There once was a writer of horror
Who wrote about mean, evil flora.
And there once was a fly
That landed nearby
And ate him so he could write no more-ah.
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Monday morning writing joke: “Dueling puns, part 4”
Two writers who didn’t like each other met in a bar, as such writers often do. Each claimed it was his favorite bar and each claimed he had found it first. After several months of glowering at each other and bad mouthing each other, they agree to settle the matter with a duel of puns.
Since the tall writer won the third round, he was allowed to go first for round four. A set of cards was placed on the table between them, face down. On each card was a subject. The tall writer flipped the card over and the subject was physics.
The bartender, a waiter, and a waitress would be the judges.
Props were allowed, and for each turn, each writer could make one phone call.
After thinking a moment, the tall writer asked, “What did the photon say when the hotel check-in clerk asked her if she had any luggage?”
The short writer had thirty seconds to answer. He wondered if the character being a she had anything to do with it. As in possible, the whole “she-bang,” but this wasn’t a pun about the big bang, just a photon, a discrete quantity of light. His time was about up when he said, “The photon replied, ‘No thanks, I’m traveling light.’”
The tall writer nodded.
The short writer then said, “Why can’t you trust an atom, any atom, all atoms?”
The tall writer wondered if the use of an, any, and all had anything to do with the pun, but decided to take the plunge with his first thought, “Because the make up everything.”
The short writer nodded.
Round four was a tie. Each writer had 1 win, 1 loss, and 2 ties.
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4 Copy Editors Killed In Ongoing AP Style, Chicago Manual Gang Violence | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
Sample:
NEW YORK—Law enforcement officials confirmed Friday that four more copy editors were killed this week amid ongoing violence between two rival gangs divided by their loyalties to the The Associated Press Stylebook and The Chicago Manual Of Style.
[Editor’s note: this is humor. It is on the Onion. Click on the link above for the rest of the story.]
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Monday morning writing joke: “political speech writers”
Q.: How may political speech writers does it take to change a light bulb?
A.: 28
Two to write a position paper on changing the light bulb.
Three to write the speech encouraging the American public to change the light bulb.
Four to write the bill that will get sent to Congress proposing new light bulb legislation.
Five to write the speeches explaining why the light bulb should be changed and why now the country needs big light bulb change.
Six to write the rebuttals from the United Light Bulb Coalition as to why the light bulb shouldn’t be changed.
And four to write the brief comments the President will make after signing the Light Restoration and Rectifying Act.
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