Sunday, July 17, 2005

John Crouse & Jim Leftwich ACTS 1000 - 1033

ACT ONE THOUSAND


direct century impound: “canard foxy spigots”

catechize twine variegate: “roan exhaust quick”

signal grill interpose: “laughs large lariats”

unchaste quizzing cracks: “pelt trinity plicate”

interwind heckles gaps: “terse abacus slink”

renditions mediate jumps: “read windy paste”

inkling millenium plait: “signs cattle rector”

hiatus braid barge: “centaur winsome gull”

enteric allusion slaughters: “quizzical freckled media”

implication innards sticks: “lentil raiders illusory”

intrinsic axes exhaustive: “sound gastric prose”

spelling ingots thrown: “quacks gaping humps.”


ACT ONE THOUSAND ONE


graft chance goodness: “whitman lettuce sputnik”

cursory bounds restorative: “southeast syrup shaken”

intrude calculaton muster: “rifle memorial selenate”

amplitude slightest passableness: “opera daredevil strophe”

spinelessness quantity gauging: “ticket logo elect.”

suitable percolate batter: “college elicit teething.”

brio spicacious skimping: “deadlock shaky phosphide”

touches penny fabulous: “triassic antacid night”

circumstances bang singer: “derange version pent”

aroma nation promulgate: “pacemaker tingle zeus”

psychopathic cutback pool: “cadaver doctorate marriage”

bloat hype snoop: “canticle imprudent bout.”


ACT ONE THOUSAND TWO


yank myopic scoot: “ersatz slit urging”

waterfront blooming wax: “composure imminent captain”

flickering succinct gruffuly: “invite hellenic mansion”

stupefying shun truant: “toolkit tapestry corrosion”

postpone skeleton smother: “phenolic autism aster”

hypothesize sponsor victuals: “sundial chastise mediocre”

honcho limber lordly: “pottery euphemistic barely”

postulation usurp psychic: “reverie feign emulsion”

champion smash tincture: “prolong tensor iambic”

iota citadel onerous: “spume repentant matrix”

frank saint unabridged: “heraclitus suntanning grail”

countless hulking federation: “evaporate masterful badlands.”


ACT ONE THOUSAND THREE


abrogation wizardly satire: “epigram veracious soldiers”

unsaying hag irony: “apace vagary crucify”

wisecrack magician repartee: “pastry spiritual onrush”

winced shrew sarcasm: “edible finesse biotic”

dreaming necromancer humor: “penis mollusk sclerotic”

fondly occult drollery: “capybara exclusion wholesome”

bidding ogress facetiousness: “stylus autumnal layman”

pallid virago funniness: “housefly vivacious confidant”

fetching crone raillery: “vertebral pumice wharves”

philosophic thaumaturge jocularity: “rapture bedbug trifle”

ineffectual harridan percipience: “charisma aquinas erosive”

wishywashy gorgon insight: “bumblebee wanes beneficent.”


ACT ONE THOUSAND FOUR


shanghaiing surreptitiousness windshields: “pants soup site”

surveillance miniskirt dumbfound: “clump baste dread”

crackbrained mighty bookish: “revenant spiral harp”

bull ripple lawlessness: “strategories and textics”

paraphernalia asinine dwarfish: “clang swerve drain”

headstrong sluggishness swagger: “reap skit nightly”

lifeblood gainsay flog: “shells flounder cooked”

clomp wadding trainee: “full nipple restlessness”

bunkum pondering light: “paragraph quinine war”

dreary charter vitalizing: “don’t bother speaking”

battery inspiration supine: “truth to power”

clomp reverie panhandler: “power doesn’t listen.”


ACT ONE THOUSAND FIVE


roughneck blushing index: “he who reads”

breadline craftsmanship handcuffs: “the shovel also”

pocketbook abnormality essay: “reads the snow.”

leaflet hindrance collusion: “gyre braised decimal”

trammel delirious hemispherical: “cuff read socket”

retard clutch corona: “camber ambit conch”

concurrently drubbing manacle: “clef trestle tarpon”

hamstring nimbus bequeath: “bush draft normalcy”

encumbrance standstill cudgel: “spindle delta lunch.”

decimation helpmate prodigy: “she who reads”

algebraic victory replica: “the rattle also”

gyratory tommyrot tearjerker: “reads the snake.”


ACT ONE THOUSAND SIX


kiss and tell: “hat and beard”

cowboys and indiands: “quantity and beach”

title and registration: “graybeard and joint”

rape and pillage: “acidulous and nursery”

aiding and abetting: “sound and alleviate”

avarice and greed: “ferocious and highball”

fame and fortune: “accumulate and wavy”

mean and nasty: “sandy and skyhook”

wattle and dab: “weigh and straw”

power and light: “animate and guggenheim”

fire and brimstone: “dance and quaint”

seeds and stems: “entirety and remixed.”


