In a message dated 3/15/99 1:58:54 PM Central Standard Time, Clynch_Varnadore@... writes: << This pun that Billnor wrote is made more ironic when one considers that Julius Ceasar suffered from "Fallin

I submitted the wrong Haiku to the list. On that post to Stan, I accidentally sent a first draft Haiku which doesn't follow the meter of the form. I cut and pasted the wrong one. Sorry! ;-] It read: D

Bilnnor@... wrote: Bill reminded me of this and with Easter around the corner it is apropos... What do you call Easter in France? Bonne idee! Tiff -----------------------------------------------------

It's a little known fact that Julius Caesar did NOT die from stab wounds by Brutus ... but rather he was poisoned. At the huge banquet on that fateful Ides of March, Brutus slipped some poisonous heml

Bilnnor@... wrote: I hate to be a stickler for facts but St. Vitus Dance was never a term for epilepsy. St. Vitus Dance is a form of Rheumatic Fever characterized by chorea or abnormal involuntary mov

I've begun preparations for the launch of the prototypical pun loop. To avoid confussion in the event of adds & drops, I've decided not to assign Author numbers to the members of the "LOOP GROUP" as w

Stan. You wanted a Haiku about the chicken crossing the road. Consider this: The chicken, fowl bird, wing and feather aflutter made it 'cross the road. Dave -------------------------------------------

I recall discussing the Hyde family in January and February, and now we come to a Tale Of The HYDES OF MARCH: Two boy Hyde cousins, MARC AN' TONY, are going to a Roman Toga party with intent to woo th

I just ran across it this morning and considering the recent threads I just couldn't resist passing it along. I know I'm breaking just about all of my own rules at once by forwarding someone elses wor

Hey, y'all-- I'm far too busy to do anything except be amused as you PUNY folks do your thing, but I'll toss in what I once referred to as The Only Clean Limerick I Can Imagine Having Written. Yes, it

One of the great collectors of limericks was Ray Allen Billington, an exceptionally respectable and prominent historian, and author of *Westward Migration*, which is in my judgment the best account of

Let me complain that if Asimov is claiming authorship of the ALice limerick, he's a worse plagiarist than Joe Biden. At least two variations on that limerick can be traced to the 1920s, including Ther

One of my favorite authors of limericks are by science fiction writer (and humorist), Isaac Asimov. He is also the author of some great groaners. If anyone would like some I would be happy to e-mail t

Hello PUNY gang. Ever since Lars received his baptism by fire from CynMac a few weeks ago I've been meaning to re-post this collection of exchanges from early last June when Cyn and I got into one of

The book "Punned Haiku" Will be sent straight to you, if You tell me where y'are. I just spoke with Patricia Crosbie, the widow of the founder of the International Save the Pun Foundation, John Crosbi

Two oldies and a new one. While Titian was mixing rose madder, his model was posed on a ladder. Her position to Titian suggested fruition. So he mounted the ladder and had her. There was an old whore

In the 1995 Ten Best Stressed Puns was one of my favourites that I share with you herewith. There once was a fellow named Clyde Who fell into an outhouse and died. His unfortunate brother Fell into an

Here are more of limericks from Isaac Asimovs books of humor, this time cleaner: There was a young lady named Bates Who amused every one of her dates By keeping one breast In total arrest While the ot

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