LAT Sun 1/30 Mel Rosen

[magus]

How to Read the Personal Ads

 
Alley “oops”   SPLIT [in bowling, splits are problems]
Digging up some dirt   PLOWING
One may be an item   DUO
Right-hook man in “Peter Pan”   SMEE [can’t call him a right-hand man --- to Capt. Hook, but I think it was his left hand that was eaten]
Theme: personals require close reading to protect oneself from undesirables hiding in their words
ILOSTEVERYJOBIEVERHAD
IDIDNTPAYMYCABLEBILL
IMTOOCHEAPTOEATOUT
IOWNAMETALDETECTOR [STILL LAUGHING FROM THIS ONE]
MYAPARTMENTHASNOHEAT
MYCARHASBEENREPOSSESSED

I enjoyed the varied subject matter from SHAWN Wayans to VERDI, from LETO to KEL, from EDER to TEANECK, from “The History of the World, PARTI” to “La VIDA Breve,” from "Spohr's Opus 31" to "Smooth Operator."

 
Small songbirds   LARKS [chickadees are small songbirds; larks are big songbirds]

 
OTRA

RATING: Three grins = Excellent: Loved it; Two grins = Good: Enjoyed it; One grin = Satisfactory: A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Unsatisfying: No fun

For a discussion on foreign terms, click on “Forum” tab, look under “General Discussion” (page 2) and select ZENOPHOBIA.