puns that you had missed

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

like I said

The other day my wife pointed out a Masonic Temple and I realised that I had been missing a particular album title’s pun for over 30 years.

Then there's this, kinda going back the other way:

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51XFKDJ3HEL._SR600%2C315_PIWhiteStrip%2CBottomLeft%2C0%2C35_PIStarRatingFIVE%2CBottomLeft%2C360%2C-6_SR600%2C315_SCLZZZZZZZ_FMpng_BG255%2C255%2C255.jpg

Neu - Seeland

ha nice!

Welcome Inn

Right next to the Dew Drop Inn!

as someone who used to drink in a dew drop inn thirty years ago can I just say, fuck.

Have enjoyed a drink at the Done Right Inn....

there was a dew drop inn right across from my house in london for years; at one point it changed proprietors and they changed the name to “the dew drop” 🤦

it doesn't work with an English accent, so I'm sure they missed it too

It works with a Norfolk accent.

That Caran d'Ache, the pencil company, takes its name from the Russian word for pencil. I did lots of drawing in high school and also took Russian, but somehow I never put the two words together before.

This shitty meme just turned on a light in my head.

https://i.imgur.com/DezcbV3.png

https://i.imgur.com/oDiKoDS.png

GOOP being in some way a play on Gwyneth Paltrow's name had escaped my attention until today.

Filofax = file of facts

Filet-o-fish = filet of fish

but.. so like

Ummm...

I guess I'm even worse at puns than I thought. It literally just occurred to me that WhatsApp is a pun.
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 17 January 2024 05:07 (three months ago) link

Yep, came here to post same

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NXnxTNIWkc

I get to hear that at least once a month at karaoke, usually minus the big hat

Looking in the freezer last night, I realized that "Summertime Rolls" by Jane's Addiction must be a play on spring rolls.

In the states and went into a thrift store…

Good Will Hunting?

Yep

Does Goodwill feature prominently in the movie (never seen it).

...me neither, I just always assumed it was a pun...

on the phrase we are all saying all the time, "Goodwill hunting"

After puzzling over it, I concluded it referred to Damon and Affleck appealing to producers to show them some good will by bankrolling their project.

Skylar has inherited money under a will, but learns that what is truly important is human connection with a man named Will. The movie Good Will Hunting tells the journey of Skylar "hunting" her emotions about the "good" Will out from among the complex web of feelings she has around the "bad" will.

The sequel Good Will Hunting 2: aka Applesauce, Byiatch! did not receive a wide release.

isn't the character's name Will Hunting (I also haven't seen it)

Yes

on the phrase we are all saying all the time, "Goodwill hunting"

I am almost crying from laughing at this

so was I

no no no, "Will Hunting" is what Matt Damon calls his penis

ew