Humor: Word nerd "jokes"

My sense of humor is sometimes too academic for most (99.9%) people. Try this one-liner I just came up with:

I'm doing so much mending, I feel like a mendicant.

(Translation: I'm so under the weather, I feel like a homeless person.)

For the karma meter maids, I've had Phil Collins' song about compassion toward the homeless on my mind since yesterday afternoon:

"Oh, think twice, it's just another day for you and me in paradise..."