Ed,

Switch the order around of many of the one-liners and they have better delivery/timing in a blues and/or country music style.

eg.

Putt putt course is filling up with former CEOs.

Mailbox is gettin' full of pre-declined card applications.

250 words is all you can get for a picture nowadays.

25 congressmen lookin' for jobs after Exxon's setting sun.

Border patrol's now busy with the southbound strays.

etc.

Here's a line from one of my favorite bluesmen, Michael Powers in his song, "Successful Son"....

"Took a train to New York City - and it took me 20 years to get discovered overnight."

See how that delivers the punch in a way that has an arc rather than what would have been a more flat statement like:

"I got discovered overnight after 20 years of waiting in New York City."

You can do the same with pretty much all of these one-liners to give them more zing and memorability.

-Scott