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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)
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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)
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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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(...) Wow, putting that together must have involved a lot of bloodwork. I give it an AB+ for creativity. I bet you had to take out a loan from the blood bank so you'd have enough blood money to finance the construction. The structure has some (...) (22 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.pun, FTX)
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Greetings .spacers and caution: here be puns...arrr!. After all the talk in the media about bloodshed, we thought we should show you our bloodshed. It's just a little bloodshed. Nothing to worry about, really. It's the perfect place to store the (...) (22 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.pun, FTX)
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(...) In their opinion, reliability is demonstrated in public through not changing forward and back again just because some "whiners rant". By the way, did anybody around here consider writing to a newspaper? It wouldn't be a topic for the first (...) (22 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.pun, lugnet.color)
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(...) Uh... What makes a company, thrustworthy? -Bryan (22 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) Like the warning you posted above? (...) Okay, maybe it's a pronunciation thing. But, I can see it now: "Leonard Hoffman world's most subtle poet" How about 'emergency pun response consultant.' And, OMG, the pun is still in this post, which (...) (22 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.pun, FTX)
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(...) Yes, one must beware of traps. ;-) Peace and paradiddles, Professor Whateverly (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) Yes, sorry. I always get caught in that snare--I hadn't considered the re-percussions of my hasty posting. Dave! (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) Sticking it to him with cymbalic logic to drum a little sense into the thick skin stretched over his head? These puns have to be done properly, you know. -->Bruce<-- (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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"Lenny Hoffman" <lahoffma@*NOSPAM*ma...r.fsu.edu> wrote in message news:HwH216.oAJ@lugnet.com... (...) this (...) What's with derailing the thread, Lenny? [ j o n ] (URL) (22 years ago, 21-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) BOOO! BOOO! Society for Pun-less Banter and Jokes (S-PB&J) would like to rope off this post as "toxic-pun" area. Thank you and please return to your normal office-job lives. -Lenny (22 years ago, 20-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.pun, FTX)
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