Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Topic drift occurs when minds aren't anchored by sanity. Well that and the very wide array of knowledgable members. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Harehunter Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Ergo, my tagline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast VCH Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 How is this topic different from the "Best quotes of all time" topic"? Shame on you Alorael. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Zummi Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Originally Posted By: Erasmus Questioner: Hey what's this: ~~~~(imagine a hand+arm gesture) Questiony: I don't know... What? Questioner: Me neither but here comes another one ~~~~ That sounds awfully familiar. Is that from a movie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Erebus the Black Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Originally Posted By: meAzuma Originally Posted By: Erasmus Questioner: Hey what's this: ~~~~(imagine a hand+arm gesture) Questiony: I don't know... What? Questioner: Me neither but here comes another one ~~~~ That sounds awfully familiar. Is that from a movie? I don't really remember, I just heard it a while ago and it stuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Originally Posted By: VCH How is this topic different from the "Best quotes of all time" topic"? Shame on you Alorael. can someone explain this joke to me because i don't get it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted November 29, 2011 Author Share Posted November 29, 2011 http://www.spiderwebforums.com/forum/ubb...;gonew=1#UNREAD Alorael yelled at someone for doing a quotes thread and said it is going to obviusly do nothing on the topic and just snow ball off to other things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 http://www.spiderweb...&gonew=1#UNREAD Alorael yelled at someone for doing a quotes thread and said it is going to obviusly do nothing on the topic and just snow ball off to other things. That was hardly yelling. It was a very politely-worded post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 I'm tempted to respond to VCH's question by saying "You're right" and locking this thread. But you all know my bias against the sort of puns that have been showing up here, so that wouldn't be very fair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Originally Posted By: HOUSE of S I'm tempted to respond to VCH's question by saying "You're right" and locking this thread. But you all know my bias against the sort of puns that have been showing up here, so that wouldn't be very fair. You could probably get a more pun-friendly mod to do it. I'm tempted to create a forum where we discuss the line between posting games and actual discourse, but I suspect it might not be quite meta enough to avoid closure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 You're actually right. As Slarty says, my error wasn't in closing that thread but in allowing this one. Mea culpa. And actually, while I like puns, they're funny when they're witty, and they're almost by definition not witty when dumped, without context, into a thread. Maybe a long enough post with enough context could pull one off with panache, but in a pun thread they're really all going to come off as forced. On the other hand, amidst the puns, we've had some chatter worth chatting about. So because this thread actually isn't a posting game, although it more or less was intended to be, I'll leave it alone. But if it becomes a pun-dump, it's over. —Alorael, who got in his merciful act for the day. He can go back to snatching crusts of bread from orphans, gnawing on them, and spitting the soggy remnants back into their wide, soulful, tear-filled eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Originally Posted By: Actaeon I'm tempted to create a forum where we discuss the line between posting games and actual discourse, but I suspect it might not be quite meta enough to avoid closure. Discuss the difference between intelligent discourse and posting games here. Use a sequence of at least five words from the prior post in yours! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 I am confident that this community can make intelligent discourse out of practically anything (case in point). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Originally Posted By: Trenton-Mind http://www.spiderwebforums.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=251792&gonew=1#UNREAD Alorael yelled at someone for doing a quotes thread and said it is going to obviusly do nothing on the topic and just snow ball off to other things. no, i read the thread, i was deliberately misunderstanding VCH's intent in posting that for comedic effect. see, because his post had a question-and-answer structure like many jokes, and this is the jokes thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Rowen Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall The Ratt Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 You should have changed it to pun-ished. I missed it the first time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 That may be my favorite post since an Avernite Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Harehunter Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Sigh... Another pun lurks about unseen upon these forums, the result of editing a post after a day has passed, with only a mild reference to it in a later post. Sometimes you have to read between the lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Geologists know what makes the bedrock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 This used to be in the Yellow Pages: Boring -- see Civil Engineering Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Originally Posted By: Randomizer This used to be in the Yellow Pages: Boring -- see Civil Engineering Hey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted March 23, 2012 Author Share Posted March 23, 2012 That is on SUPER SMASH FLASH TWO is it not? Atleast, thats where I last saw the objection thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Harehunter Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 I have heard of patient Patients before, though to be fair, most Patients are anything but patient. Are you saying