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From: elag <elag@cloud9.net>
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Subject: Re: Phallic Plate Heads for Oxford
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 00:37:48 -0400
Organization: Plus ca change plus c'est la meme chose
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Paul Heslop wrote:
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> elag wrote:
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> > 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.
That doesn't bother me so much as the cats who think the be all and end
all of usenet existance is a cascade of n 0 n sequ1turs and gibberish.
A few silly puns never hurt anyone.
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