Puns - made up on the spot

dar512 · 11-20-2008, 09:28 AM

The deal-breaker thread reminded me of a deal-maker incident when Mrs. dar and I were dating.

We were with a group of friends and the topic of conversation turned to a then-current news item in St. Louis. A anesthetist at a local hospital had been killing patients during surgery. Evidently the doctor had been shoving surgical gauze down their throats. We'd gotten this far in the conversation when the future Mrs. dar started laughing. "Oh. The patients died of natural gauzes."

One of the many ways I knew it was love.

Anyone else heard or told a pun made up on the spot?

Shawnee123 · 11-20-2008, 09:33 AM

When my brother and his (then girlfriend now wife) came to visit me I was giving them a tour of my place. I lived in what was the old servant's quarters of the biggest mansion in town, and it was attached to an old garage and tack room...it was beautiful.

So anyway, as we were cutting through the garage area I looked down and saw one of those rectangular tins people use for roller painting, and someone had used it to change their oil. Not wanting them to step in it, I stopped, stood frozen, and out of the very corner of my mouth said "Oil pan. Oil pan."

footfootfoot · 11-20-2008, 09:57 AM

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sweetwater · 11-20-2008, 09:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

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Hasn't the Wizard of Oz been playing on teevee often enough? At least I think that's what she meant...right?

sweetwater · 11-20-2008, 10:04 AM

I was visiting my boyfriend. His older brother was reading Greek literature and paused to say, "Homer makes me Iliad". I responded with, "That would be Odyssey".

Cicero · 11-20-2008, 10:12 AM

Since we have been going to training, my dog has become "teachers pet".

Srsly...

Shawnee123 · 11-20-2008, 10:15 AM

Yeah, it was sort of a visual. Tin Man rusted, saying "oil can, oil can."

Ah well...

Sheldonrs · 11-20-2008, 10:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cicero

Since we have been going to training, my dog has become "teachers pet".

Srsly...

Are you aware of the double pun in your post?

"Srsly" = "Seriously". Sounds like sirius; latin for dog.

Cicero · 11-20-2008, 10:21 AM

And an ex room-mates stage name. As in B. Sirius.

Aliantha · 11-20-2008, 03:19 PM

When Dazza and I had only been dating for a while, we were at my place having dinner with my brother and his wife and the kids when for some reason, our fluffy cat fell off the arm of the lounge and landed on her back.

Dazza's response was, "Gravity was her co-pilot".

Shawnee123 · 11-20-2008, 03:37 PM

Once when I was trying to pick up my Satan Spawn Cat, my ex said "Don't worry, he's just playing hard to pet."

Shawnee123 · 11-20-2008, 03:41 PM

This is part pun and part just funny.

My grandma, who was a really funny lady, asked my ex what he wanted for Christmas. (They were great buddies) He replied "A new butt. Mine has a crack in it." She laughed.

At Christmas he opened up a package with a small container of spackle and a putty knife with a note saying a new butt costs too much, but he could repair the old one.

footfootfoot · 11-20-2008, 07:16 PM

The queen is not a subject.

(ahhh, never mind)

Flint · 01-07-2009, 06:15 PM

My mother-in-law came into town for the holidays, and she always brings plenty of snacks. She was telling us she brought a big thing of mixed nuts. However, she warned us that she had already been into them, and didn't think we'd find many cashews left. I replied...

"So, would you say they've suffered heavy cashewlties?"

dar512 · 01-07-2009, 06:50 PM

That's a good one.

11-20-2008, 09:28 AM	#1
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Puns - made up on the spot The deal-breaker thread reminded me of a deal-maker incident when Mrs. dar and I were dating. We were with a group of friends and the topic of conversation turned to a then-current news item in St. Louis. A anesthetist at a local hospital had been killing patients during surgery. Evidently the doctor had been shoving surgical gauze down their throats. We'd gotten this far in the conversation when the future Mrs. dar started laughing. "Oh. The patients died of natural gauzes." One of the many ways I knew it was love. Anyone else heard or told a pun made up on the spot? __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

11-20-2008, 09:33 AM	#2
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	When my brother and his (then girlfriend now wife) came to visit me I was giving them a tour of my place. I lived in what was the old servant's quarters of the biggest mansion in town, and it was attached to an old garage and tack room...it was beautiful. So anyway, as we were cutting through the garage area I looked down and saw one of those rectangular tins people use for roller painting, and someone had used it to change their oil. Not wanting them to step in it, I stopped, stood frozen, and out of the very corner of my mouth said "Oil pan. Oil pan." __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

11-20-2008, 09:57 AM	#3
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	? __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

11-20-2008, 10:04 AM	#5
sweetwater lives inside a Mobius strip Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,120	I was visiting my boyfriend. His older brother was reading Greek literature and paused to say, "Homer makes me Iliad". I responded with, "That would be Odyssey". __________________ I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque! - Bugs Bunny

11-20-2008, 10:12 AM	#6
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Since we have been going to training, my dog has become "teachers pet". Srsly... __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

11-20-2008, 10:15 AM	#7
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Yeah, it was sort of a visual. Tin Man rusted, saying "oil can, oil can." Ah well... __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

11-20-2008, 10:21 AM	#9
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	And an ex room-mates stage name. As in B. Sirius. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

11-20-2008, 03:19 PM	#10
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	When Dazza and I had only been dating for a while, we were at my place having dinner with my brother and his wife and the kids when for some reason, our fluffy cat fell off the arm of the lounge and landed on her back. Dazza's response was, "Gravity was her co-pilot". __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-20-2008, 03:37 PM	#11
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Once when I was trying to pick up my Satan Spawn Cat, my ex said "Don't worry, he's just playing hard to pet." __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

11-20-2008, 03:41 PM	#12
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	This is part pun and part just funny. My grandma, who was a really funny lady, asked my ex what he wanted for Christmas. (They were great buddies) He replied "A new butt. Mine has a crack in it." She laughed. At Christmas he opened up a package with a small container of spackle and a putty knife with a note saying a new butt costs too much, but he could repair the old one. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

11-20-2008, 07:16 PM	#13
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	The queen is not a subject. (ahhh, never mind) __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-07-2009, 06:15 PM	#14
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	My mother-in-law came into town for the holidays, and she always brings plenty of snacks. She was telling us she brought a big thing of mixed nuts. However, she warned us that she had already been into them, and didn't think we'd find many cashews left. I replied... "So, would you say they've suffered heavy cashewlties?" __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

01-07-2009, 06:50 PM	#15
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	That's a good one. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

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