises – But usually too late for the school bus so you have to drive him

Wok of ages – General Tso , like the rest of us, is getting older

Third planet from the sun – Home for Scotty

          Once you were two, dear birthday friend,

          In spite of purple weather.

         Now you are three, and near the end,

         As we grew some together.

        How forthful thou, forsooth for you,

        For soon you will be more.

        But fore one can be three be two,

        Before be five be four. (Walt Kelly)

Chic of Araby –Good harem creds

Queen for a day – High honor at gay bar

Belly jean – That's what you need for a new profession after tennis

Talk of the mown – Scotts Turf Builder

Potboiler – Old implement useful for recreational cannabis. Read all about it

Vigilante – Mom's sister always wears white gloves when she visits so she can check for dust

Bitter Homs and gardens – Syrian magazine

Love is just around the corner – Beware of rapists

January twentieth (in years divisible by four) – Day of joy for some, day of mourning for some

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To be continued.