The Archie Type: Return of the Rhymes

From Archie’s Double Digest #162, August 2005—more quaint and intriguing rhyming or punning titles (usually reserved for the one-page joke features).

 

Pain Strain

Wish Dish

Beach Beseech

Jog Clog

Steer Jeer (Veronica: “Look, Daddy, Archie brought our boat right into the marina! How’s that for navigating?” Mr. Lodge: “Great! Only this isn’t our marina!”

Divine Canine

Flip Quiips

Laugh Gaff (I think they mean “gaffe,” as in faux pas, since a gaff is hook used by fishermen or butchers or telephone linemen. “Gaff” also means “a metal spur for a gamecock.”

Short Retort

Gag Bag

Kite Delight

Rare Pair

Shout Bout

Slip Quip

Beach Daze

Wealth of Ignorance

Talk Balk

The Groove Tube (about riding an inner tube at the beach)

When Rhinos Fly (about a rhino-shaped parade balloon)

Hoop Scoop (about basketball)

Forest Feast

Weighty Problems

Dance Chance

Take My Son!…Please!

Tennis Nut

…and Pain in the Neck (about Archie having a pain in his neck, from watching girls)

You’ve got to admire “Beach Beseech.” That’s one of the best of these things ever.