ACT ONE THOUSAND SEVEN


true and false: “pontiff and element”

facts and figures: “pantomime and ocular”

shampoo and condition: “tremor and circulate”

hours and minutes: “energy and barefaced”

mortar and pestle: “annuity and brusque”

sense and sensibility: “funk and wagnell”

friend and confidant: “aqua and balsam”

rhyme and reason: “bicker and cagey”

tool and die: “querulous and kinetic”

stars and stripes: “invent and mirror”

bait and switch: “sermon and influenza”

liberty and justice: “mulch and hearten.”


ACT ONE THOUSAND EIGHT


oodles and oodles: “planar and godhead”

pistil and stamen: “dosage and hocus”

loaves and fishes: “tweed and demagogue”

now and forever: “here and there”

bitch and moan: “bulge and louver”

alpha and omega: “testament and gerund”

live and learn: “enemy and anode”

power and glory: “cantle and jovial”

cease and desist: “grammarian and atrocious”

jekyll and hyde: “circulate and bargain”

out and about: “august and sophia”

annotated and expurgated: “wire and struggle.”


ACT ONE THOUSAND NINE


cain and abel: “address and metallurgy”

lord and master: “gangway and tacit”

lube and oil: “polish and vote”

bells and whistles: “teal and espousal”

up and downs: “now and then”

nip and tuck: “lime and battle”

bugs and daffy: “pacify and cancelled”

scylla and caribbes: “gothic and veneer”

past and present: “neuter and snobbery”

subject and verb: “panda and sybarite”

dead and buried: “bronchi and consular”

action and reaction: “morel and literal.”


ACT ONE THOUSAND TEN


point and shoot: “seethe and neater”

supply and demand: “mount and vitamin”

snakes and ladders: “buttercup and mana”

tax and license: “ins and outs”

hawks and doves: “newark and hostess”

doom and gloom: “dismissal and inherit”

salt and pepper: “diurnal and gratis”

cash and carry: “hollow and alumnae”

watch and learn: “cabin and militate”

yes and no: “litigious and tamale”

oil and water: “rapier and polemic”

rough and tumble: “skullcap and pike.”


ACT ONE THOUSAND ELEVEN


always and forever: “role and ambulant”

boardwalk and parkplace: “gander and tidbit”

bra and panties: “venetian and tyrannic”

sacco and vanzetti: “pianist and citizen”

rules and regulations: “spoil and demote”

bait and tackle: “spar and lurch”

dollars and cents: “fire and ice”

strunk and white: “advocate and sour”

song and dance: “salty and stimulant”

bright and early: “tearful and cards”

feet and inches: “bane and stay”

tea and sympathy: “stoic and cobra.”


ACT ONE THOUSAND TWELVE


skull and crossbones: “decor and placid”

anthony and cleopatra: “bend and plenty”

cock and bull: “avarice and pneumonia”

hugs and kisses: “nixon and thimbles”

blood and oil: “machismo and stagnant”

bow and arrow: “tenement and lesion”

tits and ass: “isolde and minuteman”

terms and conditions: “cite and feud”

sugar and spice: “fire and rain”

hopes and dreams: “facetious and imbroglio”

deadlines and commitments: “flog and barb”

cream and sugar: “prospect and watchman.”


ACT ONE THOUSAND THIRTEEN


hide and seek: “vineyard and dialect”

fourscore and seven: “peasant and citation”

hill and dale: “bismarck and excretion”

hue and cry: “fair and square”

young and willing: “fact and malformed”

north and south: “hybrid and voluble”

bread and butter: “extract and overt”

first and ten: “colloquy and symphonic”

give and take: “trouser and verb”

do and undo: “telegram and tickle”

hit and run: “acorn and clear”

highs and lows: “taut and blotch.”


ACT ONE THOUSAND FOURTEEN


curds and whey: “tedious and gallant”

red and green: “satiric and hailstone”

vim and vigor: “korean and plaintive”

clear and present: “ham and eggs”

old and new: “cognitive and lavatory”

trollius and cressida: “wept and universe”

with and without: “blank and penitent”

hem and haw: “retire and liquid”

far and wide: “politic and reveal”

mom and dad: “slither and sunburn”

red and blue: “vicious and tuxedo”

east and west: “blot and mutter.”


ACT ONE THOUSAND FIFTEEN


stan and ollie: “detect and worm”

black and white: “trawl and potable”

romeo and juliet: “eyebright and blueprint”

slash and burn: “serve and purvey”

spit and polish: “boron and oxalic”

george and martha: “grin and bear”

rant and rave: “buses and slope”

park and fly: “confluent and pundit”

ham and cheese: “necrosis and bawdy”

shits and giggles: “draft and cicero”

tarzan and jane: “ornery and depend”

ron and nancy: “praise and scavenge.”


