"Alliterati" are alliterative jokes. John Watson and I came up with this a number of years ago. Thanks to dad, Geoff Lowrey, Barbara Duke, Eric Schena, and Alex Moffett for helping develop this.
| Did you know… | So… |
| John Lennon’s wife can’t tell when her puppy messes on the floor. | Oh no! Ono’s nose knows no no-nos! |
| Can Can can-can well? | Well well well, Can can can-can! |
| Well, that panda bear went upstate and now he’s staging musicals. | Sing-Sing’s Hsing-Hsing sings sing-song sing-a-longs. |
| That ’80s band is having a hard time making music since their girlfriend can’t water her plants? | Mister Mister missed her mister? |
| Have you met… | Buster Butz’s Buttress Bistro’s busboy Boutros-Boutros? |
| The Vietnamese soldiers are radioing that South African bishop trying to get those ballerina dresses delivered. | "Thieux to Tutu, Thieux to Tutu, two tu-tus to Tutu." |
| Santa offers Hawaiian musician a Hostess treat: | "Ho ho ho, Ho. Ho-Ho?" |
| Anglos can freshen their breath with Kosher candies? | Brits bite Blitz Mints Blintz Bits. |
| Competitor claims Dreamworks film features subliminal Gillette ads. | Shrek shocks Shick? |
| Girls try to make sure that author of religious tracks is financially solvent. | Chicks check Chick’s checks? |
| That defensive end for the Carolina Panthers sells a key ingredient for Chicago-style hot dogs at his athletic supply shop? | Julius Peppers’ Sports sport sport peppers. |
| Tom and the Heartbreakers mercilessly mock the similarities of those two grief-stricken gatherings? | It’s that petty partly pretty Petty pity party parity parody. |
– Mike