My husband is addicted to puns. In all fairness, I have to say that I love them too, but we like different types of puns. He is likely to go for the quick and dirty, the most obvious, hit them over the head, BAD sort of puns, while I tend to like the long involved stories that need to be read or at least told by a master story teller.
My mother has been living with us for the last fifteen years, and this week, I discovered that DH has swayed her over to the dark side.
We were driving home from an errand, and we saw a sea gull perched upon a light standard. It was so perfectly situated that it looked like it was a statue. As we drove by, Mother turned to me and said "I can't decide if that was a boy or a gull."
Ba-dump bump!
What did I do to deserve this??
Comments (6)
(Groan) I can't believe that your Dear Mother said that. Are you sure that her body hasn't been taken over by an alien?
Posted by Cop Car | November 13, 2004 7:52 PM
Posted on November 13, 2004 19:52
Hope it's not an "illegal" alien.
The long involved puns (at least out here) are called "shaggy dog" stories. I like both kinds. As long as they are punny.
Posted by Wichi Dude | November 14, 2004 9:30 AM
Posted on November 14, 2004 09:30
W'Dude, Dear Husband and I attended a dinner meeting of the International Pun Society years ago. A group of people came dressed as a visual pun. One man wore a toga, and the rest dressed as rabbits. They were "Hares Looking At Euclid"
Perhaps my favorite shaggy dog story ends with the line....The beer that made Mil Famy walk us. Unfortunately, I can no longer remember the lead in to the line, or I would have used it in my blog! *G*
Cop Car....we do have a lot of people from Mexico here....
Posted by Buffy | November 14, 2004 2:37 PM
Posted on November 14, 2004 14:37
A friend who is a frequent visitor here, sent me the following comment:
"Years and years ago, I read a science-fiction story (in retrospect, I'm hoping that it wasn't an entire book!) that built up and built up, and built up, culminating in a really bad pun. It was to the effect that, "Between women and men there is a vas deferens.""
(innocent look) *G*
Posted by Buffy | November 14, 2004 2:46 PM
Posted on November 14, 2004 14:46
Awesome! She's still having lucid moments! Gotta give her points for that - I even laughed.
Posted by Nan | November 16, 2004 12:43 PM
Posted on November 16, 2004 12:43
I GROANED for her.....the ultimate compliment. I even set the scene and retold the story for Dear Husband later that night, so she could savor that awful pun once more! lol
Posted by Buffy | November 16, 2004 1:20 PM
Posted on November 16, 2004 13:20