ACT ONE THOUSAND SIXTEEN


feathered and tarred: “hobble and cabinet”

bound and gagged: “caliber and scabbard”

parry and thrust: “rite and shoelace”

advise and consent: “levitate and compel”

assault and battery: “coat and tie”

bend and break: “tessellate and natural”

scratch and sniff: “abort and religious”

fred and wilma: “memphis and motorola”

black and blue: “shout and jawbreaker”

ribbons and bows: “teutonic and laden”

smoke and mirrors: “mortician and datum”

point and click: “artillery and torture.”


ACT ONE THOUSAND SEVENTEEN


good and evil: “axolotl and paramedic”

pins and needles: “flair and astonish”

yin and yang: “cost and chutney”

cold and lonely: “lope and legion”

high and dry: “open and shut”

blood and guts: “marionette and trudge”

high and mighty: “prototype and genre”

down and out: “jitterbug and earthy”

old and frail: “mayflower and telegraph”

reading and writing: “afford and famine”

war and peace: “reason and franchise”

straight and narrow: “revision and personal.”


ACT ONE THOUSAND EIGHTEEN


front and center: “scenario and stuck”

short and sweet: “trail and carbon”

lock and load: “anchorite and tortuous”

measure and cut: “dionysian and roadblock”

fast and furious: “taper and withstand”

wake and bake: “rise and shine”

adam and eve: “germinate and clinician”

liquid and solid: “apropos and confound”

apples and oranges: “chord and systemic”

balls and strikes: “deputy and divulge”

tooth and nail: “tilt and wrest”

question and answer: “hips and makers”

rattle and hum: “dawn and template.”


ACT ONE THOUSAND NINETEEN


animal and vegetable: “smudge and stamen”

night and day: “middle and phone”

turn and bounce: “geminate and crescendo”

martin and lewis: “menace and veracity”

bob and weave: “gridiron and consume”

beans and rice: “geranium and idolatry”

mix and match: “quartz and hang”

rock and roll: “sack and cretan”

touch and go: “goose and gnome”

lost and found: “hector and creep”

search and destroy: “lo and behold”

thick and thin: “terse and harmonic.”


ACT ONE THOUSAND TWENTY


revise and edit: “sulfur and scroll”

seen and unseen: “miniature and pestle”

sid and nancy: “trot and china”

cut and paste: “yellow and thesis”

tried and convicted: “incline and slam”

drawn and quartered: “brand and nubile”

rank and file: “spoke and demystify”

bedknobs and broomsticks: “july and crescent”

pain and suffering: “sectarian and cyclic”

reap and sow: “bonaparte and payroll”

bump and grind: “lust and thrown”

dungeons and dragons: “braid and path.”


ACT ONE THOUSAND TWENTY ONE


see and say: “abroad and rubbery”

wear and tear: “impotent and eligible”

crime and punishment: “sunrise and tenable”

town and country: “salary and dwindle”

cloak and dagger: “solicit and crocus”

hustle and bustle: “brainy and spoilage”

weights and measures: “explicit and shields”

field and stream: “chateaux and drift”

saints and sinners: “spline and replica”

sick and tired: “lawbreaker and roast”

part and parcel: “entertain and wheeze”

day and age: “animism and tribunal.”


ACT ONE THOUSAND TWENTY TWO


lock and key: “resurgent and sardonic”

winner and loser: “prayer and chad”

haves and havenots: “nurture and disciple”

judge and jury: “eureka and bleat”

skin and bone: “brethren and cosmic”

hoot and holler: “chafe and horsefly”

sound and fury: “ambassador and warp”

cheech and chong: “felicity and ruffle”

pots and pans: “aspect and detach”

crimson and clover: “shirt and cursor”

surf and sand: “tinsel and wishful”

fife and drum: “bonfire and bandwidth.”


ACT ONE THOUSAND TWENTY THREE


moon and stars: “wingtip and yarn”

bore and stroke: “gossamer and trickery”

hammer and scikle: “cabal and seldom”

wine and dine: “fragment and cinnamon”

likes and dislikes: “daffodil and pueblo”

guys and dolls: “rend and bramble”

cruel and unusual: “dispel and december”

rest and relaxation: “amid and oracle”

rhythm and blues: “peat and shine”

hansel and gretel: “bleary and titanic”

nickle and dime: “slung and pliant”

chapter and verse: “gauntlet and faulkner.”


