Cranky Old Man’s Bad Pun Rule #1: At least get the lyrics right.
And a time to every…(King James Version, and Pete Seeger’s lyrics).
Alan G. Humphreysays
At least this is shorter that the “Immortal Porpoises” joke I heard many decades ago, the one with mynahs and lions, oh my.
birgerjohanssonsays
And at this occasion the author did not get beaten up by Rat.
Clearly he has made progress.
Rob Grigjanissays
Alan @2: Oh yeah, “crossing sedate lions”.
Snowberrysays
I can sometimes see the vague shape of where these things are going, but I never get the punchline prematurely because I haven’t seen/heard the original thing they’re riffing on.
birgerjohanssonsays
A song I recalled, as the president is indulging his mega-narcissism.
I consider the test of a good pun to be whether I saw it coming. This one was a tad obvious.
birgerjohanssonsays
I just found a message from George Pastis -the creator of Pearls Before Swine- showing a joke from 10 years ago where Rat campaigns on a promise to invade Greenland.
.
Also in a treaty between Denmark and USA in 1916 USA recognises the Danish sovereignty over Greenland in return for the Virgin Islands, which literally includes Epstein Island. The irony is sweet.
Cranky Old Man’s Bad Pun Rule #1: At least get the lyrics right.
And a time to every…(King James Version, and Pete Seeger’s lyrics).
At least this is shorter that the “Immortal Porpoises” joke I heard many decades ago, the one with mynahs and lions, oh my.
And at this occasion the author did not get beaten up by Rat.
Clearly he has made progress.
Alan @2: Oh yeah, “crossing sedate lions”.
I can sometimes see the vague shape of where these things are going, but I never get the punchline prematurely because I haven’t seen/heard the original thing they’re riffing on.
A song I recalled, as the president is indulging his mega-narcissism.
“Peter Gabriel -- Big Time”
.https://youtube.com/watch?v=PBAl9cchQac
I consider the test of a good pun to be whether I saw it coming. This one was a tad obvious.
I just found a message from George Pastis -the creator of Pearls Before Swine- showing a joke from 10 years ago where Rat campaigns on a promise to invade Greenland.
.
Also in a treaty between Denmark and USA in 1916 USA recognises the Danish sovereignty over Greenland in return for the Virgin Islands, which literally includes Epstein Island. The irony is sweet.