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Monday Punday - Bizarro

I was never a big fan of puns. But Michael, my “brudda from anudda mudda,” is, so I’ve developed a sort of taste for them in recent years. And Dan Piraro is one of my favorite comic artists, I think because his perspective in some ways matches mine. Dawn reads him, too, and occasionally clips one of his ‘toons for me. So with that thorough and enlightening back story, I give you…

Posted on Aug 4, 2008 at 09:30AM by Registered CommenterDoug in | Comments9 Comments

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that is soooo bad. :)

August 4 | Unregistered Commenterkaren

That's one of those puns you almost need to see in print. Oldie, but adding the cartoon freshens it up.

August 4 | Unregistered CommenterTJSmithy

I still don't get the point of puns. Kind of like engineering jokes, they are aimed at a specific audience.

August 4 | Unregistered CommenterLacy

cerebrally challenging, my brudda....but deliciously painful both in form and presentation...

I love it. Feeling better?

MD

August 4 | Unregistered CommenterMichael

No, sorry to say. Just got back from the doc who told me it's likely just a virus, albeit a pretty nasty one. I go back in three weeks for analysis of blood work and physical. Misery will continue a while longer.

August 4 | Unregistered CommenterDoug

Lacy: The audience toward which engineering jokes are aimed is obvious. Toward what audience might puns be directed?

August 4 | Unregistered CommenterHarvey

Let me see....the Pont Neuf must be the bridge crossing the river Seine....oh, I get it....never mind.

:D

August 4 | Unregistered CommenterTeddy

I give that one "3 groans".

August 4 | Unregistered CommenterHookercrook

"Toward what audience might puns be directed?"


Technical writers, editors, authors, screenwriters and other wordsmiths.

August 4 | Unregistered CommenterTodd E.
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