This pun is by Lewis Carroll.
“And how many hours a day did you do lessons?” said Alice, in a hurry to change the subject.
“Ten hours the first ‘day,,” said the Mock Turtle. “Nine the next., and so on.
“What a curious plan!” exclaimed Alice.
“That’s the reason they’re called lessons,” the Gryphon remarked. “Because they lessen from day to day.”… Read the rest...
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By Alan B. Combs
I was channel surfing last night and came across the latest character in children’s programming. This was an irascible, churly fellow who lives in a trashcan. His day job was to hold kitchen and bathroom tiles together and prevent water leaks. They called him Oscar the Grout.… Read the rest...
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By Clynch Varnadore of Punsters United Nearly Yearly (PUNY), this was created in response to In Verse Logic sent a few days ago.
Of course, the son of Sam Iam was famous for his philanthropy toward his creator. He was a large contributer to that group which studies mythology, named for Zeus, “The Olympic Zeusological Society”. It is a group of lawyers who jealously guard the right to the use of the Gods’ names. If a God’s name is written … Read the rest...
http://shaggy-dogs.briancombs.net/in-verse-logic-ii/
For the country lovers, this is from rosecatt@webtv.net.
When country singer Crystal Gayle was a little girl, she had a passion for clown dolls. But her family didn’t have a lot of money for such luxuries, so her very talented mom devoted long evenings by the fire hand crafting beautiful and interesting harlequin dolls for her daughter.
Once, while creating a particularly special and intricately designed doll, she ran into a problem. The tiny blue ‘faux crystals’ that she had … Read the rest...
http://shaggy-dogs.briancombs.net/clowning-around/