Wellerism contest

[Abedy 0]

Hi folks,
nope, got nothing to do with Screamers
I read "A word a day" and came across this competition - the text also explains the term "wellerism"
Maybe some of you folks who speak it as their first language might contribute skydiving-related wellerisms?

(I sent a few ones but doubt they will meet the standard expected )

Cheers, Abedy


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WELLERISM CONTEST: Can you come up with an original wellerism? Send it in to the contest.

PRIZES: Best entries will receive their choice of any of the following prizes:
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HOW TO ENTER: Send your entries to contest@wordsmith.org by Friday this week.
Be sure to include your location (city/state/country). Selected entries will be featured in this weekend's AWADmail.

To get you primed, here are a few wellerisms from off the top of my head:
"So far, so good," said the escapee as he looked at the prison in the distance.
"Beauty is only skin deep," said the woman as she received a Botox injection.


wellerism (WEL-uh-ri-zuhm) noun

An expression involving a familiar proverb or quotation and its facetious
sequel. It usually comprises three parts: statement, speaker, situation.

Examples:
"We'll have to rehearse that," said the undertaker as the coffin fell out
of the car.
"Prevention is better than cure," said the pig when it ran away from the
butcher.

[After Sam Weller and his father, characters known for such utterances in
Charles Dickens's novel Pickwick Papers. Earliest documented use: 1839.]

Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=wellerism

Sam Weller http://wordsmith.org/words/images/wellerism_large.jpg
Illustrator: Kyd (Joseph Clayton Clarke) (1856-1937)

"A particularly telling example of a wellerism discussed by Dundes is the
following:
'Shall I sit awhile?' says the parasite before becoming a permanent dweller."
Wolfgang Mieder; Alan Dundes; Western Folklore (Long Beach, California);
Jul 2006.

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