the watch of time

Halloween is on the horizon, so ‘liven up’ the occasion with enriched clichés (with the originals in italics):

• He put a small audio recording in the folder so when opened it sounds like a plan
• Spinning your wheels means you’re going to need one large and sturdy tabletop
• A consequence of stabbing a utensil into your mouth is you’ll speak with a forked tongue
• We’re so low on butter and margarine we may have to spread the word in order to make those sandwiches
• Pardon the wet spots, but we had to carve the pumpkin based on a spitting image since we didn’t have any markers
• Since the lower levels are so messy the captain ordered passengers to stack the deck for a while
• Whatever the squeaky wheel gets the grease will still be readily available as last resort
• Did you hear about the group of Hollywood artists who would like to hold a vote to secede with their new State of The Art?
• His follicles are so unresponsive he’s forced into splitting hairs in order to get his hat on
• Since all that’s left is the stem the tide doesn’t get blocked by that huge tree anymore