woah
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 16 December 2020 18:18 (three years ago) link
Dick's Wings
― Looking for Cape Penis house (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 22 December 2020 03:58 (three years ago) link
Stankonia????!
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 25 December 2020 19:38 (three years ago) link
Wikipedia sez:
In March 1998, André 3000 and Big Boi purchased a studio off Northside Drive in Atlanta which had formerly belonged to R&B singer Bobby Brown. The studio had sentimental value for the duo, as it was the first place the two had ever recorded vocals together, on a remix of TLC's "What About Your Friends" (1992). The two named the studio "Stankonia", a word created by André 3000 as a combination of the words "stank", a slang synonym for "funky", and "Plutonia", the title of a poster in his bedroom depicting a futuristic city. He explained, "Stankonia is this place I imagined where you can open yourself up and be free to express anything".
― pomenitul, Friday, 25 December 2020 19:44 (three years ago) link
hmmyesterday i said to my son “that’ll put some stank on ya” and was like ohhhhhh
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 26 December 2020 09:39 (three years ago) link
it's used with that double meaning in the lyrics at the end of the album
― wasdnuos (abanana), Saturday, 26 December 2020 14:29 (three years ago) link
lol "puns you were too faded to have clocked"
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 26 December 2020 17:12 (three years ago) link
Lindley took no notice, went to compete in a rodeo, and was told by the doubtful rodeo manager that there would be "slim pickin's" (i.e. little chance of any prize money) for him.
― new variant (onimo), Thursday, 14 January 2021 21:45 (three years ago) link
There's a major fashion franchise here in Australia called Cotton On. It's been around for decades but I only just twigged the other day.
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 14 January 2021 22:47 (three years ago) link
you only just what?
― shivers me timber (sic), Thursday, 14 January 2021 22:57 (three years ago) link
I only just got it!
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 14 January 2021 23:01 (three years ago) link
would you say you... cottoned on?
― shivers me timber (sic), Thursday, 14 January 2021 23:06 (three years ago) link
Indeed I would!
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 14 January 2021 23:13 (three years ago) link
lol
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 15 January 2021 07:29 (three years ago) link
Only just this moment realized that Indiegogo is a play on indigo.
Yeah, I know, I've already scheduled the tests for my brain.
― Vladislav Bibidonurtmi (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 14:51 (three years ago) link
I don't know if it is? why would it be? It's not their brand color or anything
― Canon in Deez (silby), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 19:24 (three years ago) link
New Power GenerationLike, I only thought of it as the name of a new generation. But power generation is a thing. Maybe it’s even a pun on nuclear power generation.
― Alba, Thursday, 4 February 2021 03:19 (three years ago) link
I had missed the indigo/indiegogo thing too
― Alba, Thursday, 4 February 2021 03:21 (three years ago) link
Purple puns you had missed
― Alba, Thursday, 4 February 2021 03:22 (three years ago) link
Deflatormouse
― Canon in Deez (silby), Monday, 8 February 2021 05:15 (three years ago) link
d'oh!
― budo jeru, Monday, 8 February 2021 06:45 (three years ago) link
Ditt'oh!
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Monday, 8 February 2021 11:17 (three years ago) link
Omg
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 8 February 2021 11:27 (three years ago) link
!!
― John Wesley Glasscock (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 8 February 2021 13:17 (three years ago) link
Puns that weren't actually there: When I was a kid there was a character on The Tick whose name I was sure was Deflator Mouse. Years later I learned about Die Fledermaus and I was like oh, "Deflator Mouse" from The Tick was a clever pun! Then years after that I was shocked and disappointed to find out his name was actually Die Fledermaus.
― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Monday, 8 February 2021 15:30 (three years ago) link
Oh, there was I thinking you were all saying it was a pun on Dangermouse.
― Alba, Monday, 8 February 2021 16:20 (three years ago) link
Thought that for quite a long time as well.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 8 February 2021 16:21 (three years ago) link
I actually can't believe y'all didn't get that pun.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Saturday, 20 February 2021 01:11 (three years ago) link
Yeah I'm an uncultured dullard and even I gottit
― The Mandolinrainian (Old Lunch), Saturday, 20 February 2021 01:41 (three years ago) link
Lana Kane from Archer
― Notes on Scampo (tokyo rosemary), Saturday, 20 February 2021 01:42 (three years ago) link
?
― Canon in Deez (silby), Saturday, 20 February 2021 01:43 (three years ago) link
Lana Lane?Lidocaine?
― if you meh them, shut up (Neanderthal), Saturday, 20 February 2021 01:48 (three years ago) link
Lanacane cream for pain
― Josefa, Saturday, 20 February 2021 01:51 (three years ago) link
it always killed me that one of the leads in Cool Runnings was "Sanka Coffie"
― if you meh them, shut up (Neanderthal), Saturday, 20 February 2021 01:53 (three years ago) link
Isn't Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs's point that it isn't a pun? There is no Tick character called "Deflatormouse", it's a mishearing of Die Fledermaus?
― Andrew Farrell, Saturday, 20 February 2021 09:26 (three years ago) link
I think silby’s post was about ILX user Deflatormouse
― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Saturday, 20 February 2021 15:55 (three years ago) link
http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/witchblade
― stilt in the wings (sic), Thursday, 25 February 2021 21:29 (three years ago) link
Puns I didn’t know had been done: Bee Movie.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 28 February 2021 00:08 (three years ago) link
Mentioned sixteen years ago, just dawned on me today: Adam Ant = adamant.
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Monday, 1 March 2021 20:59 (three years ago) link
Because it was in a recent cryptic crossword?
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 1 March 2021 21:08 (three years ago) link
Yesterday was the first time I ever realized that REM's "Begin the Begin" was a play on "Begin the Beguine."
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 12 April 2021 14:14 (three years ago) link
That's one of those in the (to me) interesting class of puns that I heard before I knew the thing it was punning on. My childhood was full of those.
― Alba, Monday, 12 April 2021 15:25 (three years ago) link
I maintain that the Led Zepplin song title "D'yer Mak'er" should be pronounced "do your maker" and, as a result, the pun doesn't make any sense
― Dana Jel Pey (DJP), Monday, 12 April 2021 16:18 (three years ago) link
It works best if you're from the *Black Country.
(*that's one for US ILXors to unravel)
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Monday, 12 April 2021 16:26 (three years ago) link
Not a pun, exactly, but I was for some reason thinking about the movie Pretty Woman the other day, and realized for the first time that the title is a variation on My Fair Lady. I knew the movie itself was, but I'd missed the joke in the title.
― Lily Dale, Monday, 12 April 2021 16:45 (three years ago) link
Aha.
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Monday, 12 April 2021 16:55 (three years ago) link
Oooh
― Alba, Monday, 12 April 2021 17:10 (three years ago) link
Wait till you find out about the pun in "My Fair Lady"
― Josefa, Tuesday, 13 April 2021 00:33 (three years ago) link
omg
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Tuesday, 13 April 2021 08:08 (three years ago) link
Heavens above!
― Alba, Tuesday, 13 April 2021 08:41 (three years ago) link