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Postby Ella Edric » Wed Dec 08, 2010 1:12 pm

I know some people who hate puns, and I know some people who love them! Whats your opinion?
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Postby ShiroiHikari » Wed Dec 08, 2010 1:13 pm

I am generally amused by them, but you know what they say about too much of a good thing...
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Postby Beau Soir » Wed Dec 08, 2010 1:15 pm

I really like puns... even the terrible ones are fun to sarcastically laugh at. Once a pun starts in conversation with my family, we all continue it and it's hilarious.
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Postby Furen » Wed Dec 08, 2010 1:15 pm

I find puns to be quite enjoyable, maybe not the words that rhyme with them, but pun's are one of my favourite un words, especially to use ^^.
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Postby Ella Edric » Wed Dec 08, 2010 1:16 pm

Puns are punny. HAHA! XD Oh that was lame...

Beau Soir (post: 1442390) wrote:I really like puns... even the terrible ones are fun to sarcastically laugh at. Once a pun starts in conversation with my family, we all continue it and it's hilarious.


XD same here.

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Postby Furen » Wed Dec 08, 2010 1:21 pm

Ella Edric (post: 1442392) wrote:Puns are punny.


OH man, I was seriously hoping that that wouldn't be the first pun made on the thread, it's so dry...
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Postby Beau Soir » Wed Dec 08, 2010 1:59 pm

Furen (post: 1442393) wrote:OH man, I was seriously hoping that that wouldn't be the first pun made on the thread, it's so dry...
It was purely pun-intentional.
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Postby Ella Edric » Wed Dec 08, 2010 2:15 pm

Oh I can see how this thread is gonna go........ XD *braces herself for many laughs*
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Postby Rusty Claymore » Wed Dec 08, 2010 2:27 pm

There was once this scientific study about puns that might make people laugh.
In the name of science some scientists had their assistants send e-mails to various people, each with ten specifically chosen puns. The recipients were then instructed to mark which puns made them laugh, then send it back.
When the lead scientist crunched the formulas and recorded all the data, it turned out
no pun in ten did.
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Postby Radical Dreamer » Wed Dec 08, 2010 3:17 pm

Ella Edric (post: 1442392) wrote:Mod note: I was trying to make this a poll, any chance you could help? CAA was acting wierd and it didnt work. :|


I can add one for you! What do you want the title/options to be, specifically?
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Postby Ella Edric » Wed Dec 08, 2010 3:28 pm

Rusty Claymore (post: 1442407) wrote:There was once this scientific study about puns that might make people laugh.
In the name of science some scientists had their assistants send e-mails to various people, each with ten specifically chosen puns. The recipients were then instructed to mark which puns made them laugh, then send it back.
When the lead scientist crunched the formulas and recorded all the data, it turned out
no pun in ten did.


I lol'd. XDD
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Postby Atria35 » Wed Dec 08, 2010 4:15 pm

I gererally enjoy them. In fact, I generally am the one in my family that makes them! I'm not terribly punny, but my family forgives me my awful sentence of humor.
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Postby Furen » Wed Dec 08, 2010 6:08 pm

Rusty Claymore (post: 1442407) wrote:no pun in ten did.


Not one of the ten got marked funny and was sent back?
If so those were terrible puns, I'd puns the people that created the horrible humor.
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Postby Sheenar » Wed Dec 08, 2010 7:09 pm

Puns are one of my favorite things. They are a sure way to brighten my spirits when I'm feeling down. :D
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Postby Furen » Wed Dec 08, 2010 8:08 pm

Sheenar (post: 1442458) wrote:Puns are one of my favorite things. They are a sure way to brighten my spirits when I'm feeling down. :D


What about when you are feeling left?
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Postby Warrior4Christ » Thu Dec 09, 2010 5:59 am

I'm certainly guilty of creating a few from time to time... sometimes they're more obscure and people don't get the for 15 seconds of I have to repeat it....

Also guilty of type punning at times, which is generally frowned upon...
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Postby AJV » Thu Dec 09, 2010 8:40 am

I like buns on my cheese burgers....Oooooh! You mean Puns!
I love them puns!
When I play online with my friends I'm know as the "Pun"isher and I make puns about things like user names and things going on in a game,etc.
One of my online friends wants to take me to pun rehab (is that real? XP).

Though offline I don't tend to make nearly as many.
Now a friend of mine of the other hand, you can't say anything without him throwing out a pun or two into a conversation.
I think he's what inspired me to be punny...:lol:
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Postby SailorDove » Thu Dec 09, 2010 11:17 am

To pun or not to pun?
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Postby bigsleepj » Thu Dec 09, 2010 12:26 pm

Puns can be great, but sometimes lame. Good wit knowing where to place one for maximum effect. Generally speaking, I'm a big fan of puns.
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Postby Syreth » Thu Dec 09, 2010 12:50 pm

Puns either have to be:

A) Extremely clever, with multiple layers of humor bound up in them

or

B) Used ironically

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Postby Furen » Thu Dec 09, 2010 10:52 pm

when I was on an instant messenger conversation, I forgot the ' in I'm so I ended up... well yeah, I'm too lazy to finish this.
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Postby FllMtl Novelist » Fri Dec 10, 2010 2:57 pm

I like puns for the most part. Except when one is overused. Then I want to kill it.

Like 'no pun in ten did'. No offense but I've seen it too many times. I hate that phrase and the setups that precede it. XD
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Postby klomp123 » Fri Dec 10, 2010 5:01 pm

They're good for your brain! Or so Professor Kawashima tells me...
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Postby Rusty Claymore » Fri Dec 10, 2010 5:10 pm

Like 'no pun in ten did'. No offense but I've seen it too many times.
Hey, when timing is the main factor of your comedic style, you have to take what you can get on a chrono-static forum. XP
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Postby Furen » Fri Dec 10, 2010 9:20 pm

Rusty Claymore (post: 1442881) wrote:Hey, when timing is the main factor of your comedic style, you have to take what you can get on a chrono-static forum. XP


I'm pretty sure our board is pretty chrono-current.
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Postby Nate » Fri Dec 10, 2010 9:41 pm

Or at least Chrono Trigger.
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Postby Furen » Fri Dec 10, 2010 9:48 pm

Nate (post: 1442938) wrote:Or at least Chrono Trigger.


You'd think that, but no as the world refused to change (or in this case the board).
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Postby mysngoeshere56 » Sat Dec 11, 2010 7:55 pm

I rather enjoy puns. I jump on every opportunity I can to use one, so long as I find it "punny" enough. XD
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Postby KougaHane » Sat Dec 11, 2010 8:09 pm

I used to hate puns, but now they can be funny. Mostly I just laugh at the fact that a pun has been made rather than the actual pun itself. But there are some people my friend describes as "infinite pun machines" that can sometimes be rather obnoxious.
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Postby Nate » Sat Dec 11, 2010 8:21 pm

KougaHane wrote:But there are some people my friend describes as "infinite pun machines" that can sometimes be rather obnoxious.

I bet it really grinds his gears. Well I don't want to fuel your rage. I mean it'd be annoying to drill it into your head. I'll leave you to collect your bearings.
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