That was straight up neat. I guiness his win was a pretty stout observation by the judges. Obviously all the other competitors pale aled by comparison; well hopefully they weren't too sour about it.
posted by barchan at 8:27 PM on October 26, 2015 [6 favorites]

it's too punful to even consider
posted by DoctorFedora at 8:27 PM on October 26, 2015

Don't get me wrong, I love a good pun and have even spent some time daydreaming of a board game revolving around their creation by drawing two categories from a deck and having to creatively and competitively pun - but this form of pun-off strikes me as being of the most number of puns rather than just the most pun, as it were. The effect is merely to be battered into submission by the rapidity, rather than the hushed, awed contemplation of the perfect ludicrous word-jewel that is a truly great pun.
posted by Jon Mitchell at 8:40 PM on October 26, 2015 [19 favorites]

Jon, I agree. Simplicity is punderrated.
posted by sevenofspades at 9:15 PM on October 26, 2015 [1 favorite]

Yeah, the best ones happen s-pun-taneously anyway.
posted by teponaztli at 9:21 PM on October 26, 2015 [1 favorite]

What mime is to performance, this is to prose.
posted by rhizome at 9:23 PM on October 26, 2015 [4 favorites]

... But those aren't puns.
posted by shmegegge at 9:35 PM on October 26, 2015 [2 favorites]

I gave up after the first minute. I'd heard just shy of a dozen puns and hadn't even chuckled; I'd expected that at least one would make me laugh, but no pun in ten did.
posted by Ian A.T. at 10:04 PM on October 26, 2015 [14 favorites]

That reminds me of that time I was at a hotel, and happened across some chess grandmasters playing at a table in the lobby, each loudly proclaiming that they were the superior player. I have to say I found it profoundly annoying - if there's one thing I can't stand it's when people are inconsiderate of the experiences of others in a public place.
posted by Jon Mitchell at 10:30 PM on October 26, 2015 [13 favorites]

Well played, Jon, well played. For those who missed it: "I can't stand chess nuts boasting in an open foyer."
posted by techSupp0rt at 12:38 AM on October 27, 2015 [12 favorites]

Wow.
posted by I-baLL at 12:51 AM on October 27, 2015

That reminds me of the time I was waiting for my uncle to be discharged from Mercy Hospital in Freemantle, Australia. The staff were very nice, in that they gave us cups of tea while we were waiting (Mercy has their own brand -- it's got an adorable koala on the tin). The tea was wicked gritty though. I kept getting little pieces in my teeth.
posted by deadbilly at 2:23 AM on October 27, 2015 [1 favorite]

Oh, dear... the humanity. The Koala tea of Mercy is not strained.
posted by taz at 2:32 AM on October 27, 2015

You folks are a hoot. Any of you go by Ferdinand?
posted by techSupp0rt at 3:03 AM on October 27, 2015

My parents have just retired and decided to buy a bungalow. It's lovely, but there is a big problem with it.
posted by Major Tom at 3:36 AM on October 27, 2015 [1 favorite]

I have a cousin Juan who no one really gets. He seems at peace with himself, though.
posted by johnnydummkopf at 4:39 AM on October 27, 2015

My parents have just retired and decided to buy a bungalow. It's lovely, but there is a big problem with it.

Took me a good while to get that one. Just one flaw, right?

This is basically getting into Broken Joke territory. Which I looooooove.
posted by Jon Mitchell at 3:31 PM on October 27, 2015

It has one major flaw ...

This joke won the Edinburgh Festival award, for the great Tim Vine.
posted by Major Tom at 9:01 AM on October 28, 2015