June 28, 1992Next time, I'll discuss another side of the Unintended Pun Theory, which hit me so hard while I was driving I almost had an accident.
While praying for a friend, who worked as an usher at Baltimore Orioles baseball games, I said: “...that his knees would stand up to the work.”
about April, 1992
I don't have the exact context, but this one is a stand-alone pun: “Spending four dollars a day shouldn't eat up so much of my money.”
July 11, 1992
After a story about several killings at post offices, and how it seemed that supervisors were driving postal workers to anger, Barbara Walters, the famous broadcast journalist, said: “We'll keep you po...informed on any changes at the post office.”
Seems to me that Ms. Walters caught herself as she was about to say: “We'll keep you posted on any changes at the post office”, but realized she didn't want us to think she was making a joke about such a horrible situation. Even people who make a living from crafting words can't stop their brains from making these unintended word associations.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Puns to Spice Up Your Midweek
A few Unintended Puns from 1992 to spice up your midweek cider.
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My new pun:
ReplyDeleteWe were talking about the theater kids' IM basketball team, which was playing a game that night. Someone asked if they would have matching underwear. The representative team member said, "I don't think that matters, if it's not showing."
I said: "Depends."
Thanks, Claire. I guess that brings up the whole category of "diaper" puns--I don't think I've posted the one about how we thought a baby sitter was having a pretty easy time of it.
ReplyDeleteYour Mom said: "She's being pampered."