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|    Janis Kracht to Daryl Stout    |
|    Pun Humor    |
|    16 Feb 20 20:46:16    |
      MSGID: 1:261/38.0 ad656ec4       REPLY: 185.fidonet-fidogaze@1:19/33 22aad9fe       TZUTC: -0500       CHARSET: LATIN-1       >> Geez, yes :) A farting or puking computer would be one I'd run from :)              > Cue the horror music...Curse Of the Operating System.              Indeed :)              >>> * OLX 1.53 * If cats could read they would paws after each claws.              >> That is a great play on words, Daryl :)              > I love punny humor. There is a world championship pun-off in early May       > each year in Austin, Texas...where the humor is drier than the Sahara.       > There are 2 competitions:              > 1) Punniest Of Show -- the contestant prepares a script, ideally 60       > seconds in length. At 90 seconds, a bell sounds, and points are       > deducted. A second bell rings at 2 minutes, and the contestant is       > disqualified. The script can be full of puns, or have one big one at the       > end.              > 2) High Lies And Low Puns -- from several categories, two punsters go       > head to head, having 5 seconds to make a pun on the category, and you       > can't use the same pun more than once.              Sounds like quite the championship :)              > Proceeds benefit the O. Henry Museum in Austin, Texas.              Very neat as well. :)              Take care,       Janis              --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-4        * Origin: Prism bbs (1:261/38)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 10/0 1 14/5 15/0 16/101 19/36 34/999 90/1 102/401 103/705       SEEN-BY: 106/201 116/18 120/302 331 123/140 128/2 153/757 7715 154/10       SEEN-BY: 203/0 214/22 218/0 1 215 401 410 520 700 802 810 221/0 227/114       SEEN-BY: 229/200 426 1014 230/150 152 240/1120 5832 249/206 307 317       SEEN-BY: 249/400 250/1 261/38 100 1466 266/512 267/155 275/100 280/464       SEEN-BY: 280/5003 5555 282/1031 1056 288/100 291/1 111 292/854 310/31       SEEN-BY: 317/3 320/119 219 322/757 340/400 342/13 200 396/45 423/120       SEEN-BY: 633/280 640/1321 712/848 770/1 801/161 189 2320/105 2452/250       SEEN-BY: 3634/12 5020/1042       PATH: 261/38 218/700 103/705 280/464 229/426           |
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