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Re: Punsters (was Re: T-shirt Idea)
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lugnet.off-topic.pun
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Fri, 14 May 1999 20:18:18 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.pun, Michael Huffman writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.pun, Larry Pieniazek writes:
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> > 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?
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> Speaking of punsters, has anyone read any Spider Robinson's
> _Callahan's_Crosstime_Saloon_? Good book, I'd recommend it to everyone
> to read.
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> 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:
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> Quick : Pulpy material : An arguably better computer
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> translation:
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> Fleet Wood-mac
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> Wood anyone want to give it a try & come with with ones stump us?
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> --Mike.
From a really old quiz show (can't even remeber the name of the thing):
- to get me, do nothing
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| (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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