What cats know about litter boxes. We have the scoop. Punday Monday 93
Welcome to Punday Monday!
Hope you don’t mind a little self-promotion at the top, here. @steemfiction has published my work, along with the work of @stinawog, @janenightshade, @felt.buzz, @jeezzle, @manoldonchev, @giantbear, and @blueeyes8960
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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:
@zacherybinx! Welcome to the punderdome!
Pocket Choice Awards:
I am of the opinion that there are four responses to creative works one doesn’t like.
Constructive criticism. Help them get better!
Useful review. Help an audience know which of them will like and which won’t like this piece.
Outdo them. Demonstrate to yourself and others what “good” looks like.
Keep it to yourself.
There is, however, only one way to respond to creative work one DOES like.
Send them POCKET.
What pun was your favorite?
https://steemit.com/pocket/@improv/pocket-friday-and-a-referral-link-to-get-us-usd10-free-lumens
Your winner is @richatvns for April fools Day, which I totally didn’t get until just now.
- 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.
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@ablaze, @coinsandchains, @dollarsandsense, @doctorcrypto, @heroic15397, @littlescribe, @jk6276, @acolucky, @deceth, @richatvns, @wpkwolfe
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.....
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@stanism! I confess, he’s also a rookie, so shouldn’t he win rookie of the week? Well, apparently he’s a professional, so he can’t possibly be a rookie.
My logic doesn’t have to make sense, I’m father of a toddler.
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!
Our entrants were:
@stanism, @acolucky, @zacherybinx, @paul.atreides, @darrenfj, @richatvns, @wpkwolfe, @jbap85, @cyrus33
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Our winners get bonus prize SBI for winning!
Congrats, @stanism, @richatvns, @zacherybinx
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:
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Red
As in,
A beautiful picture made by a child was being sold at the grocery story in the produce aisle.
In it, a pup named after the medium which rendered the art is hiding its bone beside the same fruit that it’s being sold next to. Crayon buries.
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 seems to be on hiatus, so we’ll take a pause.
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I saw what Rich did last week. So I red his submission and made my own.
I'm getting this one in under the gun so I'll harken back to something my Dad told me as a child so follow along:
tu and to are for
fore and four are ate
eight end four r twelve
12 engines in a ruler
Queen Merry was a Ruler two
She was all sew a ship.
Ships sail on the see
fish swim n the sea
Fish have fins
The Fins fought the Russians
The Russians are read.
And Neu's papers are Red two!
2 and 2 are 4.....
But I just red I'd be re Pete ing myself!
That's for @mustang88
After I red that bit at the end I was seeing read.
You needed a correction.
Re: Pete'n myself is every time I get on a call with you on that terrible cell reception you got.
Need a good plumber? I'm your guy!
With a few great employees (all Licensed),
we do both residential and corporate.
For quick response, Reach out to me through
any of my recent posts or email me (Peter) at: [email protected],
My grandmother always talked about vermilion. She was a bit greedy. I would have been happy with a few verthousand.
Thanks for playing! Where are all the other punsters this week???
The is my Pun :
Gopher doesn't know his ear is red !
" Pun : scold others don't know themselves! They only see the shortcomings of others, but they can't see their own."
Do you think a pun is the same as a story moral? Or is there a pun in that that I'm missing?
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I think "pun" is a phrase, but she has multiple of meanings, which is literally understood, she is a kind of meaning, but in fact, people who say it may have other meanings.
For example, the sentence I said : Gopher doesn't know his ear is red !
When I say this to someone, it’s ostensibly, I am say :
Gopher doesn't know his ear is red !
But in fact, I am say : she will only say the mistakes of others, and she will not say her own mistakes. She will not see her own shortcomings, just as she can't see his color of her ears.
Image referenced from "zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pocket-Gopher_Ano-Nuevo-SP.jpg"
Chinese people like to use stories to create pun .
I love this translation error. It gets right to the heart of language.
Idiom, metaphor, and allegory fascinate me, but they aren't puns. A pun is where you take a word that literally has two meanings and you create humor by implying the unexpected meaning in context. Sometimes we deform the word or use rhyming words or parts of words to get at the meaning we intend.
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Thank you for your explanation of puns
Even though it isn't a pun, we're grateful that you introduced us to a Chinese proverb!
Question: is "Gopher" what you call that creature in the picture in China? In the U.S., his name is "Piglet"!
I don't know if you have seen a cartoon of Russia?
There are two Cartoon character in it.
The American Disney Company translated them into Piglet and Gopher.
Piglet is a pig with a red body. Her ears are red.
like as the picture.
but Piglet , her ears are very large, so I think she might see her ears, so my title doesn't use her name.
But above, I still quoted her stamp picture because this group of Winnie the Pooh stamps, there are Piglets, but no Gopher.
Gopher in the cartoon of Russia,
she is a name of hamster,
she is a hamster, the American Disney Company call she is Gopher, so I also call hamster is Gopher .
like as the picture.
Image quoted from: www.pinterest.com"
Image referenced from "zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pocket-Gopher_Ano-Nuevo-SP.jpg"
Sorry it took so long for my first pun of the week. I was working on one but it just was not RED-Y.
Difficult topic this week, I had to craft my puns GINGERLY.
I hoped for more people to show up this week but the week is not over yet so my puns and expectations will remain SANGUINE.
The power of Punday Monday strikes again! The NCAA Final Four is getting ready to tip off and here we are, all rooting for AUBURN.
Oh random word generator you are such a stern taskmaster! This week you have chosen the theme of the puns to be READ and I guess you could say that for this week that is the CARDINAL RULE.
I thought we would get a lot of participation this week but alas I realize now that those were just ROSY expectations. At least I learned about the SBI thing, that's cool! I had no idea you could check your status.