Welcome to Punday Monday!

If you’re new here, pull up a stool, order a pun-t, and get to know some of the regulars! I’m your puntender, @improv.
You can jump in any time, and if you aren’t sure how to make a pun, here’s a handy dandy guide:
https://steemit.com/contest/@improv/puns-and-prizes-learn-to-pun-easy-fun-anybody-can-be-a-hit-at-parties

If you’re an oldtimer, welcome back! Get to know some of the whippersnappers, here, we have a craft brew for you, idiomatic with hints of philosophy. Kind of cliche, but very smooth. On the house:
(Don’t take stones for granite.)

And since you’re an oldtimer, you might be interested in the results of our first annual best pun contest:
https://steemit.com/contest/@freewritehouse/punday-monday-year-one-day-awards-ceremony

If you’re an any-timer, old or whipper, make sure you visit @freewritehouse! There you can meet fellow lovers of goofiness and find even more contests every week! We’re also now featured in the @steembasicincome contest round-up! Find more opportunities to win SBI there!

Hang on to your punderwear...

There’s no business like show business, so let’s show you the business we’re dealing with today!

Here’s last week’s post, and all the puns that are eligible to win this week are in the comments!
https://steemit.com/contest/@improv/punday-monday-win-sbi-join-this-easy-contest-with-your-original-pun-on-this-week-s-topic-this-is-the-60th-week-that-we-ve-held

Rookie of the Week!

Goes to @bananamemos! I’m glad your schtick is in my life.

Pocket Choice awards

Every Friday, I put up a post to solicit audience favorites! They can vote on their favorites by sending POCKET to whomever they want to win. This week’s post is here:
https://steemit.com/pocket/@improv/pocket-friday-now-including-1-sbi-prize-come-on-enjoy-some-puns

This week’s winner won a #steembasicincome share, because @freedomshift sponsors an SBI award for our #ccc qualified contest posts. Check out what the Curation Circle Creed is all about by visiting this link: The Honor Code - the Creed (Conditions and Limits Inside)

@ablaze won @paul.atreides’ heart AND POCKET! He wins! As I’m sure you all remember, we’re coming up on the big annual POCKET Choice awards ceremony. Just 5 more opportunities to be inducted! So, go find the biggest pocket holders, and advocate for your pun to win! That post goes up on Fridays.

If you want to LEARN about POCKET, so you can participate in voting for your favorites, go ahead and check out this link
https://steemit.com/pocket/@improv/pocket-friday-for-punday-monday-here-s-a-way-to-use-your-pocket-and-get-a-laugh
You can also check out more info by @biophil, the creator of POCKET, and he’ll teach you. Check out his posts!

The folks in the POCKET Choice winner's circle are @tcpolymath, @miniature-tiger, @lilygolightly, @chrisroberts, @stinawog, @f3nix, @doctorcrypto, @heroic15397, @littlescribe, @diebitch, @acolucky, @ablaze, and @paul.atreides.

and our grand prize...

The prize for best pun

Best pun of the entire week

Winner of our weekly SBI share giveaway

Best Overall Pun

DRUMROLL, PLEASE

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@dollarsandsense!

Another big week with many puns! Huzzah! Go read them all! It’s never past payout for a laugh attack.

And what prizes do they win, you ask?

Why, as usual, all the punsters got full strength upvotes on their submissions. (WORTH $0.02! So much value!)

Our category winners will each get to choose a post (of their own or someone else's) and I will give that post a fully powered upvote and a @tipu tip!

And, guess what? I want to give away even more, SO ALL CATEGORY WINNERS get big, exciting SBI prizes!

(@ablaze, yours will come from @freedomshift!)

This week's pun topic is...

Birthday

By the time this week’s puns are judged, I will have had my birthday, so tell me birthday puns!

As in,
How do they decorate the cake in a post-apocalyptic wasteland? Can, duh!
Bada-bing! You been punned. Because Can, duh, sounds like candle, which is what you usually use to decorate a cake, and in my post-apocalyptic worlds, canned food is used as currency and/or the empty cans are just around, and would therefore be available for decorating cakes.

Perfect,

I'm so good at puns....

If you've never punned before, it might seem like magic! You can do it, too! Learn how in My Free How-To Guide on Punning!

Who do I nominate for @comedyopenmic’s comedy challenge?
Everyone participating in this week’s Punday! I’m judging the competition this week, so can't win myself, but you can. SO GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL. I'm looking at you, @dollarsandsense, @ablaze, and @bananamemos and also at all the rest of you.

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