Just wanted to compliment you, Karen, on the nice pun in your final five
words below.
Brian
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In a message dated 1/2/2005 10:41:48 AM Pacific Standard Time,
krallison416@aol.com writes:
And that's really the most important point. It's not only the machine -
it's
the whole picture - nothing is in a vacuum.
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
OK Guys, I give up. I hate to miss a good pun but I guess I'm too
slow to pick up on this one. What do you mean BJ? Do you
understand Karen? The only thing that comes to my mind is that the
EC is not a bastion of cleanliness…hence, there is nothing in
their vacuum cleaners???
Please let me in the joke.
Babe
Just wanted to compliment you, Karen, on the nice pun in your
final five
- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, bjaygold@a... wrote:
words below.
Brian
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In a message dated 1/2/2005 10:41:48 AM Pacific Standard Time,
krallison416@a... writes:And that's really the most important point. It's not only the
machine -
it's
the whole picture - nothing is in a vacuum.[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
What else would be in a vacuum but "nothing?"
I didn't pick up on it originally!!
--- jackessiebabe <jackessiebabe@yahoo.com> wrote:
OK Guys, I give up. I hate to miss a good pun but
I guess I'm too
slow to pick up on this one. What do you mean BJ?
Do you
understand Karen? The only thing that comes to my
mind is that the
EC is not a bastion of cleanliness…hence,
there is nothing in
their vacuum cleaners???Please let me in the joke.
Babe
- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, bjaygold@a... wrote:
>
> Just wanted to compliment you, Karen, on the nice
pun in your
final five
> words below.
>
> Brian
>
>
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>
> In a message dated 1/2/2005 10:41:48 AM Pacific
Standard Time,
> krallison416@a... writes:
>
>
> And that's really the most important point. It's
not only the
machine -
> it's
> the whole picture - nothing is in a vacuum.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
removed]
Hi Richard,
Thanks to you and the other smart folks who emailed me privately to
explain the pun.
I am quite ashamed that I didn't get it originally, as after the
explanations it seems so obvious.
Babe
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Richard Boozer <reboozer@y...> wrote:
What else would be in a vacuum but "nothing?"
I didn't pick up on it originally!!--- jackessiebabe <jackessiebabe@y...> wrote:
>
> OK Guys, I give up. I hate to miss a good pun but
> I guess I'm too
> slow to pick up on this one. What do you mean BJ?
> Do you
> understand Karen? The only thing that comes to my
> mind is that the
> EC is not a bastion of cleanliness…hence,
> there is nothing in
> their vacuum cleaners???
>
> Please let me in the joke.
>
> Babe
>
>
> - In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, bjaygold@a… wrote:
> >
> > Just wanted to compliment you, Karen, on the nice
> pun in your
> final five
> > words below.
> >
> > Brian
> >
> >
>
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> ---------
> >
> > In a message dated 1/2/2005 10:41:48 AM Pacific
> Standard Time,
> > krallison416@a… writes:
> >
> >
> > And that's really the most important point. It's
> not only the
> machine -
> > it's
> > the whole picture - nothing is in a vacuum.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
>
>
>
>
Babe,
There's nothing to be ashamed about, because it wasn't a pun! A
pun involves at least one word that *sounds* like another word or
words. For example: A person entered a pun contest. He entered ten
seperate puns, hoping to win first prize, but no pun in ten did. Or,
my favorite triple pun (on three consecutive words): A woman had
three sons who owned a cattle ranch. They asked her what to name the
ranch, and she suggested the name Focus because, as she put it, it
was where the sons raise meat.
Irv
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "jackessiebabe" <jackessiebabe@y...>
wrote:
Hi Richard,
Thanks to you and the other smart folks who emailed me privately to
explain the pun.I am quite ashamed that I didn't get it originally, as after the
explanations it seems so obvious.Babe
— In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Richard Boozer <reboozer@y…> wrote:
> What else would be in a vacuum but "nothing?"
> I didn't pick up on it originally!!
>
>
> — jackessiebabe <jackessiebabe@y…> wrote:
>
> >
> > OK Guys, I give up. I hate to miss a good pun but
> > I guess I'm too
> > slow to pick up on this one. What do you mean BJ?
> > Do you
> > understand Karen? The only thing that comes to my
> > mind is that the
> > EC is not a bastion of cleanliness…hence,
> > there is nothing in
> > their vacuum cleaners???
> >
> > Please let me in the joke.
> >
> > Babe
> >
> >
> > - In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, bjaygold@a… wrote:
> > >
> > > Just wanted to compliment you, Karen, on the nice
> > pun in your
> > final five
> > > words below.
> > >
> > > Brian
> > >
> > >
> >
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
> > ---------
> > >
> > > In a message dated 1/2/2005 10:41:48 AM Pacific
> > Standard Time,
> > > krallison416@a... writes:
> > >
> > >
> > > And that's really the most important point. It's
> > not only the
> > machine -
> > > it's
> > > the whole picture - nothing is in a vacuum.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been
> > removed]
> >
> >
> >
> >
->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Hi Irv,
I promise that this is my last word on puns. I am saying this in
advance of Tom banishing the thread to FREEvpFREE, where it deserves
to be.
