Tarzan's Tripes Forever, and Other Feghoots

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A Tall Ship Tale #65: Look, Ma — No Hans

Category: Puns, Rated G, alt.callahans

Paul DeAnguera continues his epic.


Captain Quid wrinkled his sloped brow in puzzlment. “If the Brotherhood is out to destroy Taoism, how can we stop them? Do you know any Taoists we could ask?”

“It’s a fatalistic philosophy. A Taoist would probably advise you not to bother,” Professor Peabody pointed out.

“Then, we need advice from someone of a different persuasion!”

“There was a very wise Confucian whom we might ask for advice. Toward the end of the… Read the rest…

Scraggy

Category: Cartoon Puns, Puns, Rated G

Irregular Webcomic! is by David Morgan-Mar. Occasionally, he includes wonderful puns. This one was originally published on May 17, 2007.


It's hardscrabble terrain

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That’s Not a Pun

Category: Cartoon Puns, Rated G

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


My Hobby: Appending 'No Pun Intended' to lines with no pun in them.

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Shaggy Donation

Category: Cartoon Puns, Puns, Rated G

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

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They knead dough.

Shaaaarrrrgy II

Category: Cartoon Puns, Puns, Rated G

Irregular Webcomic! is by David Morgan-Mar. Occasionally, he includes wonderful puns. This one was originally published on May 10, 2007.


It be an Imperial galleon! 20 percent bigger than an American galleon.

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Time For Anger

Category: Gaggle of Groaners listserv, Puns, Rated G

“Time for Anger” from “The Ants Are My Friends” by Richard Lederer & Stan Kegel (©2007 Marion Street Press) “Rock of ages, cleft for me. Let me hide myself in thee” from “Rock of Ages” by Thomas Hastings and Augustus M. Topland.


Herman was afflicted with an explosive personality that caused him more and more problems at home and on the job. Finally, his distressed family persuaded him to enter an anger-management course.

Herman’s therapy included an alarm… Read the rest…

Gooder English

Category: Gaggle of Groaners listserv, Rated G, Shaggy Puppy

There have been several versions of this listing on the internet. This is among the more complete ones. Stan Kegel posted it on the groaners listserv.


A negative concept cannot be formed by two positives. Yeah, right.

A writer must not shift your point of view.

Also, always avoid annoying alliteration.

Also too, never, ever use repetitive redundancies.

Always pick on the correct idiom.

Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.

And always be

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The 60 Year Marriage

Category: Gaggle of Groaners listserv, Rated PG, Shaggy Dogs

From the groaners listserv.


An 85-year-old couple had been married for 60 years. Though they were far from rich, they managed to get by because they watched their pennies. Though not young, they were both in very good health, largely due to the wife’s insistence on healthy foods and exercise for the last decade.

One day their good health didn’t help when they went on a rare vacation and their plane crashed, sending them off to Heaven. They… Read the rest…

Shaggy and Irregular

Category: Cartoon Puns, Puns, Rated G

Irregular Webcomic! is by David Morgan-Mar. Occasionally, he includes wonderful puns. This one was originally published on April 11, 2007.


The Irregular Side

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Shaggy Halfling VI

Category: Cartoon Puns, Puns, Rated G

Irregular Webcomic! is by David Morgan-Mar. Occasionally, he includes wonderful puns. This one was originally published on March 2, 2007.


Yes, they can live in alien hobbit-ats.

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