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Joe ate some goop in jail and got "dysentery", also didn't help with the "dingle balls". The "dastardly" "dipstick" in the cell with him was giving him a headache and he wished he had a "doorknob" to throw at him. Zinger
Zipper
Zythepsary
Zebu
Zeal
With just a tad of "zeal", Joe sipped his red "zinger" tea and wished it had been made in a "zythepsary" such that he could anesthetize himself and dream about a "zipper" in a "zebu" to hide himself away from the dipstick cellmate.....Sword
Swaddling
Suitor
Sectional
Swinger
Joe's ugly "swinger" "suitor" found a "sword" and ripping bloody cloth from an old "sectional" couch, covered Joe up in the cloth, "swaddling" him from the cold, harsh drafts of his prison cell.jagged
jaw
metal
evil
darkness
"Evil" lurked in the "darkness" of the prison cell corner, where "metal" restraints" and a "jagged" "metal" "jaw" gaped in waiting for Joe's suitor's next victim.Gentle
Girdle
Grapes
Gorilla
Goiter
Lotus thought that if she could find a "gorilla" with a "goiter",they are meaner that way, she could break Joe out of jail. She found a "gentle" gorilla in a broken down zoo and found that if she gave him "grapes" he would follow her. She had to get the gorilla to put on a "girdle",because he wouldn't fit through the escape tunnel. Life
Strife
Wife
Knife
Rife
"Who needs a 'wife', given this 'life', 'rife' with 'strife'," thought Joe, "just give me a big ol' 'knife'!".Punctilious
Pugilist
Pugnacious
Puerile
Potent
In a past life Joe had been a "pugilist" and since he was very "puerile" and "pugnacious" he loved starting fights with other people. The gorilla's stale breath was very "potent" and it made Joe turn slightly crazy.lovely
roses
oven
spice
ale
Joe wished Mr Gorilla had sweeter breath, like a "lovely" scent of "roses", or some "spice" cookies baking in the "oven", or even a good dark "ale" would be welcome!Kangaroo
kleptomaniac
key
kill
kite
The gorilla's best friend at the zoo was a "Kangaroo" that also happed to be a "kleptomaniac". He stole a "kite" with a "key" attached. Someone was obviously waiting for a lightening storm, perhaps to "kill" someone. Penny
Poster
Plug
Purple
Phial
Joe loved the song "Purple" Haze and had a "poster" bed that he and his girl friend "Penny" used to hang out on while listening to the song, sipping from a "phial" filled with liquor and tossing the "plug" up in the air simultaneously.sordid
scintillating
sword
skivvies
seriously
The "sordid" affair included hanging their "skivvies" on a "sword" that was hanging above the bed. It was "seriously" "scintillating". Update
User
Umbilical
Uberous
Unpaved
A brief "update" on the "unpaved" road to Joe's hide-out: any "user" who chanced to walk Joe's road was apt to wallow in an "uberous" amount of old toenail clippings.Wallow
Walrus
Wink
Whip
Wasteland
Due to the non-stop rain storm, the "wasteland" was turned into a muddy swamp so Joe decided to "wallow" in the ugly "walrus'" pond. Instead of killing Joe the walrus chose to "wink" at him. In the meantime the circus recruiter was lurking in the woods with his "whip".undescribable
panic
traps
mystery
darts
The "panic" was "undescribable". The walrus stood in the shadows trying to stay away from the "mystery" "traps" that showed up overnight. Joe threw a rock at one of the traps and at impact the trap threw poison "darts". Umbilical
Binder
Maitre’D
Blanked
Grudge
Little did Joe know (darned drugs), but he was actually starring in a dinner theatre act, and the "maitre'd" was the circus recruiter, and the whip was an "umbilical" cord, and the walrus had a "grudge" against the mean circus recruiter-slash-maitre'd, and was using a "blanked" "binder" to take notes for the ASPCA.Poignant
Pepper
Peaceful
Perturbed
Pink-eye
The play during the dinner theatre was "poignant" and "peaceful". But Joe became "perturbed" when someone threw "pepper" into his face causing "pink-eye".PEN
PAPER
WAX
WARNING
FEAR
Joe took "pen" to "paper" and wrote a nasty letter to the owner of the theater. He hoped the "warning" didn't cause the owner to "fear" for his well-being. He put it in the envelope and sealed it with "wax".Join
Association
Quality
Moth
Dangerous
Joe then thought maybe he should "join" the "Association" of the "Dangerous" "Moth", a "quality" organization patterned after the ninjas.Sordid
