Source: The Sun
About the French president's lady wife having her picture taken with no clothes on. Sarkozy is quite a tricky surname for punners (does it rhyme with anything other than Teacosy?), but the Sun's cunning addition of that extra "t" works a treat. Er... "starkers" does translate, right?
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Wednesday, 26 March 2008
Monday, 24 March 2008
Rarebit in the spotlight
Source: The Guardian's food pages
A piece about Welsh food gaining popularity. Rubbish: rarebit is a more than acceptable rabbit substitution, but the spotlight/headlight reverse is weak.
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A piece about Welsh food gaining popularity. Rubbish: rarebit is a more than acceptable rabbit substitution, but the spotlight/headlight reverse is weak.
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'Eggcellent' turnout for Easter egg hunt
Source: Belleville Intelligencer
The joke here is that "ex" sounds a little bit like "egg." If this were a story about A Christmas Carol, I'd call it a Dickens of a bad pun. If it were about puppies, I'd say it was a doggone bad pun. Such plays on words deserve permanent postPUNment.
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The joke here is that "ex" sounds a little bit like "egg." If this were a story about A Christmas Carol, I'd call it a Dickens of a bad pun. If it were about puppies, I'd say it was a doggone bad pun. Such plays on words deserve permanent postPUNment.
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Spy saga unfurls paradox of man
Source: The Toronto Star
This is on a review of Michael Frayn's play Democracy. It is trying much too hard.
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This is on a review of Michael Frayn's play Democracy. It is trying much too hard.
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Monday, 3 March 2008
Tippling point
Source: The Guardian
Puntastic! Here's the context: "Global warming and changing tastes are putting the squeeze on Europe's traditional vineyards."
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Puntastic! Here's the context: "Global warming and changing tastes are putting the squeeze on Europe's traditional vineyards."
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