Tarzan's Tripes Forever, and Other Feghoots

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Shaggy Zen

Category: Cartoon Puns, Puns, Rated G

Irregular Webcomic! is by David Morgan-Mar. Occasionally, he includes wonderful puns. This one was originally published on December 11, 2006.


An ice cream koan.

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Understanding Geriatric Text Messaging

Category: Gaggle of Groaners listserv, Rated PG

This is from the groaners listserv. As far as I know (AFAIK), these have not yet entered the lexicon, but they do seem so useful and appropriate. I do not know what a Lemon Party is, by the way (BTW). Please, don’t tell me.


DYRS = Do You Remember Sex?

MWIIACWC = My Wife Is In A Coma, Wanna Cyber?

TVKI = The Viagra’s Kicking In

ITAC = Is This A Computer?

GoL = Grandchild on Lap

N911… Read the rest…

Shaggy Halfling V

Category: Cartoon Puns, Puns, Rated G

Irregular Webcomic! is by David Morgan-Mar. Occasionally, he includes wonderful puns. This one was originally published on November 22, 2006.


He refused to listen when I told him it was hobbit fawning.

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Shaggy Cluster

Category: Cartoon Puns, Puns, Rated G

Irregular Webcomic! is by David Morgan-Mar. Occasionally, he includes wonderful puns. This one was originally published on November 18, 2006.


Star clusters are Messier.

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Windy City (Not Only Chicago)

Category: Puns, Rated PG, Shaggy Dogs

This variant on a classic theme is by Alejandro Crespi. Thank you, sir!


Frank is an executive with a major Fortune 500 company who makes semi-annual visits to their several regional offices to monitor performance and boost morale. Having just returned from a three week tour of several facilities, he gets home late one evening, showers, has a night cap and goes to bed.

In the morning he awakens feeling refreshed and satisfied with a successful trip, he… Read the rest…

How It All Turned Out (Long)

Category: Rated G, Shaggy Dogs

By Alan B. Combs. I have several times commented that I work in the Stadium Office during U. Texas home football games for minimum wage and the war stories. This is one of my favorites.


In November 2001 I posted the following tale (alt.callahans) about my nomination for the annual Darwin Awards. Several folks corrected me in that the perp actually survived the episode, and therefore, by definition, was not eligible.

The Daily Fishwrapper posted the results from… Read the rest…

A Tall Ship Tale #63: The Ship Who Sung

Category: Puns, Rated G, alt.callahans

Bill Wright provided technical assistance for this episode of Paul DeAnguera’s epic tale.


Following his escape from a 12th century Kambujan prison, Captain Quid lost no time in getting the H.M.S. Legume underway. The First Mate stopped by Professor Peabody’s workshop in a corner of the hold. “The Captain wants to go back to the 19th century,” he reported.

Peabody looked up from the partially-disassembled weigh-back machine. “I’m sorry, but that isn’t possible just now,” he apologized. “you’ve… Read the rest…

Shaggy is just my Typewriter 2

Category: Cartoon Puns, Puns, Rated G

Irregular Webcomic! is by David Morgan-Mar. Occasionally, he includes wonderful puns.

This work is copyrighted and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported Licence by David Morgan-Mar. It was originally published on June 15, 2003.


I'm type-O.

The Creepy Castle

Category: Rated G, Shaggy Puppy

This is from bwjokes.


A young American tourist goes on a guided tour of a creepy old castle. At the end of the tour the guide asks her how she enjoyed it. She admits to being a bit worried about seeing a ghost in some of the dark cobwebby rooms and passages.

“Don’t worry” says the guide, “I’ve never seen a ghost all the time I’ve been here.”

“How long is that?” asks the girl.

“About three hundred years.”

Epoch on Both Your Houses

Category: Cartoon Puns, Puns, Rated G

xkcd is a webcomic by Randall Munroe. Sometimes he includes puns that are usually of a mathematical and/or scientific nature.


Epoch fail!

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