Scintillating
Seasonal
Skeptic
Serial
The association,which was a "seasonal" group, did reenactmets of crimes done by "serial" killers. One person is the "scintillating" killer and another played the "skeptic" What a "sordid" affair it was. Abutment
Assorted
Amiable
Asset
Amusment
Since the "amusment" of the play was over, the owner of the theater was "amiable" and decided to refund Joe his money. The last act of the play were ninjas jumping off an "abutment". With his "asset" in hand, he set off to buy different "assorted" candy.stupid
stuff
coffin
nunchucks
bones
Twirling some borrowed "nunchucks" from the ninja props while he shopped, Joe instead bought "stupid" "stuff", like candy meant to look like "bones" in a candy "coffin".Alphabet
Bananas
Carousel
Dank
Elegant
The store was "dank" but strangly "elegant". As he went through the aisles is remembered he needed "alphabet" soup and a bunch of green "bananas". After filling his basket he put it all on the "carousel" at the check out counter. Boy
Coo
Day
Elf
Has
In line behind him at the store was a little "elf" "boy" who looked ready to "coo" or maybe that was hurl; Joe "has" to hurry and get out of the way or his "day" would get much worse.Florid
Fandango
Final
Foreplay
Fungus
Joe hurried home to watch the "final" "Fandango" on DWTS. The dancer's toe "fungus" slowed her down but she was able to finish. The judges turned "florid" because the dance was a lot like "foreplay". Ay, caramba! Dear
Deer
Dunk
Duck
Drew
Joe wrote a "Dear" John letter to the manager of the show thanking him for the refund. Since a zoo was nearby, he decided to check out the "deer" and saw a Canadian "duck". Dr. "Drew" came along to try to solve Joe's many problems. Joe comtemplated his fate as he watched the duck "dunk" under the water.Rocks
Crazy
Fly
Vincent
Price
Vincent Price had watched the whole crazy duck dunking fiasco , he fknew that the duck had hit its head on the rocks beneath the water and could no longer fly.warlock
earlobe
whisper
horse
heresay
The "warlock" had his right "earlobe" pierced before he went to the convention hall for the Mystic convention. The "hearsay" at the piercing shop was that a man named Joe was a "horse" "whisper".Blast
Gloat
Hurry
Index
Ounce
< welcome back, anne! >Joe was going to use his "index" finger to try to measure an "ounce" of wisdom at the convention, thinking what a "blast" it would be to "gloat" over the warlock but in his "hurry", he tripped, fell and broke both index fingers. Darned drugs!
syncopated
symbolism
sturgeon
sordid
sassy
Joe grew up on the "sordid" streets of New York City and knew what the "symbolism" of the "sturgeon" dance meant. It took all the strength he had to resist the "syncopated" music that he heard while watching the "sassy" dancing at the convention. Writhe
Sesame
Flambe
Sprite
Wapiti
While he watched them "writhe" on the floor, he remembered the "flambe", no wait, that was the flamenco....And then there was the "wapiti"....no, that's not right either, it was the watusi...Danged "sesame" seed of a brain that Joe had when on drugs, he thought maybe if he drank a can of "sprite" it would flush the drugs out of his system before he committed mayhem-under-the-influence.Eclipe
Elliptical
Elvis
Elastic
Elongated
"Elvis" got on the "elliptical" machine with his "elastic" bands around his ankles. He was hoping to have his stride "elongated", but it didn't work out quite like he hoped. What he ended up with was a fall to the floor and a huge bump on the head he named "Eclipe".Etymology
Trailers
Playlist
Stars
Norse
Elvis saw "stars", as his IPod "playlist" played "norse" war songs and he looked at the gym tv and saw a movie "trailer" for a new flick called "Etymology of a Dead House Elf".Port-a-potty
Pink
Pulchritude
Passive
Perturbed
In the movie trailer Edna Linden the new york movie star was looking straight at Nigel or so he thought, he was hypnotised by her pulchritude but he became a bit perturbed when she picked up the pink diamond studed port a potty. Nigel looked around was anyone watching his reaction, well if they were they would see nothing on his face he was an expert at playing a passive role.thermal
wheat
grave
gory
angle
Back to our old friend, Joe, who was now sporting "thermal" underwear, lounging at a funky "angle" at the bottom of a "gory" "grave" site, in a field of "wheat", where he had happened upon what appeared to be a grisly homicide.Finesse
