Brevity by Dan Thompson for May 21, 2022

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Betty tries to make herself into a bedding musician…

I even saw her singing on a few hospital corners…

Well, I don’t like to make blanket statements, but caftans are not bedding, and anyway, she’s a sweater, not a caftan.

Chenille cannot lie… he knows his voice is spread too thin, trying to cover for both of them…

in competition they’re not going t’win.

(Ow… and somebody called me the queen of puns? Not with sheet like that!)

I do think they should just quilt while they’re abed.

You have to be firm with her, Chenille… lay it all out, then just do your best to comforter.

Said Muskrat Susie to Muskrat Sam.

How about “The Chapman and Tenille”?

Apparently she DID get enough of him before he passed.

They were tied with the Carpenters in the ‘who can write the most insipid songs’ department.

did you shop around?

♫ Mohair Suzie, mohair Sam. . . ♫

dan’s not going to be blanketed with requests for this one…

How old you gotta be to get that reference?