dennis scharnberg

Curiously Strong Meants

Andrew Tertullian,  Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.

“What great religious leader was it—because, damn it, I just cannot remember—but who was it, really, who taught that we should be indiscriminately nice to everyone all the time?”

Hildebrand Slough,  The Perfect List.

Roger placed the following statement at his favorite ad site:  “Used statues for sale, patina included.”

Chadwick Graves,  Maoist Struggle Session and Other Stories.

Proceed without caution.

Godfrey Tooke,  Collected Aphorisms.

That was followed by “Confusing Eleanor” and “A Bit Peckish.”  But it was a shorter poem, titled “The Lonely Dental Floss,” that led to the protracted legal conflict with the Frank Zappa estate.

George Jeffreys,  Poetry and Plays of E. E. Bynum.

…bounding down the lane in jaunty fashion, and in this order, came the following odd lot: two smiling piglets who appeared to be twins, a wobbly rooster who looked as though he wished to smile but lacked the apparatus, a spaniel named Robert, and an oversized hedgehog who hummed his way along…

Gilbert Crombie,  A Red Wheelbarrow.

farce  of  attraction

Andrew Tertullian,  Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.

“The model is actually better than the reality.  That’s the whole point, Thomas.”

Will Bestwyck,  Letters From Mr. Palindrome.

“Pay attention, Audrey.  If you wish to enjoy blackmail, you simply must find yourself on the right end of it.”

Kiefer Sythe,  The Detective Club.

After his paltry supper of leaf and twig, that cold steak-and-kidney pie in the pantry exerted an irresistible force of attraction upon old Gus.

Ralston Dowd,  A Spot of Bother.