I ran your post past my husband, who is a world championship
punster, and he verifies that you are 100% correct. The "vacuum"
sentence is a clever "play on words", but not a pun.
As an additional El Cortez "play on words", he submits the following:
He's surprized that, while discussing how "nothing exists in a
vacuum" we were all swept up in the dialogue.
Furthermore, he adds that while playing (in a vacuum) at a FPVP
grind joint, rather than a glitzy strip property, you are less
likely to be taken to the cleaners.
I know, I know!! Nobody in our family can stand it either.
As an example of a genuine pun, particularly appropriate to the
season, I offer the following:
A man goes to the dentist for a new upper plate, since his has
corroded. The dentist asks about the man's recent diet. The man
responds that his diet is unchanged except that he's eating lots
more Hollandaise sauce, and now puts it on meat, fish, veggies,
toast etc. The dentist says that is the problem, because the lemon
juice in the sauce is corrosive, and that this time he will make the
plate out of chrome. "Why chrome?", queries the patient. To which
the dentist replies, "There's no plate like chrome for Hollandaise!"
I can't believe I said that!!
Now, after all that I must confess, I don't understand your "Focus"
pun either. I must be brain-dead. Please send me a PRIVATE email
explaining, so that I can share it with my husband.
Happy New Year and good vp luck in 2005 !
Babe
Babe,
There's nothing to be ashamed about, because it wasn't a pun!
A
pun involves at least one word that *sounds* like another word or
words. For example: A person entered a pun contest. He entered
ten
seperate puns, hoping to win first prize, but no pun in ten did.
Or,
my favorite triple pun (on three consecutive words): A woman had
three sons who owned a cattle ranch. They asked her what to name
the
ranch, and she suggested the name Focus because, as she put it, it
was where the sons raise meat.Irv
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "jackessiebabe"
<jackessiebabe@y...>
wrote:
>
>
> Hi Richard,
>
> Thanks to you and the other smart folks who emailed me privately
to
> explain the pun.
>
> I am quite ashamed that I didn't get it originally, as after the
> explanations it seems so obvious.
>
> Babe
>
>
>
> --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Richard Boozer <reboozer@y...>
wrote:
-- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "irvsiegel" <isiegel@s...> wrote:
> > What else would be in a vacuum but "nothing?"
> > I didn't pick up on it originally!!
> >
> >
> > — jackessiebabe <jackessiebabe@y…> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > OK Guys, I give up. I hate to miss a good pun but
> > > I guess I'm too
> > > slow to pick up on this one. What do you mean BJ?
> > > Do you
> > > understand Karen? The only thing that comes to my
> > > mind is that the
> > > EC is not a bastion of cleanliness…hence,
> > > there is nothing in
> > > their vacuum cleaners???
> > >
> > > Please let me in the joke.
> > >
> > > Babe
> > >
> > >
> > > - In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, bjaygold@a… wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Just wanted to compliment you, Karen, on the nice
> > > pun in your
> > > final five
> > > > words below.
> > > >
> > > > Brian
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
---
-
> > > ---------
> > > >
> > > > In a message dated 1/2/2005 10:41:48 AM Pacific
> > > Standard Time,
> > > > krallison416@a... writes:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > And that's really the most important point. It's
> > > not only the
> > > machine -
> > > > it's
> > > > the whole picture - nothing is in a vacuum.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been
> > > removed]
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "jackessiebabe" <jackessiebabe@y...>
wrote:
Now, after all that I must confess, I don't understand
your "Focus"
pun either. I must be brain-dead. Please send me a PRIVATE email
explaining
me to
jackessiebabe wrote:cuum) at a FPVP
A man goes to the dentist for a new upper plate, since his has
corroded. The dentist asks about the man's recent diet. The man
responds that his diet is unchanged except that he's eating lots
more Hollandaise sauce, and now puts it on meat, fish, veggies,
toast etc. The dentist says that is the problem, because the lemon
juice in the sauce is corrosive, and that this time he will make
the
plate out of chrome. "Why chrome?", queries the patient. To which
the dentist replies, "There's no plate like chrome for
Hollandaise!"
An Indian guru went to that same dentist for a root canal, but
refused novacaine - saying "I am able to transcend dental
medication."
I believe the dentist left the practice after that and becacme a
video poker player.
Now, after all that I must confess, I don't understand your
"Focus"
pun either.
Think Suns's Rays meet.
Skip
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Service.
Speaking about Indians (well, in this case Native Americans), it
turns out that my great uncle Nathan was an electrician who put
lights in the rest rooms for the Navajos. In fact, he was the first
person to wire a head for a reservation.
