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Paul Heslop (paul.heslop@blueyonder.co.uk) 2003/10/05 03:03

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elag wrote:

> Paul Heslop wrote:
> >
> > elag wrote:
> >
> > > .  Of course, the puns are often painful.
> >
> > Isn't that the whole point behind a pun?
>
> Well, some puns hurt more than others... I remember one spouted by Robin
> (of Batman and...) as he jumps off a statue of a lion and kicks a crook
> in the head he says: "my foot is LION on your jaw"... noe that's painful!
>
> I really like word play (if you couldn't tell) and I'm one of those few
> that enjoys a good pun now and again... but puns have to be treated like
> spices... usually a little goes a long way.
>
> Duchamp's puns for examply are often brilliant... and the Surrealists
> were riddled with puns.

I'm just into silly humour whatever it is. Serious discussions in other NGs
are often brought to a grinding halt by someone's inclusion of a pun in a
reply, setting a chain off.


--
 Paul. (Love with tongues of fire)
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 Not what it seems...
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