Swing, swing, swing
“He left his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey.” Which made me think of him carrying one as a weapon, ready to swing at someone or something.
Misheard
“QAnon is a proud supporter of public television.”
Mondegreen of the day
“Strumming my face with his fingers.” “Strumming my fate with his fingers.”
Misheard
“Every pen is different.”
Sunshine of my mondegreen
“It’s gettin’ near dawn, when light grows a tiger’s eye.”
Misheard
Assured and unassured Americans.
Modern mondegreen
“Sweet Loretta Modern.”
Misheard
“The governor was working a grope line”: oh, “rope line.” But when Rita Glavin, Andrew Cuomo’s attorney, just said it, it sounded like “grope line.”
Misheard
“A dictionary is just right for Beatrice. At sixteen they get the urge for grammar.”
Misheard
Elaine thought that I was calling rosé “children’s red.” Which is not a bad description of rosé.
Misheard
“Pushbuttonese.”
Misheard
“... can impale a grand jury ...”
Misheard
“Saint Mary of Klobuchar.”
Misheard
“More products”? “War products?”
Misheard
“It’s an anonymous hipster. See if you can trace the call.”
Misheard
“There is nothing new under the sun. It’s all crap.”
Mondegreen, fixed
“As my wife Elaine pointed out to me, Jupiter cannot collide with Mars. Okay, if you say so. But also: in the face of such a collision, it makes no sense to speak of peace guiding the planets and love steering the stars.”
Misheard
A classic bun is a bun.
Misheard
Not clothes, gloves
Misheard
Listening to the radio during lunch, I thought that I heard these words: The Tao is up four points. Nope, it's the Dow that's up. I am sadly...
Misheard
Half-listening to a Vytorin ad on TV Land, explaining the causes of high cholesterol: "It's not only from that buttered crap . . . " Oops. B...