Irv
jackessiebabe wrote:cuum) at a FPVP
> A man goes to the dentist for a new upper plate, since his has
> corroded. The dentist asks about the man's recent diet. The man
> responds that his diet is unchanged except that he's eating lots
> more Hollandaise sauce, and now puts it on meat, fish, veggies,
> toast etc. The dentist says that is the problem, because the
lemon
> juice in the sauce is corrosive, and that this time he will make
> the
> plate out of chrome. "Why chrome?", queries the patient. To
which
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Skip Hughes <skiphughes@e...> wrote:
> the dentist replies, "There's no plate like chrome for
> Hollandaise!"An Indian guru went to that same dentist for a root canal, but
refused novacaine - saying "I am able to transcend dental
medication."I believe the dentist left the practice after that and becacme a
video poker player.> Now, after all that I must confess, I don't understand your
> "Focus"
> pun either.Think Suns's Rays meet.
Skip
> vpFREE-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
>
> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of
> Service.
I believe the dentist left the practice after that and becacme a
video poker player.
Skip
Skip,
you are absolutely correct!!
Don the Dentist
A lens is used to 'focus' light which is where the
'suns rays meet."
--- jackessiebabe <jackessiebabe@yahoo.com> wrote:
->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Hi Irv,
I promise that this is my last word on puns. I am
saying this in
advance of Tom banishing the thread to FREEvpFREE,
where it deserves
to be.I ran your post past my husband, who is a world
championship
punster, and he verifies that you are 100% correct.
The "vacuum"
sentence is a clever "play on words", but not a pun.As an additional El Cortez "play on words", he
submits the following:He's surprized that, while discussing how "nothing
exists in a
vacuum" we were all swept up in the dialogue.Furthermore, he adds that while playing (in a
vacuum) at a FPVP
grind joint, rather than a glitzy strip property,
you are less
likely to be taken to the cleaners.I know, I know!! Nobody in our family can stand it
either.As an example of a genuine pun, particularly
appropriate to the
season, I offer the following:A man goes to the dentist for a new upper plate,
since his has
corroded. The dentist asks about the man's recent
diet. The man
responds that his diet is unchanged except that he's
eating lots
more Hollandaise sauce, and now puts it on meat,
fish, veggies,
toast etc. The dentist says that is the problem,
because the lemon
juice in the sauce is corrosive, and that this time
he will make the
plate out of chrome. "Why chrome?", queries the
patient. To which
the dentist replies, "There's no plate like chrome
for Hollandaise!"I can't believe I said that!!
Now, after all that I must confess, I don't
understand your "Focus"
pun either. I must be brain-dead. Please send me a
PRIVATE email
explaining, so that I can share it with my husband.Happy New Year and good vp luck in 2005 !
Babe
– In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "irvsiegel"
<isiegel@s…> wrote:
>
> Babe,
>
> There's nothing to be ashamed about, because it
wasn't a pun!
A
> pun involves at least one word that *sounds* like
another word or
> words. For example: A person entered a pun
contest. He entered
ten
> seperate puns, hoping to win first prize, but no
pun in ten did.
Or,
> my favorite triple pun (on three consecutive
words): A woman had
> three sons who owned a cattle ranch. They asked
her what to name
the
> ranch, and she suggested the name Focus because,
as she put it, it
> was where the sons raise meat.
>
>
> Irv
>
>
> — In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "jackessiebabe"
<jackessiebabe@y…>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi Richard,
> >
> > Thanks to you and the other smart folks who
emailed me privately
to
> > explain the pun.
> >
> > I am quite ashamed that I didn't get it
originally, as after the
> > explanations it seems so obvious.
> >
> > Babe
> >
> >
> >
> > — In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Richard Boozer
<reboozer@y…>
wrote:
> > > What else would be in a vacuum but "nothing?"
> > > I didn't pick up on it originally!!
> > >
> > >
> > > — jackessiebabe <jackessiebabe@y…> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > OK Guys, I give up. I hate to miss a good
pun but
> > > > I guess I'm too
> > > > slow to pick up on this one. What do you
mean BJ?
> > > > Do you
> > > > understand Karen? The only thing that comes
to my
> > > > mind is that the
> > > > EC is not a bastion of
cleanliness…hence,
> > > > there is nothing in
> > > > their vacuum cleaners???
> > > >
> > > > Please let me in the joke.
> > > >
> > > > Babe
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > - In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, bjaygold@a…
wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Just wanted to compliment you, Karen, on
the nice
> > > > pun in your
> > > > final five
> > > > > words below.
> > > > >
> > > > > Brian
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
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> -
> > > > ---------
> > > > >
> > > > > In a message dated 1/2/2005 10:41:48 AM
Pacific
> > > > Standard Time,
> > > > > krallison416@a... writes:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > And that's really the most important
point. It's
> > > > not only the
> > > > machine -
> > > > > it's
> > > > > the whole picture - nothing is in a
vacuum.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have
been
> > > > removed]
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
-->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Hi Richard,
Many other posters have now explained this to me, and it has finally
penetrated my still jet-lagged brain. I guess, that in my current
state, I can only catch on to the more obvious puns.
Equating "focus" with "suns rays meet" is a just a little too subtle
for me. But then, I am not as experienced a punner as you all seem
to be.
Anyway, I am definetly finished with this thread, at least for today.
Babe
- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Richard Boozer <reboozer@y...> wrote:
A lens is used to 'focus' light which is where the
'suns rays meet."
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
>
>
>
>