puns that you had missed

The Crack-a-Joke Book

Love the ones that reveal themselves to you after 40 years

Is the title of The The's Soul Mining a pun on coal mining? Because if it is, that's another one I've just got after 40 years.

Almost certainly.

Whoa! That never occured to me either.

Not really a pun, but I was just thinking about that line in 10000 Maniacs "Hey Jack Kerouac" that goes "In Harelm, howling at night" and realized in addition to describing wild behavior it also references the Ginsberg poem.

if it's not really a pun you can put it in the "things you were shockingly old when you learned" thread, which should really be renamed "things"

altho, #onethread

I put it here because I just realized it (on my own) rather than "learned" it.

Interesting epistemological distinction

The The's pun would have landed for me if it'd been spelled "Soulmining", but I am pleased to have seen the light after listening to it for 40 years, how the fuck is that even possible.

pagerank / larry page

The exclamation "here I am!" in "Rock You Like a Hurricane" by Scorpions doubles as an imperative to "hear (that) I am" - take this music as sonic proof of my existence. A germane topic, since (one of) the theme(s) of the song is Scorpions' ability and desire to Rock You with that music.

A German(e) topic in fact.

...this wordplay is even more impressive since they are working in a second language.

Although I would submit the lyrics of "Rock You Like a Hurricane" as a demonstration of the pitfalls of working in a second language

I have decided after all these decades that the band The Comateens chose their name as a play on the Scots word for committee, comatee. #yinthreid

it took me about a half-dozen viewings of "This is Spinal Tap" to pick up on the "Isle of Lucy" pun.

― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Monday, February 18, 2013 1:46 AM (ten years ago)

Ditto.

I have decided after all these decades that the band The Comateens chose their name as a play on the Scots word for committee, comatee. #yinthreid

Never heard of that word so it seems extremely unlikely some new wavers from New York would have!

How many people realised their relationship with Twitter was over when they started calling it Ex.
Or should that be parted company with?

The 1980 Floor Show

Whoa!

Beware the savage floor

cluedo

Like, clue... judo?

Oh, clue ludo, yes that makes more sense.

this is why the americans were told to call it "clue" - because they don't call ludo "ludo" and therefore the vital pun would not have registered

ok, so two new / newly realised things here. all those references to americans playing parcheesi, they just mean 'ludo' (it's a brand name taken for the original indian word). and b) ludo is just from the latin for 'play'.

this is why the americans were told to call it "clue" - because they don't call ludo "ludo" and therefore the vital pun would not have registered

― conrad, Monday, February 12, 2024 6:17 AM

And here I am wondering, What does Col. Mustard have to do with Parcheesi?

Parcheesi does have several rule changes that improve on Ludo, objectively the worst board game.

ludo is like snakes & ladders but without the snakes or ladders, and organised in a way that means you can't immediately see who is winning

"Your Mind and We Belong Together"

Took me a little bit to get that but yes. Kind of spoils the psychedelic nuttiness of the title somewhat.

sorry, it's a bit of an obscure one if you don't know the song (as I didn't until today)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuYGq8e9lY4

this is why the americans were told to call it "clue" - because they don't call ludo "ludo" and therefore the vital pun would not have registered

― conrad, Monday, February 12, 2024 6:17 AM

I never knew that's why it's Cluedo here. I just thought it was another cutesy thing.

also - snakes and ladders is another game that's called something different in the US

Found out last year that Sorry is called Mensch ärgere Dich nicht in German which means something like Man, don't be angry. That tickled me.

also - snakes and ladders is another game that's called something different in the US

Yes because you slide down chutes and go up ladders

Not sure how many people have ever slid down a snake. Maybe it happens a lot in the UK idk

A snake looks better than a chute.

... it's (yet another) game the British brought back from India where the snakes have a deeper meaning than just something you slide down... apparently.

chutes are just fundamentally less exciting than snakes

Personally I would definitely prefer having my butt on a chute vs. a snake; your opinion may vary.

Snakes? Not my kink. And also consent is an issue. Have the snakes enthusiastically consented to this arrangement?

the snakes are willing participants, if anything it's their idea

The do tend to look very jolly on the playing board

why do the snakes have to consent, they're not eating your ass

Someone doesn’t know how to play snakes and ladders correctly

chutes are just fundamentally less exciting than snakes

― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length)

Until they fail to open.

my chute's closed baby