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From: elag <elag@cloud9.net>
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Subject: Re: Phallic Plate Heads for Oxford
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 23:53:17 -0500
Organization: Plus ca change plus c'est la meme chose
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Paul Heslop wrote:
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> > > > > > Paul Heslop wrote:
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> > > > > > > elag wrote:
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> > > > > > > > Paul Heslop wrote:
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> > > > > > > > > elag wrote:
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> > > > > > > > > > Paul Heslop wrote:
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> > > > > > > > > > > elag wrote:
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> > > > > > > > > > > > . 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?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I don't have any cats, but if I did I'd surely let them surf the web.
> > > > > > Too many webcats might be a catastrophe though.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Actually I was thinking more about the infamous "m e o w ers".
> > > > >
> > > > > Nah, you were just recalling your beat days and your black turtle neck sweaters :O)
> > > > > (clicks fingers and plays bongo to crap poetry in the background)
> > > >
> > > > Hey, man... I'm a hep cat, with a reet pleat, a ripe stripe, a stuff
> > > > cuff and a drape shape. I em heep to de jive.
> > >
> > > Tom and Jerry! :O)
> >
> > Yes, it's true... it was Tom & Jerry who first acquainted me w/ the Zoot
> > suit. It has a pretty interesting history:
> >
> > http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/zoot/eng_sfeature/sf_zoot.html
> >
> > you can even clue in on the infamous Sleepy Lagoon.
>
> :O) With me it was between T&J and a thing called Zoot Money
> http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/penny/843/
> Not that I've heard them or think they wear zoot suits, but the name led me to check out the
> word 'zoot'
>
> That T&J is one of the all time best.
Zut alors... that word does show up in a lot of old toons... I think it
was used in "Porky in Wackyland". The suits were an amusing trend and
it's amazing that it led to such violence... maybe not so amazing
considering the racism of the times. Actually, the T & J toon works
pretty well today w/ or w/o any real knowledge of the context and more
or less escapes the racist overtones even if the feeling is a bit "ethnic".
It sure would make a fab Halloween costume... especially with a cat mask
added to the mix.
Zoot Zoot!
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