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| (...) I'm not sure what the reference is. I did a little googling and came up with this anecdote: Aldous Huxley once found himself discussing genetics with his brother Julian, an eminent zoologist, who happened to use the phrase "aristocracy of (...) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-05, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| Everyone knows that only my commendable humility exceeds my near-boundless wit, and yet I have stumbled upon a pun-reference that eludes me. I just read Arthur C. Clarke's short story "Patent Pending," copyright 1957, in which Clarke nicely (...) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-05, to lugnet.off-topic.pun, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| SNIPPY (...) Hi Larry, heh, I get it: ABS-ton. Thanks for pointing it out... I hadn't noticed it before. Wonder if it was intentional... BTW, to all those whore still following this thread, a similar one had cropped up here 6 months back. It still (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
| | | | | Re: A Small Rant About Word Usage
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| (...) Isn't Ousterreich near Hungary? They used to be part of the same country, but the former got "Ousted", and thus the name. - Schlickbernd's Insidious Book of Spurious Quotations and Dubious Facts -->Bruce<-- (21 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| (...) That pun, however, doesn't serve as a conjunction, so cut the crap and stopping being so anal. I made some good ones and you wrecked'em. JOHN (22 years ago, 9-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.pun, FTX)
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| (...) Thank you for acknowledging one of my favorite malapropisms:-) (...) You rock! JOHN (22 years ago, 9-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.pun, FTX)
| | | | | Re: polygyny in "biblical times"
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| (...) With these types of relationships it's important to approach from the right angle, and if it smells a bit fishy, try angling. But don't get snagged on a wreck......tangle ! It's often hard to enter Royal circles, just ask Di...amateur ! They (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.pun, FTX)
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| (...) Not to go off on a tangent, but that's plane nuts. I've had a few-- they seem to come and go, but mine are come n-gon. I guess it's a bad sine. DaveE (22 years ago, 23-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.pun, FTX)
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| (...) ROFLMAO! All the blood has rushed to my head. I couldn't compete with you... too much blood pressure. As for the humour-impaired, this MOC is not designed for anyone who is thicker than water. For the rest of you punsters there's (URL) more (...) (22 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.pun, FTX)
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