MONDAY

Today in Bhutan they celebrate the anniversary of the coronation of King Jigme Kheysar Namgyel Wangchuk. Here he is on his wedding day with his wife Jetsun Pema who became Queen Ashi Jetsun Pema Wangchuck.

King and Queen of Bhutan Celebrate 10th Wedding Anniversary | PEOPLE.com

Now, back to humor…

Stuck in the middle with ewe

Two Lists

Readers were asked to supply alternate meanings for common words.  And the winners:
 1. Coffee, n. The person upon whom one coughs.                             

2. Flabbergasted, adj. Appalled by discovering how much weight one has gained.  

3. Abdicate, v. To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.         

4. Esplanade, v. To attempt an explanation while drunk.                    

5. Willy-nilly, adj. Impotent.                                             

6. Negligent, adj. Absentmindedly answering the door when wearing only a nightgown.                          

7. Lymph, v. To walk with a lisp.                                          

8. Gargoyle, n. Olive-flavored mouthwash.                                  

9. Flatulence, n. Emergency vehicle that picks up someone who has been run over by a steamroller.       

10. Balderdash, n. A rapidly receding hairline.                            

11. Testicle, n. A humorous question on an exam.                           

12. Rectitude, n. The formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.  

13. Pokemon, n.. A Rastafarian proctologist.                               

14. Oyster, n. A person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.   

15. Frisbeetarianism, n. The belief that, after death, the soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.   

16. Circumvent, n. An opening in the front of jockey shorts worn by circumcised men.

And……

1. ARBITRAITOR A cook that leaves Arby’s to work at McDonald’s

2. BERNADETTE The act of torching a mortgage.

3. BURGLARIZE What a crook sees through

4. AVOIDABLE What a bullfighter tries to do

5. EYEDROPPER Clumsy ophthalmologist

6. CONTROL A short, ugly inmate.

7. COUNTERFEITER Workers who put together kitchen cabinets

8. ECLIPSE What an English barber does for a living.

9. LEFT BANK What the bank robbers did when their bag was full of money.

10. HEROES What a man in a boat does

11. PARASITES What you see from the Eiffel Tower

12. PARADOX Two physicians

13. PHARMACIST A helper on a farm

14. POLARIZE What penguins see through

15. PRIMATE Remove your spouse from in front of the TV

16. RELIEF What trees do in the spring

17. RUBBERNECK What you do to relax your wife

18. SELFISH What the owner of a seafood store does

19. SUDAFED Brought litigation against a government official

20. PARADIGMS Twenty Cents

Today is the birthday, in 1951, of Robert Bell, also known as Khalis Bayyan. He was a singer, songwriter, producer, saxophonist and founding member of Kool and the Gang who had this number one hit.