elag wrote:
> Paul Heslop wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
> 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.
Your cats use usenet?
:O)
--
Paul. (Love with tongues of fire)
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