Take The “L”

motels2 Remember that Motels song from the 80′s; Take the “L” out of Lover and it’s over? Yeah, heard it in the car today and started wondering why I didn’t have this thought back when I first heard this song, and then I realized that back then, there were probably copious amounts of beer involved. Come to think of it, the beer actually should have made this task easier, but I digress. What is the task, you may ask? (See? take the “T” from task, and it’s Ask) Find other words that you can play the same game with. It’s not as easy as it sounds, so I changed the rules a little bit: you can take out more than 1 letter if you need to, and it doesn’t have to be the first letter. You can also switch a letter, or letters if you’d like. Take a couple of letters out of the middle and sandwich the ends together to make a new word. Submitted for your approval; here is my list. I expect lots of other suggestions in the comments.

Take the “S” out of Sex, and you’re an Ex.
Take the “F” out of Flame, and you’re Lame.
Took the “D” out of Date, but I still had to pay for what she Ate.
Took the “M” out of Mate, because he (over)Ate. (For the ladies)
Wow. This could take all day.
Took the “S” out of Scrap, now it’s just Crap.
Took a “P” in my Pants, cuz I sat on some Ants.
Took the “SH” out of Shears, cuz I cut way above her Ears. (For Melisa)
Took the “C” out of Chard, and it really wasn’t that Hard.
Took the “F” out of Flout, cuz I never liked him; he’s a Lout.
Took the “CO” out of Cobra, now she calls me a perv.

Which reminds me of a joke: “This dyslexic guy walks into a bra…”* I think you get the idea. I kind of broke the rules on that last one, which begs the question; should there be any rules? Just have fun with it and let me know what you come up with; I’ll send the top 5 to the Motels so they’ll have some new material for their reunion tour.

* Thanks, Stace!

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melisa

ha! Funny that you bring up the Motels, because #1 I love them & #2 I am actually IN a Hotel in Chitown right now (BFF is in town for a conference & I glommed onto the pre-paid room). I have a 30 min drive home later and will think this over for about 22.4 of those minutes. Be back later.

(NukeDad) The video still wigs me out a little; she sings like she’s chewing food. I don’t know whether to sing along or make myself a sandwich.

Mar 23, 2009 @ 7:14 am

Weaselmomma

Take the S out of snot and you have not. Which is all I have to contribute.

(NukeDad) Well? Which is it? Did you get rid of the snot, or not? You’ve got the beginnings of a new Dr. Suess book there, I think.

Weaselmommas last blog post..Pink Cadillac

Mar 23, 2009 @ 7:35 am

tom

Man! You just brought back a flood of memories for me. My best friend in high school and I used to trade “take the (insert letter here) out of (insert word here) and it’s (insert beheaded, humorous word here)” all the time.

I’m going to have to give him a call; I missed his birthday the other day.

Anyway… “Take the C out of clover and it’s back to the original word.”

(NukeDad) I’m expecting a few more from you then, Tom, once you get in touch with your old friend. You could also take the “L” out of Clover, cuz it’s just ground Cover.

toms last blog post..He’s The Wind

Mar 23, 2009 @ 10:22 am

Otter Thomas

Isn’t it great how 80′s music is the gift that keeps on giving. I have no intelligent word play to add.

(NukeDad) C’mon, Otter! You’re giving up to easily! Just think about it and let us know what you come up with.

Otter Thomass last blog post..Watching Star Wars with Dad or Not

Mar 23, 2009 @ 10:29 am

FilmFather

I have no witty wordplay to add here, but instead I’m amazed that you heard “Take The L” in your car. Was that your doing or a radio station? If it’s the latter, I’m shocked. To hear “Take the L,” I have to dig up my low-budge CD of Motels and Missing Persons hits I found in a local drugstore.

(NukeDad) I couldn’t believe it either. The next song was The Safety Dance by Men Without Hats. I almost came home and put on my topsiders.

FilmFathers last blog post..Rambo (2008)

Mar 23, 2009 @ 11:48 am

Melisa

Okay, I’ve got one.

Take the D out of drive

and you’ve a rive (d).

Ba dum bump!

(NukeDad) Not bad! Not bad at all. That’s way more imagination than I could muster; which is evidenced by my list.

Melisas last blog post..If You See Michelle, Just Tell Her You Heard We Had a Terrible Time.

Mar 23, 2009 @ 12:25 pm

Stacey

take the e out of shiite and you have……well, almost.

(NukeDad) That works! Just pronounce it with a little southern drawl: “Well, Shiit!”

Mar 23, 2009 @ 7:46 pm

gilligan

Take the d out of devil he’s still evil…
Take the r out of revolution and you get evolution…

hey, this is neat… but it’s time to eat

Dammit I can’t stop… top (arrgh!)

(NukeDad) Damn, Gilligan! Was this your major in college? You’re good. Scary good. Can I call you ‘Little Buddy’?

gilligans last blog post..The Triumphant Return of the 1970s on the Radio

Mar 23, 2009 @ 9:30 pm

Royce Cutlass

..looks at Nukedad, squints eyes and asks, “Now, what have you been smoking?”

(NukeDad) The Dictionary. That old paper is a hoot.

Royce Cutlasss last blog post..Log 092003.2: Dead Planet

Mar 24, 2009 @ 2:36 am

Ahmygoodness, the header. I was like reading and then this massive header popped up and scared the ever loving poop out of me.

Now what’s this Fredo thing?

(NukeDad) You’ve seen the movie: “You broke my heart Royce; you broke my heart.” Wanna go fishing?

Mar 24, 2009 @ 2:47 am

I didn’t break your heart.

(NukeDad) True, but I’d still take you fishing like they did with Fredo.

Mar 24, 2009 @ 9:13 am

Leta

Take the e out of dude and you end up with most blinddates (or men in general if you want to be really malicious).

(NukeDad) Good one, but, OUCH! Sounds like the Mister failed to make you breakfast this morning and possibly left some dirty socks on the kitchen counter. Not that I would know anything about that…

Mar 25, 2009 @ 7:33 am

Take the “r” out of “loser” and you still lose.

Take the “b” out of “bread” and you can read about how many calories each slice contains.

Take the “p” out of “plan” and you’re left with a local area network, which is how they did it at my office, I think.

Take the “n” out of “banana” and you’ll feel sheepish saying it.

(NukeDad) Great ones, Tom! I knew you’d come through! That one about the sheep? It was baaaad! (In a good way)

Mar 25, 2009 @ 8:33 am

Mike

Take the B out of Brandy and you get what happens if you enjoy too much of it…

(NukeDad) Oooh, Mike! In the top 5 for sure. Does your wife know about you and Randy raiding the liquor cabinet?

Mikes last blog post..Random Thoughts…

Mar 25, 2009 @ 9:05 pm

choosydad

Well if you take the “T” out of “comment”, you get a good idea (albeit misspelled) of how creative my comment is at this time. Sorry!

80s is fun, though. I just wish they’d quit playing it on the “classic rock” stations.

(NukeDad) Classic rock rules! I can’t listen to much of the stuff nowadays.

choosydads last blog post..childhood unsolved mysteries

Mar 27, 2009 @ 11:42 am

Don’t get me wrong – I dig classic rock, too. But I grew up listening to 60s and 70s on classic rock stations – stuff that I was too young to really hear “new”. Now they’re taking songs from my childhood (late 70s and 80s) and calling them “classic” rock. I guess I know how my parents feel about songs from their childhood being played on the “oldies” stations…

(NukeDad) I agree; the stuff I grew up with is all called “classic” now. Guess that makes me an oldie but goodie too.

Mar 28, 2009 @ 10:56 am