QUAZY QUOTES
Credit: GAMES Magazine - Nov. 2001
Bruce London
Each scenario below will suggest a "Quazy Quote" - one that rhymes with a familiar, oft-quoted saying. For example:
A scientist discovered that certain amphibians are nomadic, without exception.
This would lead to Quazy Quote (QQ):
All toads need to roam.
Based on Familiar Quote (FQ):
All roads lead to Rome.
1. A reporter saw Marcel Marceau in a rink. Marcel performed jumps for Frosty, the only spectator. The headline read:
QQ: M_ _ _ S_ _ _ _ _ F_ _ S_ _ _ _ _ _.
FQ: T_ _ _ W_ _ _ _ F_ _ N_ M_ _.
2. Two Alaskan cities disputed where a dogsled race should begin. Although Anchorage won, this defiant slogan lives on:
QQ: N_ _ _ I_ W_ _ _ _ T_ _ S _ _ _ _ I_.
FQ: H_ _ _ I_ W_ _ _ _ T_ _ H_ _ _ _ I_.
3. GI Joe, a coward, decided to throw trash on the street when no one was looking. Thus it was said that:
QQ: D_ _ _ T_ _ _ L_ _ _ _ _ _ I_ N_ _ B_ _ _.
FQ: A_ _ T_ _ _ G_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I_ N_ _ G_ _ _.
4. When asked if he blamed his first-year quarterback, who kept losing the ball, for losing the game, the coach replied philosophically:
QQ: T_ _ _ _ T_ _ W_ _ T_ _ R_ _ _ _ _ F_ _ _ _ _ _.
FF: T_ _ _ _ T_ _ W_ _ T_ _ C_ _ _ _ _ C_ _ _ _ _ _ _.
5. A grave robber got bored with corpses and raided a beehive one night. Carrying the comb home, he was shot with a tranquilizer gun, proving that:
QQ: A G_ _ _ _ A_ _ H_ _ H_ _ _ _ A_ _ S_ _ _
D_ _ _ _ _.
FQ: A F_ _ _ A_ _ H _ _ M_ _ _ _ A _ _ S_ _ _
P_ _ _ _ _.
Answers:
1)
QQ: Mime Skates For Snowman.
FQ: Time Waits For No Man.
2)
QQ: Nome Is Where The Start Is.
FQ: Home Is Where The Heart Is.
3)
QQ: Doll That Litters Is Not Bold
FQ: All That Glitters Is Not Gold
4)
QQ: That's The Way The Rookie Fumbles.
FQ: That's The Way The Cookie Crumbles.
5)
QQ: A Ghoul And His Honey Are Soon Darted.
FQ: A Fool And His Money Are Soon Parted.
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