punny business

27 April 2012 @ 06:07 pm

The sports editor of the local newspaper is leaving, and is referenced in this story following up on the stresses of being a journalist:

My colleague, Jack Bogaczyk, is braver than I am. His gift for words and keen observations don't always win over his readers. But as he wrote when he first joined the sports staff, "I'll column as I see 'em."

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just_you_wait

27 April 2012 @ 10:06 am

Tearable puns

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fayanora

14 April 2012 @ 02:00 am

Scotch pun

The Scots had a god that made lakes. He was the first ever Loch-smith.

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rakehell

03 April 2012 @ 05:14 pm

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I'm writing a rock opera about the Sudeten crisis. I figure I can skimp on the score by using an Elton John tune for one number: "Beneš and the Czechs."

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open__arms

29 February 2012 @ 09:16 am

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NPR has a show on lyme disease today.
If I ever get it, I would be ticked.

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zanganito

03 February 2012 @ 10:43 pm

Cue-te Puns

Today at work I was comparing plantain and banana cooking techniques with a co-worker. Then she told me that in the Philippines they would sometimes make these skewered cooked banana things and call them - Banana-cue

(as opposed to skewered cooked meat, which would be Barbe-cue)

And then they would have skewered camote (sweet potato) and call it ... camote-cue.

...

Cute!

&hearts;

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schmonday

08 January 2012 @ 12:59 am

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Thing 1: Did they really just take out a PSA for library noise crimes?
Thing 2: Yeah. They're actually helpful: you'd be surprised how many criminals they book.

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fayanora

06 January 2012 @ 06:15 pm

Efficient pun

From a commercial: "Our mattresses are made *by* Oregonians, *for* Oregonians"
My response: "FOUR Oregonians made ALL THOSE mattresses? Wow, I hope you're paying them overtime!"

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fayanora

31 December 2011 @ 02:28 am

Pun in a flash

Watching an old Flash Gordon serial with a friend, one featuring "the clay people." I quipped, "The worst thing to do if you're one of the clay people is to smoke pot, because then you get baked."

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74bmw

18 December 2011 @ 10:07 pm

Tis the seizin'

If parents decide that they don't need Santa's assistance in buying gifts, I suppose they'd call a self-elf hotline instead.

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