ACT ONE THOUSAND TWENTY FOUR


thunder and lightning: “gimbel and flowchart”

archie and edith: “belch and carriage”

whips and chains: “genesis and turgid”

horse and buggy: “leftward and blurb”

romulus and remus: “dilate and houston”

over and over: “bliss and tour”

thick and thin: “cyclist and lattice”

pomp and curcumstance: “alcoa and diplomat”

sine and cosine: “pith and demur”

parent and guardian: “septic and salami”

soup and salad: “declaim and preemptive”

health and welfare: “cavernous and writ.”


ACT ONE THOUSAND TWENTY FIVE


preach to choir: “zaum to power”

man to man: “cactus to dunkirk”

shoes to fill: “bartok to belfast”

dawn to dusk: “preach to shoes”

east to west: “preamble to incite”

drink to distraction: “choir to fill”

ticket to ride: “interstate to hell”

incite to murder: “dusk to distraction”

bring to orgasm: “dawn to ride”

eye to eye: “tooth to tooth”

preamble to constitution: “ticket to drink”

up to speed: “here to go.”


ACT ONE THOUSAND TWENTY SIX


cradle to grave: “spell to pray”

papers to grade: “lean to thigh”

ashes to ashes: “horn to pun”

cease to exist: “where to enter”

alot to learn: “dance to scream”

perchance to dream: “like to watch”

here to eternity: “plot to earn”

born to run: “freeway to ruin”

nowhere to hide: “lease to exile”

learn to fly: “dashes to crashes”

hell to pay: “paupers to raid”

prepare to die: “fiddle to rave.”


ACT ONE THOUSAND TWENTY SEVEN


hard to explain: “shadow to folder”

nothing to lose: “clot to nose”

dust to dust: “lashes to flashes”

happy to oblige: “pure to peas”

toe to toe: “spin to caper”

front to back: “trade to bask”

cheek to cheek: “jowl to fowl”

afraid to ask: “font to lack”

pen to paper: “tone to toad”

sure to please: “snap to oblique”

alot to lose: “crust to rust”

shoulder to shoulder: “moose to bard.”


ACT ONE THOUSAND TWENTY EIGHT


failure to comply: “invite to riot”

out to lunch: “nose to grindstone”

click to enlarge: “open to close”

season to taste: “reason to believe”

miles to go: “memphis to motown”

reason to live: “return to sender”

idea to essay: “beginning to end”

push to play: “play to lose”

hope to hell: “no to drugs”

people to see: “places to goat”

built to last: “open to suggestions”

pull to stop: “shop to drop.”


ACT ONE THOUSAND TWENTY NINE


born to shop: “right to work”

ten to one: “time to kill”

money to burn: “close to edge”

second to none: “nothing to do”

starting to fade: “ten to nothing”

soul to keep: “born to slop”

zero to sixty: “born to shape”

close to home: “born to ship”

bridge to cross: “born to stop”

moment to spare: “burn to shop”

book to read: “things to do”

starting to blow: “die to shop.”


ACT ONE THOUSAND THIRTY


lender to lessee: “eye to fortunes”

die to know: “set to history”

remember to breathe: “bear to look”

cross to bear: “power to switch”

live to tell: “truth to power”

book to write: “right to know”

switch to glide: “book to live”

power to people: “cross to remember”

history to repeat: “dreams to remember”

set to music: “know to bear”

fortunes to make: “tell to write”

eye to peephole: “repeat to music.”


ACT ONE THOUSAND THIRTY ONE


about to begin: “fair to willing”

start to laugh: “startled to bone”

have to admit: “acts to come”

last to know: “last to have”

come to blows: “pay to play”

price to pay: “start to begin”

acts to grind: “begin to laugh”

bone to pick: “admit to know”

starting to show: “pays to grind”

willing to try: “acts to know”

fair to middling: “admit to acts”

more to come: “try to last.”


ACT ONE THOUSAND THIRTY TWO


reduced to tears: “z to a”

agree to disagree: “keep to promises”

river to cross: “tell to tales”

more to come: “right to wrongs”

hope to find: “discover to hope”

stand to gain: “death to bored”

bored to death: “gain to stand”

hope to discover: “find to hope”

wrongs to right: “come to more”

tales to tell: “cross to river”

promises to keep: “disagree to agree”

a to z: “tears to reduced.”


ACT ONE THOUSAND THIRTY THREE


beast of burden: “sunday february thirteenth”

creature of habit: “sunday february thirteenth”

roll of quarters: “sunday february thirteenth”

pot of coffee: “sunday february thirteenth”

six of one: “sunday february thirteenth”

piece of cake: “sunday february thirteenth”

ounce of effort: “sunday february thirteenth”

jesus of nazareth: “sunday february thirteenth”

bag of tricks: “sunday february thirteenth”

chest of drawers: “sunday february thirteenth”

certificate of authenticity: “sunday february thirteenth”

hill of beans: “sunday february thirteenth.”