that there are civil Engineers out there, as opposed to the uncivil kind? I would be shocked to find an electrical Engineer in that bunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Originally Posted By: Harehunter Do you also get blamed for a particularly pungent pun, even when you're not in the room? In fact, when I fail to close a meeting with a wise crack, people ask me if I'm feeling all right. Apparently, they take me seriously when I tell them "If I ever lose my sense of humor, it's time to check me for a pulse." I haven't had that happen before. I have, however, been asked if I'm all right when I go for more than a few minutes without making a pun, even if said pun is old. I've also been accused of lying when I claim that I'm not a pun's originator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Harehunter Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 The one characteristic about puns that most people cannot abide, is that the badder the pun, the better. I am so used to playing with words all day, that it just becomes second nature. I think I posted once, after having been reprimanded for excessive punning, that I see the opportunity for puns every where. I have restrained my self to only 10% of the puns I think of. In other words, not all my puns get posted here, only one pun in ten did. (I know that one is old, but it still has a distinct pungency.) The one thing that I think most people get fed up with is when a stream of puns begins to feed itself. One quote embedded with another quote and so on. This construct would be aptly named a punned-it-tree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Clearly your only recourse is to create a new satellite forum dedicated to puns and jokes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Harehunter Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Welcome to the pundits pun-house, where the folks all have too much pun, playing with their pun-wheels beneath the foliage of the punned-it-trees. They come here to be punished in the fashion of the Marx brothers. All sane people would be well advised to heed the warning at the top of this thread. Since I am here, I give proof that I am not sane. But I would rather be insane that out-sane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 One of my roommates was a punster. He was considered a bad influence on me when I started to pun. It was phun (this I blame on physics). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Harehunter Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 In college we had a physics professor who loved fishing. When he was out of his office, he put a sign on his door with a man in a boat and the caption below read... "Gone Fission." Meanwhile, back at the punhouse, the pundits were playing a game of pun the tail on the donkey. The pundettes, perched prettily upon their puncushions, enjoying their hot-cross puns and ice cold pun-ch. The pundits preferred a beverage with a little more kick, so they poured their pints full of bootrear. A little alliteration goes a long way. I picked up the pungent habit when I was in the army. There was a group of us that would meet at the mess hall for breakfast after P.T. When you have a group of four punsters vying to out pun each other, it tends to get rather aromatic. Over the years I have gained the dubious title of PunMeister. The challenge my co-workers have is to concoct a pun so foul that it elicits a groan instead of my usual laugh. That just makes their whole day. By the way, if you crave a good source of material, I highly recommend Piers Anthony's series of Xanth. His trilogy in now in its 32nd book and counting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Originally Posted By: Harehunter In college we had a physics professor who loved fishing. When he was out of his office, he put a sign on his door with a man in a boat and the caption below read... "Gone Fission." Yeah, I heard that pun back in the day. Was there, perchance, a mushroom cloud pictured in the background? Also, that reminds me of a bumper sticker I saw when I was in college: "Alcohol and Calculus don't mix. Friends don't let friends drink and derive." Originally Posted By: Harehunter I picked up the pungent habit when I was in the army. There was a group of us that would meet at the mess hall for breakfast after P.T. When you have a group of four punsters vying to out pun each other, it tends to get rather aromatic. I guess being in the same room as that group could be classified as cruel and unusual pun-ishment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Harehunter Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Another good technique for polishing your pun-generator is working cross-word puzzles. You have to bend your mind into unusual contortions in order to link the clue to the answer. It doesn't hurt to have learned a smattering of other languages. I frequently see clues of the nature "Friend of Juan". There are some puzzle makers that explicitly indicate that the answer is a pun by ending the clue with '?'. @Randomizer, I too felt that Physics is phun. You can generate a horrendously foul punstream with references to electrical measures. Care to try? There is a reason this thread stands apart. It is intended to prevent pollution to the more serious discussions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 @Harehunter I don't think I have the brain wattage to keep current with the puns. It hertz my brain. Sometime Slarty will see this and advocate banning me for pun-ishment, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Originally Posted By: Harehunter Another good technique for polishing your pun-generator is working cross-word puzzles. You have to bend your mind into unusual contortions in order to link the clue to the answer. I've been doing crosswords for years now, and am actually getting fairly good at spotting puns. Especially easy are the ones that include anagrams in the clues, or ones where the answer is a palindrome. Originally Posted By: Randomizer I don't think I have the brain wattage to keep current with the puns. It hertz my brain. Watt happens when you ask your friends a question that's a pun? Do they give you a blank stare and say, "Ohm..." before replying? