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mccormack44
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by mccormack44 » Thu Jul 06, 2006 6:10 pm
Aren't puns the lowest form of wit?
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by tollbaby » Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:30 pm
Isn't it only people who aren't gifted in the fine art of punnery who think so?
And what manner of jackassery must we put up with today? ~ Danae, Non Sequitur
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by Hunter B » Thu Jul 06, 2006 10:39 pm
What do you think?
"Explanation is not an escape from suffering."
- Gravity Dreams, L.E. Modesitt Jr.
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by tollbaby » Thu Jul 06, 2006 11:23 pm
Does my opinion really matter?
And what manner of jackassery must we put up with today? ~ Danae, Non Sequitur
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by Kilgore Trout » Fri Jul 07, 2006 1:12 am
mccormack44 wrote: Aren't puns the lowest form of wit?
Aren't punsters the lowest form of twit?
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by laurie » Fri Jul 07, 2006 1:52 am
Kilgore Trout wrote: Aren't punsters the lowest form of twit?
Is it "pick on Brad" time again?
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by mccormack44 » Fri Jul 07, 2006 7:58 am
Tollbaby said:
sn't it only people who aren't gifted in the fine art of punnery who think so?
Are you saying Shakespear wasn't gifted in the fine art of punnery?
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by Kilgore Trout » Fri Jul 07, 2006 8:42 am
Did Laurie not catch that I was picking on myself?
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by laurie » Fri Jul 07, 2006 7:06 pm
Don't I always think of Brad when the word "punster" is mentioned?
(Brain cell reflex response....)
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." -- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
"So where the hell is he?" -- Laurie
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by tollbaby » Fri Jul 07, 2006 8:32 pm
Am I obligated to think that Shakespeare was the greatest literary genius there ever was?
And what manner of jackassery must we put up with today? ~ Danae, Non Sequitur
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by Hunter B » Fri Jul 07, 2006 9:06 pm
You're kidding, right?
"Explanation is not an escape from suffering."
- Gravity Dreams, L.E. Modesitt Jr.
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by mccormack44 » Fri Jul 07, 2006 9:31 pm
But wouldn't you say that he was ONE of the greatest?
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by Hunter B » Fri Jul 07, 2006 10:13 pm
Wasn't South Park educational?
"Explanation is not an escape from suffering."
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by laurie » Fri Jul 07, 2006 11:43 pm
Which episode?
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." -- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
"So where the hell is he?" -- Laurie
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by tollbaby » Sat Jul 08, 2006 12:25 am
Why should I have to say he was? Aren't I entitled to my own opinions?
(Hunter, I like Shakespeare just fine, I just find the quote in question entirely hypocritical, and I especially dislike being told what I should think - not directed at you or anyone in particular.)
And what manner of jackassery must we put up with today? ~ Danae, Non Sequitur
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by Hunter B » Sat Jul 08, 2006 10:54 pm
Did I ever say you weren't?
TB: Haha, sorry, didn't mean it the way you thought I did. I'm not even a real fan of Shakespeare... No offense intended...
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by clong » Sat Sep 09, 2006 9:03 pm
Has this thread finally run out of questions to ask?
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by nzilla » Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:09 pm
Well, did anybody ever get back to us on that "how many roads must a man walk down" one?
Ever since I started equating correlation with causality, violent crime has fallen 58%.
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by mccormack44 » Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:19 pm
Are we now comparing Robert Zimmerman to Shakespeare?
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by Echus Cthulhu Mythos » Sun Sep 10, 2006 3:33 am
Didn't Shakespeare blatantly copy Robert Zimmerman's style?
The penis mighter than the sword.
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by nzilla » Sun Sep 10, 2006 6:22 pm
Isn't the guy usually called "Bob Dylan?"
Ever since I started equating correlation with causality, violent crime has fallen 58%.
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by Aunflin » Sun Sep 10, 2006 7:19 pm
How could BD and WS be confused for one another? --very different people...
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by clong » Sun Sep 24, 2006 11:26 am
Do you think that, to an alien, we would all look alike?
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by mccormack44 » Sun Sep 24, 2006 2:37 pm
Ah, but would we all sound alike?
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by nzilla » Tue Sep 26, 2006 10:02 pm
Would an alien even necessarily have the same senses as we do?
Ever since I started equating correlation with causality, violent crime has fallen 58%.