May 1st, 2012
Puns.
I hate them.
Somebody said puns are the lowest form of comedy. They’re lower. I’d rank cancer as a higher form of comedy than puns.
Yet – I love crossword puzzles. They’re filled with puns. I imagine crossword writers cavorting gaily about a meadow punning it up.
How do I rationalize this dichotomy?
I don’t know. And it’s slowly driving me mad.
-cof
May 1st, 2012 at 1:58 am
Big ups to Joe Hunter for the coloring assist!
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May 1st, 2012 at 2:14 am
I advise you never read any Silver Age Flash featuring the Rogues. I adore stupid puns, but they’re…hoo doggie, they’re something else entirely.
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May 1st, 2012 at 3:35 am
I think the difference between most “comedy” puns and the kind of puns used in crosswords, for example, is that clever or unexpected puns are great because they cross-pollinate two ideas that you wouldn’t necessarily associate with one another. Whereas the kind of awful unimaginative shite you exemplify in this comic is so predictable it actually hurts slightly to hear them.
The kind of puns I like are more like:
“Man, I had a really intense day”
“You were camping?”
and less like “Man with stretching/rubber-like powers makes joke involving the words stretch, rubber, elongated or their synonyms”.
King City is a great comic for funny, inventive and most of all very very silly puns that will make you smile.
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May 1st, 2012 at 8:34 am
I don’t know why, but it’s probably because they are so cheap and stupid that I find puns to be so hilarious.
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May 1st, 2012 at 9:32 am
There there, Ben, no need to be so Grimm.
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mathematicscore Reply:
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:16 am
Give this man a cigar!
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Patrick Reply:
May 3rd, 2012 at 12:26 pm
ha!
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May 1st, 2012 at 9:34 am
Shakespeare loved puns! Are you saying that you think you’re better than Shakespeare??
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May 1st, 2012 at 10:43 am
Seems like Ben’s pun career got off to a rocky start
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Patrick Reply:
May 3rd, 2012 at 12:26 pm
Love it.
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May 1st, 2012 at 10:48 am
This comic strip is gonna turn my whole life arounf.
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May 1st, 2012 at 10:55 am
Ben needs to get stoned. Low I know. But let us not forget the bard himself could be a bit of a bawd, writing for the crowd.
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May 1st, 2012 at 12:49 pm
http://i.imgur.com/JkLzY.jpg
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May 1st, 2012 at 1:35 pm
put’m all in the punitentiary!
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May 1st, 2012 at 1:44 pm
Why so Blue? Brown cow… I like it, but Ben’s eyes look some what like a computer circuit board. Computer Madness.
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May 1st, 2012 at 4:33 pm
I like how people went straight to Shakespeare in the comments. Even now the black ram of puns is tupping the white ewe of Curt’s sensibilities.
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May 2nd, 2012 at 5:21 am
Great strip! Love those Kirby crackles!
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May 2nd, 2012 at 6:11 am
Love the strip and goes very well with the latest fantastic four. My favourite pun still comes from Arrested Development to do with the “loose seal” – comedy gold.
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May 2nd, 2012 at 1:54 pm
I love superhero/villain puns. They’re not funny per se. Just cheesy and fun. Keeps things lighthearted.
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May 7th, 2012 at 5:52 pm
I know you think puns are like cancer, guys, but, trust me, they really grow on you.
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May 9th, 2012 at 4:21 pm
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May 10th, 2012 at 12:13 pm
I really like reading news about Puns about love. Thanks for that informative post! Best wishes, Midas.
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June 11th, 2012 at 1:50 am
Ben, orange you glad you have superpowers?
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