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Originally Posted By: Randomizer I don't think I have the brain wattage to keep current with the puns. It hertz my brain. Watt is love... baby don't hertz me. Don't hertz me. No morse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Harehunter Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Randomizer, your cpu has developed a re-volting electromotive force, and you will surely meet with resistance from meditating monks whose mantra is "Ohm, Ohm...". I suggest you take an alternating current across a Wheatstone bridge and proceed directly to ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 How shocking! You certainly have the spark of imagination, Harehunter. You're getting so good that you just might direct current pun standards to a higher level than they ampere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Harehunter Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 For a pun to really hertz, remember that the amplitude of its pungency is in direct negative proportion to the frequency of its modulation. Otherwise it gains a negative feedback, and that really hertz the ears. Speaking of AC / DC, who do you like better: Bon Scott or Brian Johnson? Personally, I think Scott really smoked them pipes. (Pun not intended ... OK, I'll use it anyway ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Originally Posted By: Harehunter For a pun to really hertz, remember that the amplitude of its pungency is in direct negative proportion to the frequency of its modulation. Otherwise it gains a negative feedback, and that really hertz the ears. To make puns as electrifying as that, I suppose one needs to be grounded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Harehunter Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 I know this one is probably not original, but I don't believe I've heard it before; Did you hear about the music major who was advised to change his major to computer science? Click to reveal.. It turned out that his Bach was worse than his byte. OK, that may be a little on the weak side. @The Mystic; I do get grounded from time to thyme, which is why this thread was opened; so that I don't pollute more sirrus discussions with inane barking. And this is why puns are considered the lowest form of humor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 I've said it before, but it bears repeating: puns suffer unfairly from poor reputation. At their best, in the right context and the right moment, they're witty, go well with deadpan, and genuinely funny. But thrown out in a void, they're really on par with the knock-knock joke. Nothing is really very funny if it's unexpected and forced. —Alorael, who supposes he's drawing a distinction between wordplay and spontaneous punning. The former can be very funny. The latter is often obnoxious, but often more for being a forced non-sequitur than for being a pun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Harehunter Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 You are absolutely correct about Context. Outside of context, puns fall flat. However, most of my witticism is of the spontaneous type. It makes its impact on peoples' funny bone, but in moments is forgotten. The 'Tom Swifties' just don't live beyond the context of the moment. For a pun to be funny outside of a spontaneous instance, one must be able to quickly re-create the context of that instance, before the play on words can be delivered. This takes some careful crafting on the part of the pundit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Originally Posted By: Harehunter You are absolutely correct about Context. Outside of context, puns fall flat. However, most of my witticism is HEY EVERYONE LOOK HOW WITTY AND CLEVER I AM! I'M THE FUNNIEST PERSON IN THE WORLD, AND SO HUMBLE ABOUT IT TOO! Dikiyoba fixed your typo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Originally Posted By: Dikiyoba Originally Posted By: Harehunter You are absolutely correct about Context. Outside of context, puns fall flat. However, most of my witticism is HEY EVERYONE LOOK HOW WITTY AND CLEVER I AM! I'M THE FUNNIEST PERSON IN THE WORLD, AND SO HUMBLE ABOUT IT TOO! Dikiyoba fixed your typo. I didn't get that vibe from his post at all, and frankly there's really no need to be so rude about it, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 As strange as it is to say this... I sort of agree with Dantius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 I think Tyranicus said everything I would ever want to say. Ever. (Also Alorael, who seems to be saying similar things to Dikiyoba. The idea of having a thread for these things is a bit silly, since puns only really work (read: are only funny) in context (which is why some of the electrickery ones were okay in this thread); if you're just compiling a big list then you're sort of missing the point of being witty.) And, on that note, before a mother knows the sex of her baby, it's a hidden agender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Unless you're very good at it, bringing a conversation around to where you can drop your pun is also forced. The pun has context, but the context itself can come across as an irritating non-sequitur, which dooms the pun. —Alorael, who considers the highest form of punning to be accidental. There's really no substitute for the casualness of the accidentally dropped pun. And the look of incomprehension as everyone else laughs helps a lot, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Purposeful punning could, perhaps, be harnessed by discussing another subject and inserting as many as possible. I'm afraid that would qualify as a posting game, however. In any case, I lack the wit to participate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 That's where being witty helps though, because you can pun within the current conversation without needing to twist it to suit your nefarious means. Where's Lilith when you need her? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 all comedy is violence. puns are violence against the audience i've said that before but it's still true i totally mean it btw. the culmination of the art of the pun is the shaggy dog story, where the joke is "i have wasted five minutes of your limited time on Earth and i expect you to laugh about it" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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