NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/alt/callahan/17784

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From: [e-mail] (Speaker-to-Minerals)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: bird-of-prey pun *>
Date: 27 Jan 1993 14:36:56 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Lyle Harwood) writes:
=Jammer wonders if there are any Jacks of the trades who would unnerstand what
=he's thinking.
=
=He sighs, and points out
=
="These puns are not hip. While they might currently be on the rise, they
=are indeed headed for a valley. Since, however, I am among fellow
=members of the common, I will say that while I hate to barge in, this line
=will soon board me.  While it may mark me square, I will not run.  Now, you
=may not unnerstand me, but I truss that you will be able to find a competent
=journeyman of the One True Trade to explain it to you. You may then soffit to
=me.

StM wonders, "Is Jammer on the level?  Or is he just indulging his bent for
puns?  Were I to accuse him of excessive punning, would he claim that he'd been
framed, or would he be glad that in this post, I am, more or less, siding with
him, since I'm capable of coping with his puns?  Or would he just be plumb
dismayed at the puns he missed?  Or would he brace himself for more?  Or
request that they be on a somewhat higher plane?"