07.17.08
An entry from Lydia the tattooed encyclopydia
Over at the Late for This Guy blog (co-misunderstood by all peripheral Jimi Hendrix fans, ’scuse me), my friend JohnnyB discusses the high magic in low puns. It’s a fun read (yes, read as noun; live with it).
Shortly after posting said punditry, JohnnyB dropped me an email on a topic he likely believed had no connection with his pun-blog post. John alerted me to this story, from msnbc (which stands for “Messin’ be? Si!”). The story puts this mad stampede of syllables in motion:
JohnnyB asks first, “Did an agent perform an operation? What or who was released?” Indeed, the sentence implies that all this is the work of “a cameraman that was released.” Because cameramen, released or otherwise, regularly shoot, I’d ask if he was released in his pajamas, but that’s getting ahead of the story.
After those initial questions, the true purpose of JohnnyB’s email was released (in his pajamas). The purpose was a challenge: “Diagram that sentence.”
Them’s writin’ words!, I responded. And my response was indeed a diagram that points obscurely to the answer. What’s more, my response, despite Mr. B’s expectations, had much to do with his pun-blog post:
(As a side note, Captain Spaulding’s first name is Ray. Who? Ray. Who? Ray. Whoray!)
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JohnnyB said,
July 17, 2008 at 1:40 pm
“JohnnyB … likely believed had no connection with his pun-blog post.”
That’s irrelevant I say.
“Atsa no my elephant, atsa your elephant.”
Bill Brohaugh said,
July 17, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Mr. Brohaugh concedes that he is duly humbled by JohnnyB’s pun-ishing pack o’ terms.