Rise! Punday Monday 83, Comedy Open Mic #44, Win SBI, Teach yourself about MLK, Jr.
Welcome to Punday Monday!
New To Punday?
Pull up a stool, order a spiked PUNch, and get to know some of the regulars. I'm your PUNtender, @improv.
How To Make a Pun
This contest is open to everyone. Here's a handy dandy guide on how to make a pun: Learn to Pun
Rules for the PUN-test:
- If you hope to win a prize, your pun must be your original work
- Puns must be relevant to the topic of the week to win a prize, but they can be very loosely related.
Last Week's Punday Monday:
Here is last week's Punday Monday, and all the puns that were eligible to win this week are in the comments!
Hang on to your PUNderwear. The Winners of This Week's PUNday Monday Are...
(GIF by @littlescribe)
Rookie of the Week:
Wonderful puns from veteran punsters this week! If you haven’t been punning with us yet, you could win SBI for your rookie pun!
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/2tjaxo-pocket-friday
Ooo! @acolucky wins again!
POCKET Choice Winner's Circle Season One:
@aloha-creations, @professorbromide, @tcpolymath, @miniature-tiger, @lilygolightly, @chrisroberts, @stinawog, @f3nix, @doctorcrypto, @heroic15397, @littlescribe, @diebitch, @acolucky, @ablaze, and @paul.atreides.
POCKET Choice Winners' Circle Season Two:
@ablaze, @coinsandchains, @dollarsandsense, @doctorcrypto, @heroic15397, @littlescribe, @jk6276, @acolucky, @deceth
Grand Prize (which isn’t bigger than the other prizes, just grander):
Best Pun
Best Pun of the Entire Week
Best Overall Pun
DRUMROLL PLEASE.....
@stever82!
Koalafications. Hyuk!
And What Prizes Do They Win, You Ask?
Full Strength, 100% Upvote!
Why, as usual, all the punsters got full strength upvotes on their submissions from @improv. This week they also got votes from @freewritehouse! They will next week, too! Together, these upvotes could total in excess of five whole cents!
SBI
Which are little bitty upvotes on all your content forever. See @steembasicincome for details. I’ll send one to all of our qualified entrants this week!
All our entrants were:
@acolucky, @stever82, @jk6276, @paul.atreides
All of our winners get bonus prize SBI for winning!
Congrats, @acolucky and @stever82
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!
This Week's Pun Topic Is:
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! That’s right, folks, we’re bringing back this possibly difficult subject matter. I challenge you to make hilarious jokes that also teach us something! (Also try not to repeat any of the jokes from last year. It’s a challenge! Here’s last year’s.
As in....
Why did the hockey players move to Mississippi? Because they believed, like MLK, Jr., that it would one day be a land of just ice.
(Hot tip, look up his speeches. Plenty of inspiration both for how to struggle against oppression and puns!)
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!
@comedyopenmic nomination:
Who do I nominate for @comedyopenmic’s comedy challenge? I nominate the winners! This past week’s winners were:
Sponsors, related content, prizes, and money
Sponsors!
@improv/ @freewritehouse
I mean, am I a sponsor of my own contest? Yes? I guess? Also, because I’m involved in @freewritehouse and they’ve/we’ve hosted Punday Monday events over on that page, I’d like to suggest that they (we) are also a sponsor! Regardless, check out the @freewritehouse community! Furthermore, they/we’re using their SP to upvote your puns!
@curie!
We are one of Curie’s chosen communities! Prizes have doubled in season 2, thanks to @curie’s sponsorship! Curie curators do tremendous work making sure unrecognized authors of quality content get recognized and rewarded! They do great work sifting through the heaps of posts to find the undiscovered gems.
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- Punday Monday Year One-Day contest results HERE
- @freewritehouse offers writing and word-smithing contests every week
- @steembasicincome has a contest round-up (that includes us) where you can find more opportunities to win SBI.
- @contestkings features our contest and MORE!
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Hi improv,
Thank you for your entry in to #comedyopenmic comedy contest. We have asked the judges below to review your entry and give it a funny rating. (They generally have no sense of humor, as the saying goes, those that can't do, start contests and judge).
This will determine your ultimate position when the results are tallied. (That being said, you are free to adopt any position you wish - we can recommend pantsless with beer in hand.)
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Thank you to @matytan for the great banner
Alright my fellow steeminati said my acerbic wit might fit in this a bit.
Writing King is a thing to think on,.
That's kinda tough like trying write about the biggest UFO conspiracy theorist.
Oh you haven't heard that story , it's a whopper.
This guy was having same dream over and over that he was a descendant of Alien Royalty fled their planet because of a war.
He finally went to see a therapist, The therapist did a sleep study. The study was complete and the doctor came in and read in the report: "We observed that you had a Dream but are no MLK that's a Martian Loser King!
So did I Sing Like Bing to Bring Martin Luther King in as a Thing. Or was it a Fling by a Ding-a-ling. I'm counting in your ringing in with a little jing-a-ling!
Ha! Wonderfully weird!
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I am actually his 3nd cousin twice removed. My real name is Joseph Luther King III...
Ah come on @ablaze..
You must be Joe King..
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In regards to which topics are the most difficult to pun about I think this one is KING. Good luck everyone!
Jimmy the zookeeper almost got fired on January, 21st, 2019 when he accidentally let a snake get loose in the park. He said, "No worries, because it's just a KING cobra that wanted to be FREE AT LAST."
Eeeesh
I opened a bath store over on Martin street.
It's called Loofah King.
Buhdumpdump tsssk.
What a coincidence! My buddy Martin opened a bath store geared towards kids. It is called, "Martin's Loofah King, Junior."
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I know someone that played a game of checkers with MLK, Jr. once. He thought he was a pretty shy guy because he didn't introduce himself until after he had advanced a piece all the way across the board and then he simply said, "KING, ME."
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Jimmy the zookeeper helped bring a little baby martes americana into the world on January, 21st, 2019. He named him MARTEN Luther King, Jr.
In Minnesota, it gets cold enough to turn water into ice. This can be measured in density.
Similarly, if it gets real cold, even the oxygen hardens. This can be measured in solid-air-ity.
Thank you! https://steemit.com/punchline/@acolucky/footage-of-steem-inc-dealing-with-the-open-letters-everyone-is-writing
That's pretty cold, brother. If it doesn't all thaw out by MARCH, I say we organize a protest.
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MLK Jr. was under stress and would work for 48 hours straight at a time with short cat naps. Mrs. King was concerned for here Husband, and said now Martin those cat naps are not REM sleep. But Martin replied "It's enough, I had a Dream."
That's my first play on words...not sure it's a pun
It's convoluted enough not to matter! I love convoluted stories!
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I see my fellow Steeminati did one, I'm going to better it...
Here we go:
There was big news story, in a topless gentleman's club down in Alabama. The bouncer kept making lewd remarks and so the Dancers walked out. They labeled it the: "Montgomery Busty Boycott!"
To quote Matt Day-Man in the flick "Good Will Hunting"....How You Like Dem Apples!?!
Welcome to the punderverse! Glad to have you!
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By the by, who are the steeminati and how did you all find me?!