Is there a punster in the house?

Well, once she asked me if another name for epilepsy might be "Julius Seizure."

You two must have been a hoot. She sounds good - very good.

I didn't know that Orange Caesar (I'm going to regret that ) had epilepsy.

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P.S. Did the "SMK" in "ROTFLMAOSMK" mean "Slapping My Knee", or maybe "Spanking My Knee"?.

"Big Julie?" Yeah, historians generally agree that he was epileptic. In Shakespeare's play about him, it is written:

"And the rabble hooted, and threw up their sweaty nightcaps, and gave up such a deal of stinking breath as fain would choke Caesar, for he fell down in a swoon." The Bard is describing Caesar's malady.

More? I've always said that shad should be called Fish Napoleon because of its bony parts.

SMK = "Slap My Knee." HMS, PFOF.

Steve,

Haven't gotten into your latest. Mind if I ask? - on YOUR 1 to 10, how would you rank that last one?

Also, do you have this info stored in your brain?

P.S. Wouldn't "Julius' Seizure" be better, or is that giving it away?

All of my puns are equally rank, Rick. Yes, they all come from my fertilized imagination and mnemonic capacity. And since you can't hear the apostrophe you put after "Julius" I don't think it matters. Most puns are perpetrated orally and unless you're Victor Borge you don't audibilize your punctuation.

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they all come from my fertilized imagination and mnemonic capacity.

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That's an oxymoron. The first one came from your ex's "fertilized imagination and mnemonic capacity".

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Originally posted by Steve:
Most puns are perpetrated orally

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I've never "written" an "orally" perpetrated pun. Sounds painful.

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Originally posted by Steve:
unless you're Victor Borge you don't audibilize your punctuation.

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I like "VICTOR" Borge! He's a "WINNER" and a "CONQUEROR".



I haven't forgotten your latest contribution. You've had years "collecting" these, and my coffee has just starting kicking in.

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Quoting Rick, 'That's an oxymoron. The first one came from your ex's "fertilized imagination and mnemonic capacity".

Better dig out your dictionary and look up 'oxymoron,' Rick. That's a word for a term which is self-contradictory, like 'military intelligence' or 'Justice Rehnquist.' The first one may have originated with my ex but it came from my mnemonic capacity -- my memory.

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The contradiction comes from "and". Your mnemonic capacity, but the ex's fertilized imagination. I can supply definition for "and" and "or" or "or" and "and".

Don't want anyone trying to take credit for someone else's discoveries. I do note that you first gave her credit, but then you said, "they all come from my fertilized imagination and mnemonic capacity". Since this pun didn't come from your fertilizer (actually, I think I may have stepped into something, and I'm not saying your logic stinks) that would once again show that generalizations are not true.




Now - on to that BONY pun.

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More? I've always said that shad should be called Fish Napoleon because of its bony parts.

SMK = "Slap My Knee." HMS, PFOF.

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OK. I think I've got this. If so, I much appreciate the "bony".

A shad is a herring. Herrings are clupeids. Clupeids are bony fishes. English mothers use to warn difficult children that if they didn't behave, the terrible Bony would take them away. That Bony, was Napoleon Bonaparte.

Now, herring might also refer to "red herring", which "distracts attention from the real issue". So, I fear I may have forgotten what I learned from my schools.

Now, I know that "PFOF" is important, because you added it as an after thought, but I don't have a telltale idea?

GOOD STUFF! (?More?)

A shad is a bony fish. The pun is simply a play on Napoleon's other surname: Bonaparte ("bony parts"). A "red herring," by the way, gets its color from being smoked to preserve it. It has a strong and distinctive odor and was used by people opposed to foxhunts to distract the hounds from the scent of their prey.

Rick wrote, 'Now, I know that "PFOF" is important, because you added it as an after thought, but I don't have a telltale idea?'

Just another chatroom acronym. If you ROTFL you might also PFOF.

More? Well, when the cattle rancher died his will divided his ranch, the "Lazy O," equally among his three male children. The children promptly renamed the ranch "Focus." Can you figure out why?

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If you ROTFL you might also PFOF.

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Pound(ing) Feet (Foot) On Floor?

Does the "Lazy O" have any obscure historical connection?