Mixed Grill XXX

Mixed Grill XXX

No quotations today. There are too many notes in my pocket containing entries for this collection and if I add quotations – as much as I might like to – my pocket will empty more slowly.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Telemachus – Straight-Arrow son of Odysseus. Together they founded the Greek Mafia, knocking off their opponents.

High tea – Cannabis infusion. Decaffeinated of course

Don't ask – Not to worry. I couldn't care less.

Meet me in St. Louis, Louie – I have a contract for you. It'll be quite a hit.

Don't go near the wafer – Islamic threat against apostasy

Stop chief – Instructions to Custer

Fast fools – Folks who eat that crap

Are we there Yeti? – You know the way to my favorite shoe store, which has 19½ triple F

Don't Make Waves – Navy training film of the 1940s.

Rock of Gibraltar – Popular Mediterranean dance

I wouldn't dream of – But in waking hours it's OK

Different strokes for different folks – But you'd better not be different if you're on the Oxford crew

Out and outlier – Politician

Top of the morning – Hair of the dog

Non sequitur – Two bits and a hard boiled egg

Psychiatrist – Jung at heart brain

Neverland – According to George Carlin that means even at the nominal destination, but perhaps over the rainbow or in a rabbit hole there's a place

amtrack.com/deals – Actually recently it's been amtrack.com/ordeals

Rock and roil – Parents and children often differ in their musical tastes

Give me liberty and give me debt – The DOD has a high budget

Make way for ducklings – Especially if there's orange sauce

Martin Luther King, Jr. – No good deed goes unpunished

Theory of relativity – It's not a theory when you win the lottery

Heir tight – With this will there's no way

What is the meaning of life? – You'll get a better answer from the OED rather then a philosophy book

Take your best shot – And make it a single-malt scotch

Wouldn't you really like to be a shlepper? – New motto for Yankel's Moving Company's hiring campaign

Two wrongs don't make a right – Especially if one's a protest over Constitutional stands

Two sense plane – The sound of the wind and the sight of prairie dogs

Viagra –Better things for better loving through chemistry

A diamond is forever – Or for baseball

By the light of the silvery mohn – It's Purim again

Jack the Ripper – A woman's best fiend

It's the real thing – Whatever that is

Going out of business – Again

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Small and large pieces of paper still abound whether you like it or not. Sooner or later you'll find something you understand and amuses you.