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So I was checking out a list of random occurances of spoonerism. If you don’t know what it means, here’s the def:

spoonerism

spoon·er·ism [sp?n? rìzz?m] (plural spoon·er·isms) noun
accidental verbal error: an accidental transposition of initial consonant sounds or parts of words, especially one that has an amusing result, for example, “half-warmed fish” for “half-formed wish”

[Early 20th century. Named for the British educator Reverend William Spooner, (1844–1930), who was known for such transpositions.]

Encarta® World English Dictionary © & (P) 1999,2000 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

I have a few funny ones I wanna post.

kisstomary to cuss the bride = customary to kiss the bride
a nasal mucous = amaze all, nuke us
birds nest = nerd’s best
blessed are the meek = messed are the bleak
mum and dad = dumb and mad
our dear old Queen = our queer old dean
pack of lies = lack of pies
popcorn = cop porn
you’re a shining wit = you’re a whining shit
junk mail = monk jail
pineapple chunks = China pull hunks
out of the shower = shout of the hour
West Bank = best wank
not one word! = what one nerd

first kissed = cursed fist
foul beast = bowel feast
kill two birds with one stone = bill two kurds with one stone
sound effects = found her sex

Somehow for most of these, both sides relate…