tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post6928246295562318034..comments2024-03-28T14:25:25.193-05:00Comments on Althouse: Punning "fell out of favour during the Enlightenment..."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-48536435528189269752013-01-22T16:52:11.525-06:002013-01-22T16:52:11.525-06:00The favored pastime of making puns was replaced wi...The favored pastime of making puns was replaced with semantic games. For example, a pun, progressive corruption (PC), was replaced with a semantic game, politically correct (PC). I prefer the pun as it is a more reliable descriptor of intent embedded within a rhetorical expression.n.nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252447117532342957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-89608227115357657602013-01-22T13:25:55.271-06:002013-01-22T13:25:55.271-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.n.nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252447117532342957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-16277675599430890862013-01-22T08:08:46.599-06:002013-01-22T08:08:46.599-06:00Oh ho! Thatk you, MM. I wouldn't have been abl...Oh ho! Thatk you, MM. I wouldn't have been able to sleep tonight. :)Æthelflædhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16332838962205821653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47157946598645011192013-01-22T08:01:54.219-06:002013-01-22T08:01:54.219-06:00Shana, how would Elmer Fudd say the word crypt?Shana, how would Elmer Fudd say the word <i>crypt</i>?MadisonManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01212179466758420208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-66967743406332940752013-01-22T08:00:57.368-06:002013-01-22T08:00:57.368-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.MadisonManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01212179466758420208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-79265395080072697682013-01-22T07:59:11.266-06:002013-01-22T07:59:11.266-06:00So now I am making myself crazy trying to get MM&#...So now I am making myself crazy trying to get MM's Swiftie. I need coffee.Æthelflædhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16332838962205821653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-65402954413663778662013-01-22T04:19:05.424-06:002013-01-22T04:19:05.424-06:00Really would like this to be the punultimate comme...Really would like this to be the punultimate comment for this thread. <br /><br />Make my day!Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02094488084214911115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5229070171967445202013-01-22T00:31:54.431-06:002013-01-22T00:31:54.431-06:00Use a pun, go to prison.Use a pun, go to prison.Foobaristahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17695839524769425977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-51082982764064854332013-01-21T23:05:05.336-06:002013-01-21T23:05:05.336-06:00Ditto :)Ditto :)deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00305989647913371151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-71698776306272611802013-01-21T22:41:06.328-06:002013-01-21T22:41:06.328-06:00Aww, you're a favorite of mine, deborah.Aww, you're a favorite of mine, deborah. chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-65159086607212297302013-01-21T22:26:12.313-06:002013-01-21T22:26:12.313-06:00Blind tailor a real prick?Blind tailor a real prick?Known Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15029003649395214104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-6469973168635196052013-01-21T22:22:33.655-06:002013-01-21T22:22:33.655-06:00Asian immigrant only man Hmong men? Asian immigrant only man Hmong men? Known Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15029003649395214104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7307913122534968502013-01-21T21:30:47.866-06:002013-01-21T21:30:47.866-06:00I've made note more than once of chick's m...I've made note more than once of chick's mad word-play skillz...all hail the pun meister :)deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00305989647913371151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90836818807448117762013-01-21T21:15:05.916-06:002013-01-21T21:15:05.916-06:00Thanks, Ruth Anne, hugs!
