THE UNEXPECTED PUN
My ex-husband never understood my love of puns. To him, they were ‘constructs.’ Put together purposefully and, therefore, not funny. He liked to tell me that HE laughed at real-life, funny incidents.
Well – Mike could laugh at mathematical equations.
Mike went to OXFORD…
‘Nuff said.
What he never understood about me was how I could dissolve into a kind of hysterical seizure over wordplay; how the perfect pun could cause me to writhe on the floor and then hiccup for hours; sometimes weeks.
Anybody remember Verse and Worse?
I loved that book, and its successors, and could giggle over it for hours. To me, forcing my ex to listen to me hiccuping and snorting my way through the bits I found the funniest was a divine kind of torture. The confused expression on his face added a whole new level of hilarity for me.
Alright, alright. So I HAVE done some things in my life that I am not overly proud of.
The puns I especially loved were the unexpected puns; the ones that took me by surprise. But, strangely enough, the pun I still giggle at is one that I read with a confused expression and didn’t get for weeks.
Until, one day, it just hit me between the eyes.
NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE A BIRD WITHOUT A BEAK.
Oh yes.. I’m with you on puns! I also find it just a little bit weird that I remember the husband of whom you speak. Every now and again something comes along to remind me just how long ago that all was. 😉
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It’s great to have a friend who knows me from those days! 🙂
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We should have a natter about those Good Old Days sometime – Skype maybe?
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Sounds like a great idea! I’ll message you my handle. ♥
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I remember Mike once saying “Nothing your family does will ever surprise me”. That made me laugh x
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Hehehe… I seem to remember there was an ‘again’ on the end of that. What ever it was, it was the surprise that, quite literally, ended all surprises. 😀
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Sounds like a good guy to have ex with.
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LOL! Too late now, he’s got a girlfriend! 😀
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Rats!
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😀
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