This was the nearly instantaneous response of my Pun Mistress, Scarlet, to a previous story that had the punchline: “Judy’s garland goes somewhere over the brain, Bo!”

BRAVO! BRAVO! Two dozen plus two athletes were lined up to present the garland amidst a crowd of one hundred forty four dour onlookers. The athletes were cheering and laughing, but the onlookers were not so happy. In other words there were only TWENTY-SIX SMILES A GROSS TO SEE.