I suspect that people wh...Thanks, Ruth Anne, hugs!<br /><br />I suspect that people who can't stand puns are pretty snooty look down their nose types. That's why I cut and pasted the puns by Christopher Hitchens--to point out to some of the high-minded so-called language experts around here that even quality minds engage in puns. I remember my wife laughing hysterically at some of Hitchens' collected puns--really an email game he played with friends--published after his death in <i>Vanity Fair</i>. chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-72567644924465811402013-01-21T21:10:24.834-06:002013-01-21T21:10:24.834-06:00lol MM, that took me a couple seconds.lol MM, that took me a couple seconds.deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00305989647913371151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-63368636291737340832013-01-21T21:07:16.809-06:002013-01-21T21:07:16.809-06:00So I made a pun to my wife that was exceedingly ba...So I made a pun to my wife that was exceedingly bad and afterward said, no pun intended (to save at least a little embarrassment) to which she responses, "no pun achieved." I married well! Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18307552957596862754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-42128002116252597332013-01-21T21:00:36.772-06:002013-01-21T21:00:36.772-06:00"Puns are little plays on words that a certai..."Puns are little plays on words that a certain breed of person loves to spring on you and then look at you in a certain self-satisfied way to indicate that he thinks that you must think that he is by far the cleverest person on Earth now that Benjamin Franklin is dead, when in fact what you are thinking is that if this person ever ends up in a lifeboat, the other passengers will hurl him overboard by the end of the first day even if they have plenty of food and water." I Have Misplaced My Pantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16170206151454145154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-40794116214819705322013-01-21T20:55:47.957-06:002013-01-21T20:55:47.957-06:00Best Tom Swifty ever: "I know where Elmer Fu...Best Tom Swifty ever: "I know where Elmer Fudd is buried," Tom quipped.<br /><br />It has always been my contention that the Kohl Center here in Madison should have been named the Kohliseum.MadisonManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01212179466758420208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-65600463628636649422013-01-21T20:30:41.294-06:002013-01-21T20:30:41.294-06:00My kids love puns. I'm not so good at them, bu...My kids love puns. I'm not so good at them, but they can amuse themselves for long stretches trying to outdo each other. One of my son's favorite T-shirts at the moment has a picture of a tent with the words "Live Intense" under it. I would say puns aren't dead judging by the reactions he gets from girls when he's wearing it.Sydneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17038514318463662024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-46717199188596610452013-01-21T19:40:14.463-06:002013-01-21T19:40:14.463-06:00My family were pun oriented. It takes a verbally ...My family were pun oriented. It takes a verbally enlightened mind.kentuckylizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08110491371985845560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-37290873779508955972013-01-21T19:05:24.632-06:002013-01-21T19:05:24.632-06:00Puns are my family's love language.
When a ...Puns are my family's love language. <br /><br />When a friend sat on and broke an incandescent light bulb, I said she had 'tungsten in cheek.'<br /><br />Now come on. That's just brilliant.<br /><br /><br />Chickelit: Mwah. Love you.Ruth Anne Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01936054116421006847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-21097005301263000862013-01-21T18:38:54.708-06:002013-01-21T18:38:54.708-06:00I just don't know what to say to someone aroun...I just don't know what to say to someone around here who dislikes puns. It's like saying you dislike Ruth Anne Addams. It just ain't right. chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47606315892459288762013-01-21T18:36:20.120-06:002013-01-21T18:36:20.120-06:00Whatever you think of them, is difficult not to la...<i>Whatever you think of them, is difficult not to laugh at some of Hitchens’ best puns. Here are some of my favourite, although I am sure each has his own list:<br />‘From Abbottabad to Worse’ [On finding Osama Bin Laden in the Pakistani city. Vanity Fair, July 2011]<br />‘Jumbo Mumbo’ [a description of Fred Hoyle's absurd remark that chemical evolution is "as likely as a tornado sweeping through a junkyard and spontaneously assembling a Boeing 747 airplane". God is Not Great]<br />‘The Missionary Position’ [Book title on Mother Teresa's devotion to Christianity and neglect for the suffering of others]<br />‘Flaws of Gravity’ [an essay on Isaac Newton's intellectual and personal faults, Vanity Fair, April 14, 2008]<br /><br />At the very least, they act as a valuable aide-mémoire for obscure ideas. For example, how can you now possibly forget the name of the city where Osama Bin Landen was found, or how it is pronounced?</i> <a href="http://fieldlines.org/2011/12/19/in-the-wake-of-christopher-hitchens/" rel="nofollow">link</a>chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74994453169745624742013-01-21T17:35:45.356-06:002013-01-21T17:35:45.356-06:00Whoever wrote that never went to an all boys schoo...Whoever wrote that never went to an all boys school.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-70518379832428642072013-01-21T17:25:54.420-06:002013-01-21T17:25:54.420-06:00"Switch to tom swifties," he said flippa..."Switch to tom swifties," he said flippantly. deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00305989647913371151noreply@blogger.com