PLURALIZE IT!
COMMON BONDS
I'M IN SUCH A STATE!
LITERARY CHARACTERS' E-MAILS
MIT DEN BEATLES
200
'When a sheep hangs out with the family, they're just a bunch of...'
sheep
200
'A guitar,
a marionette,
a too-good offer'
have strings attached
200
'I'm darn proud knowin' no other part of North America is closer to Asia than this state, you betcha!'
Alaska
200
'To: Junglechick.
From: Mr_Simian.
Subject: Pronouns.
FYI, I do use "I" when referring to myself in a 1914 novel'
Tarzan
200
'The Beatles honed their chops playing clubs in the Reeperbahn, a red-light district in this German port city'
Hamburg
400
'One crisis, but 6 these, like in a Nixon book title'
crises
400
'A rhino,
a steering wheel,
a Marsalis brother'
(things with) horns
400
'I'm pleased to find this state has the Miss. Alluvial Plain & that the Miss. River empties into the Gulf of Mexico there'
Louisiana
400
'To: Maneating_Harpooner,
From: lSailor. Captain A's off his nut. Call me scared'
Ishmael
400
'One of 2 official Beatles German-language releases, "Komm, gib mir deine Hand" was the lads' take on this 1964 smash'
"I Want To Hold Your Hand"
600
'An ox has a hard life, so when you see a group of them, please call them this, not "oxes"'
oxen
600
'A boxer,
a surgeon,
Rita Hayworth in "Gilda"'
gloves
600
'The fact that some vehicles have gone more than 600 mph on its Bonneville Salt Flats amazes me'
Utah
600
'To: RButlerdidit. From: Melanies-man. Subject: Your marriage.
Your Southern wife loves me. Is that a problem?'
Ashley Wilkes
600
'Astrid Kirchherr & Klaus Voormann are characters in this movie dramatization of the Beatles' time in Germany'
Backbeat
800
'When an alumnus parties with the rest of the Class of '83, they're a bunch of drunk these'
alumni
800
'A zoo,
Bengal,
Detroit's Comerica Park'
tigers
800
'If I don't have a bourbon in hand when I visit this state's Cumberland Falls State Park, I'm vexed'
Kentucky
800
'To: LouisLouis.
From: Fangsalot.
Subject: Dinner.
I made you a vampire, let's have Italian tonight--his name is Gino'
Lestat
800
'To please their rabid German fans, the boys re-recorded this hit as "Sie liebt dich" in 1964'
"She Loves You"
1000
'Look, it's a winged celestial being called a cherub! That makes it one of these, an unusual plural'
cherubim
1000
'A car,
the mafia,
Sherwood Forest'
hoods
1000
'I'm of one mind to say it's the only state with a unicameral state legislature'
Nebraska
1000
'To: (general island mailing).
From: Asthmaboy. Subject: My name.
I'm not happy with the "porcine" name you boys gave me'
Piggy
1000
'While making "Let It Be", the Beatles recorded "Geh Raus", a German-language spoof of this No. 1 hit'
"Get Back"