The Preposition Game
I've discovered recently that you can find immense fun in prepositions. It's an easy game; simply replace one preposition with another in any common phrase. A few examples follow, but please read aloud. They're about fifteen times funnier that way.
Mike Tyson's Punch-out:
- Mike Tyson's Punch-in
- Mike Tyson's Punch-around
- Mike Tyson's Punch-within
- Mike Tyson's Punch-along
- Harry Potter and the Order within the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Order nearby the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Order concerning the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Order underneath the Phoenix
- Singing despite the Rain
- Singing opposite the Rain
- Singing amid the Rain
- Singing to the Rain
- The Hitchhiker's Guide onto the Galaxy
- The Hitchhiker's Guide up the Galaxy
- The Hitchhiker's Guide over the Galaxy
- The Hitchhiker's Guide aboard the Galaxy
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The Book in Mormon
The Book around Mormon
The Book because of Mormon
The Book above Mormon
The Book around Mormon
The Book behind Mormon
The Book since Mormon
The Book except Mormon
The Book without Mormon
The Book past Mormon
The Book before Mormon
Another Brick in the Wall:
Another Brick astride the Wall
Another Brick for the Wall
Another Brick with the Wall
Another Brick over the Wall
Another Brick via the Wall
Another Brick at the Wall
Another Brick nigh the Wall
Another Brick aboard the Wall
Another Brick ere the Wall
Another Brick beyond the Wall
Another Brick lacking the Wall
Bring it on
Bring it against
Bring it among
Bring it except
Bring it despite
Bring it on top of
I'm glad I'm no longer the only one playing this game.
Ring around the rosie.
Ring outside the rosie.
Ring underneath the rosie.
Ring about the rosie.
Ring instead of the rosie (is that a real preposition? oh well)
Ring because of the rosie.
Ring without the rosie.
Ring beneath the rosie.
Ring except the rosie.
Ring at the rosie.
This is all a little better if you think of it in the historical context of the Black Death.
PS- Mike Tyson's Punch-Along? Brilliant!
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A Rush of Blood above the Head
A Rush of Blood around the Head
A Rush of Blood within the Head
A Rush of Blood amok the Head
A Rush of Blood from the Head
A Rush of Blood along the Head
A Rush of Blood near the Head
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