Brooklyn Life Open Thread by Gabby 04/20/2011 421 Share Share Brooklyn Life Brooklyn Life Open Thread What's Your Take? Leave a Comment Leave a Reply Cancel reply Register to leave a comment, or log in if you already have an account Mr. Pollack’s new book is “The Pun Also Rises: How the Humble Pun Revolutionized Language, Changed History and Made Wordplay More than Some Antics.” http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703806304576242691654685916.html Log in to Reply ROFL! There’s a guy talking about PUNS on WNYC right now! The Leonard Lopate Show http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/2011/apr/20/ “John Pollack talks about why he thinks the humble pun has changed language and history for the better.” Oliver Cromwell banned puns in England! Punsters were literally branded on their cheeks with a scarlet letter. Whoa. Log in to Reply Somebody didn’t have their hot congee this morning!!!! Log in to Reply SPEAKING OF SUCKING, ANYONE ELSE FINDING THAT THIS SITE TOTALLY SUCKS?!?!?! It takes 1/2 hour every time I hit refresh, and it freezes my entire computer in the meantime. Log in to Reply LMAO, dave! Log in to Reply “And you won’t play games at which you suck.” Speak for yourself. Log in to Reply No mystery. Those of you who don’t like puns just suck at them is all. And you won’t play games at which you suck. Log in to Reply Plays on words take skill, And good puns are beautiful. Cussing’s not an art. Log in to Reply “Jokes” is two syllables. Log in to Reply < 1 … 29 30 31 32 33 … 46 >
Mr. Pollack’s new book is “The Pun Also Rises: How the Humble Pun Revolutionized Language, Changed History and Made Wordplay More than Some Antics.” http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703806304576242691654685916.html Log in to Reply
ROFL! There’s a guy talking about PUNS on WNYC right now! The Leonard Lopate Show http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/2011/apr/20/ “John Pollack talks about why he thinks the humble pun has changed language and history for the better.” Oliver Cromwell banned puns in England! Punsters were literally branded on their cheeks with a scarlet letter. Whoa. Log in to Reply
SPEAKING OF SUCKING, ANYONE ELSE FINDING THAT THIS SITE TOTALLY SUCKS?!?!?! It takes 1/2 hour every time I hit refresh, and it freezes my entire computer in the meantime. Log in to Reply
No mystery. Those of you who don’t like puns just suck at them is all. And you won’t play games at which you suck. Log in to Reply
Mr. Pollack’s new book is “The Pun Also Rises: How the Humble Pun Revolutionized Language, Changed History and Made Wordplay More than Some Antics.”
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703806304576242691654685916.html
ROFL! There’s a guy talking about PUNS on WNYC right now!
The Leonard Lopate Show http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/2011/apr/20/
“John Pollack talks about why he thinks the humble pun has changed language and history for the better.”
Oliver Cromwell banned puns in England! Punsters were literally branded on their cheeks with a scarlet letter. Whoa.
Somebody didn’t have their hot congee this morning!!!!
SPEAKING OF SUCKING, ANYONE ELSE FINDING THAT THIS SITE TOTALLY SUCKS?!?!?!
It takes 1/2 hour every time I hit refresh, and it freezes my entire computer in the meantime.
LMAO, dave!
“And you won’t play games at which you suck.”
Speak for yourself.
No mystery. Those of you who don’t like puns just suck at them is all. And you won’t play games at which you suck.
Plays on words take skill,
And good puns are beautiful.
Cussing’s not an art.
“Jokes” is two syllables.