Wordplay Wednesdays - Because Seven Days Without Puns is Enough to Make One Weak

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You didn't think I forgot about your favourite weekly theme post, did you? Well of course I didn't - how could I let such a pundamental segment slip my mind?



WORDPLAY WEDNESDAY NUMBER 2



This week, it is a reader contribution three-fer, plus a bonus fourth gem I came across in my web travels.



The first reader-suggested pun , you've already read! That genius bit in the title there, I wish I could take credit for, but I can't. It is loosely adapted from this very clever and apropos comment Jacqueline left on last week's post:

It's unfortunate you are only gracing your blog with puns on Wednesdays. As the saying goes "seven days without puns makes one weak." [See the original comment page here.]

Kudos and thanks for sharing!



Another reader, Sarah Jo Austin (her blog here) suggested a couple other nuggets, one an original real-life quip and the other a well-crafted pun, some variation of which I have seen on the web before, but that is still good. Both are worth a mention here. To paraphrase her contributions:

1) At a Bible study, my friend Paul was complaining that he hated shaving and wished there was a way to shave once and never shave again, to which I promptly replied, "You mean, like, once shaved, always shaved?"

[Editor's note, if you didn't get that one, see my comment on the comments page for an explanation.]

2) A group of monks in Los Angeles started selling flowers in upper-class neighborhoods to raise money for the poor. They knocked on the door of Hugh Hefner, who did not appreciate the canvassing in his neighborhood, regardless of their agenda. So he called his lawyer, who went to city hall and the council soon passed a law against selling flowers door to door. The moral of the story: only Hugh can prevent florist friars. 

And, as promised, a bonus fourth one for you. Gadget blog Gizmodo ran a story last Friday about so-called grass photography. From the post:

By placing a "canvas" of grass in a darkroom and shining light on it that first passes through a film negative, artist/scientists have been able to tweak the chlorophyll levels of blades of grass and create living photographs. [Ed note: you can see examples of the phenomenon over on the Giz post.]

And witty commenter Bosskev (whose group blog about Mac film-making is here) chimed in with our bonus pun of the week:

So, adapting photosynthesis for, um, photo synthesis? [Skip right to the comment with this link.]

And th-th-th-that's all for this week folks - thank you to the readers who submitted their best material, and thanks to Bosskev for giving me permission to quote his quip here, too.









Now just like last week, if you have a great piece of word play that you're just dying to share, let's hear it in the comments and you may get included in next week's segment. (The honour, I know!)