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Punsters (was Re: T-shirt Idea)
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lugnet.off-topic.pun
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Fri, 14 May 1999 20:00:44 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.pun, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> 1 - Isaac Asimov was a master punster. He spoke of such a joke or story
> as being a "shaggy dog story", and he had one story that was the
> shaggiest of shaggy dog stories. It had a specially chosen title, which
> itself was a pun. Do you know what it was? For extra credit, what was
> the punchline?
Speaking of punsters, has anyone read any Spider Robinson's
_Callahan's_Crosstime_Saloon_? Good book, I'd recommend it to everyone
to read.
Anway, I picked up a video game that was based loosely on the book. In
one part, you were given a list of words & you had to come up with similar
meaning works, that once combined formed a word or phrase; usually funny
or witty. For instance:
Quick : Pulpy material : An arguably better computer
translation:
Fleet Wood-mac
Wood anyone want to give it a try & come with with ones stump us?
--Mike.
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