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Oct
10
2008

More Wordplay Jokes

by lunc

There are so many, it seemed a shame not to devote another post to some of them. Like this old classic, that should be taught to every linguistic student: A panda bear walks into a pub and asks the landlord for some bamboo. The landlord, although a little stunned, cuts some stalks from a bamboo [...]

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Aug
27
2008

Wordplay Jokes

by lunc

Today I’m thinking about jokes.  Mostly I’m thinking that I don’t remember them very well.  I suppose I prefer a visual gag (Harold Lloyd especially), but I also enjoy spoken gags that play on words.  My favourite being the Two Ronnies sketch in a hardware store where Ronnie Barker as a yokel asking for a [...]

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