Godzilla
Habitat
Icicle
Jalopy
The "Godzilla" killed someone throwing his head into the nearby swamp since that person had been in his "habitat". As the Godzilla watched the head floating in the water, he ate a grain of wheat which was very tasty due to an "icicle" coating it. Joe having seen the crime and no "finesse" to call the police, drove off in his "jalopy".Can't
think
hidden
investigator
why
The "investigator" showed up at the scene but couldn't find the witness. Joe decided that it was best if he stayed "hidden" a block away. "Why" get involved when he "can't" "think" of a way to tell them about Godzilla. Who is going to believe him? Lily
Killing
Doubt
Morning
Cloudy
"nobody that,s who", thought Joe. From the corner of his eye he saw "Lily" his love of fifteen years .The "morning" was "cloudy" and there was no doubt in Joe,s mind that Lily was meeting somebody in secret dressed the way she was, and if she was and if he caught them there would be another "killing"shed
bird
flower
tree
axe
Angered by Lily's apparent secret meeting, Joe grabbed an "axe" from a nearby "shed" and began swinging it carelessly, beheading a "flower" and almost hitting a "bird" in-flight on the upswing, before embedding the axe into a "tree" trunk.Kangaroo
Lampoon
Morbid
Nascent
Opaque
Joe's "morbid" obsession with Lily was becoming ridiculous. His "nascent" anger was beginning to make him more crazier than he was. He realized that his life felt like one big "lampoon". As tears clouded his vision, everything looked "opaque" and he mistook the Godzilla for a "kangaroo". light
trees
hat
dog
leave
Either tears or those darned drugs were causing Joe to hallucinate mightily - with the "light" coming through the "trees" just so, Joe thought he saw a "dog" in a top "hat" "leave" the building up ahead.Protagonist
Quiver
Resource
Sordid
Tumultuous
The situation was becoming "tumultuous" so Joe decided to take advantage of the public transportation "resource" and took the bus home. During the ride he thought of a book he recently read where the "protagonist" carried around a "quiver" and loved to say the word "sordid". Andiron
Place
Giddy
Veneer
Glance
At first "glance", the shabby "veneer" and the crusted fireplace "andiron" looked out of "place" in the mansion whose windows Joe happened to peek into, until a "giddy" revelation struck Joe that this interior designer was the current fad genius in shabby chic.Ultimate
Venerable
Warble
Xylophone
Yelp.com
Joe looked on "Yelp.com" for a club that had a "xylophone" and "warble" night. Surprisingly he couldn't find one. You would think that one of the "ultimate" and "venerable" clubs in the area would take a risk and offer something out of the ordinary. fellow
wallow
swallow
billow
sallow
Our "sallow" "fellow" Joe was going to "wallow" in a "billow" of misery, but he decided to "swallow" his woes and get back up on his feet and look for a good mystery to solve.Melt
Felt
Pelt
Belt
Welt
Poor Joe had a huge "welt" along his "belt" line. He put ice on the welt, fell asleep and woke up in a puddle of "melted" ice. He "felt" that what he needed was a "pelt" to warm up.King
Sling
Ling
Bling
Ping
Joe remembered dreaming about "Ling", the Chinese woman with a lot of "bling" and an arm "sling". He woke thinking that he would "ping" Ms Ling but instead wound up texting with her bodyguard "King" - but of course he didn't really know that.Murder
Mayhem
Matricide
Mattress
Misanthropy
King was an expert at "murder" and "mayhem". He must have a diagnosis of "misanthropy". To say he enjoys his work is an understatement. He will commit "matricide" and not have any trouble falling asleep on his "mattress" that night. boudoir
finesse
rehearse
elite
protege
Ahh, but in the "boudoir", King was of an "elite" caliber, having been the "protege" to Sexy Sammy, and being given the opportunity to "rehearse" countless numbers of time until the "finesse" just oozed from his pores.....Slut
Smut
Scut
Shut
Nuts
People were reminded not to call Joe's woman a "slut" who read a lot of "smut". Even though he was "nuts" about her, he wanted people to just "shut" up. He was hired at a nearby glue factory and did mostly "scut" type of work.rags
disinfectant
shock
fire
lock
Dysentery
Dipstick
Doorknob
Dingle balls
Dastardly