I told DebbieR I couldn’t remember the name of the type of wordplay that this belonged to, only that my mom had given me such a round of applause over it when I was a teenager that I actually remember what I came up with: I dropped the toothpaste, she said Crestfallenly.
Debbie sent me this link with examples like, That’s the last time I’ll stick my arm in a lion’s mouth, the lion tamer said off-handedly.
Okay, let me give it a try.
We need to call security! he said guardedly.
What are you doing, Captain–do you think you can just barge in like that? Wow (turning to the others) canoe believe it? (Turning back) Shape up and ship out!
I like the way you cut and colored your hair! she said in clipped tones.
I don’t like what you did to that window, he said in great fenestration.
Lemme decide where to plant that peach tree, she plotted.
It’s fruitless to try to make sense out of a toddler; they mango their words.
I think the stove is leaking! he gasped.
That’s not the fridge I want, she told the salesman coldly.
With this Hunger Games thing going on and the demand and prices going up, too many people are paying too much tax on Paul Ryan’s arrows, he said pointedly. I think you got the shaft.
I wouldn’t ever want to own an animal with a cloven foot, he vetoed.
Her enthusiasm for hazelnuts is well nutted.
There’s an artist with us in the marathon and I think he just broke his foot! the runner painted.
Ganache me what the chocolate is for, said the Greatest Cakes contestant; we’re going to get creamed!
Anyone else?