The Corner

Re: Impossible Rhymes

“Purple”? Oh Lord.

Doctor said to policeman: “A burp’ll,

If stifled, make you turn purple.”

Replied cop: “Then you’ll be

The same color I see

As, when held in a chokehold, a perp’ll.”

How many of these darn things are there?

John Derbyshire — Mr. Derbyshire is a former contributing editor of National Review.
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