Mores, eh?

A couple of years ago, I saw this cartoon. It changed my life.



I never realized that the original song the artist was playing with was so damned stupid. The lyrics of that Dean Martin tune simply didn't align with the theme. (Which admittedly might have been the point, but whatevs.)

Since then, I've been expanding the more literal repertoire. Just to get this crap out of my head (which will simply allow me to concoct more), let me dump them here.

The first follows the comic's simple formula.

When an eel in the reef
Bites your butt with its teeth

That's a Moray…

My next was going to be the singular of "mores," but that turned out to be "mos", because Latin, of course it was.

Moving on beyond a simple substitution to novel constructions with an approximate pronunciation.

Say the "love" word down South
With a Northerly mouth?

That's amor, eh?

Again…

When the Stooge pictured first
Fires a long laser burst

That's a Moe ray…



I've got about three more ideas, but reducing the concept to a couplet proves difficult.