310. Washington Post Invitational #674, Contrast Two Words

In which we asked you to compare or contrast two words that differ by one letter:

Osama and Osaka: Given five years, the CIA might find Osaka. (Brendan Beary, Great Mills)

Whores and chores: My wife has never given me a list of whores to do on my day off. (Ned Bent, Oak Hill)

Bra and bar: Only one of them will open to serve drinks to minors. (Art Grinath, Takoma Park)

Genial and genital: It's okay to greet your neighbors with a genial wave. But its not okay to ........... (Brendan Beary)

There's no difference between PBS and PMS. They both put me in a state of blind, irrational fury. Then again, so does pretty much everything else. -- A. Coulter (Chris Doyle, Ponder, Tex.)

God and GOP: It's hard to protect yourself from acts of either. (Yoyo Zhou, Cambridge, Mass.)

Bondo and Bonds: One is a synthetic body filler; the other is a body filled with synthetics. (Kevin Dopart, Washington)

Bird and Byrd: One goes with white wine, the other with pork. (Russell Beland, Springfield)

Vader and Nader: Darth ultimately failed to empower the Dark Side. (Dave Kelsey, Fairfax)

Fast supper and Last Supper: One involves a happy meal. (Art Grinath)

Yuri and Suri: One is known for a little cruise made by a space scientist; the other is a little Cruise made by a spacey Scientologist. (Veggo Larsen, Palmetto, Fla.)

Copulating and populating: One is when two people become one; the other is when two people become three. (Ross Elliffe, Picton, New Zealand)

The difference between a stud and a spud: About 10 years of marriage. (Chris Doyle)

World Cup and World Cop: Two things the United States is really lousy at. (Kevin Dopart)

The difference between Mt. McKinley and Mr. McKinley is, oh, about 20,325 feet. Plus 6. (Chris Doyle)

Rome and Rove: Only one of them got sacked. (Barbara Sarshik, McLean)

[from OnwardBoundHumor.blogspot.com]