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LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

GovernmentYard · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5318

Super Caly go ballistic Celtic are Atrocious

Whatever else you may think of them, the Sun pwn at Headlines sometimes.

metalangel · **Posted:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 3:29

From the Not The Nine O'Clock News Royal Wedding Book:

For when Prince Charles fell onto his bottom off his polo pony while playing, and Lady Diana rushed to his aid:

"Di Ran A Sore Arse Rex"

sinister agent · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 7046

Have I Got 1997 For You:

"The Reverend William Spooner: Born a shining wit."

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

The Daily Star, reporting on Versace's murder:

"Shoot you, sir."

Nik · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1982

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

The Daily Star, reporting on Versace's murder:

"Shoot you, sir."

I think that was the Daily Sport. Not that I read either, obviously, but I remember the editor (who seemed to be on tv a lot around that time) boasting about it.

Malc · **Posted:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 12:38

Elite was pretty fronty, but Elite 2 is Frontier.

I think that's my favourite. That or, "You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off"

Malc

Pod · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2568

Malc wrote:

Elite was pretty fronty, but Elite 2 is Frontier.

I think that's my favourite. That or, "You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off"

Malc

Are these puns?

TheAlbin0Kid · **Posted:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 13:36

Malc wrote:

"You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off"

I think you're going to have to explain that pun to me... were some doors covered in blood and some not, and yet someone blew all the doors off indiscriminately, and thus a pun arises from the ambiguity between their actual meaning and the colloquial English phrase? Was it said to a hooker who blew all the bands off backstage one night at a gig in Italy when she was only hired to blow the Doors off, thus providing a humorous reference to the line in the film "The Italian Job"?

I think we need more context to understand this pun fully.

throughsilver · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6197

TheAlbin0Kid wrote:

Was it said to a hooker who blew all the bands off backstage one night at a gig in Italy when she was only hired to blow the Doors off, thus providing a humorous reference to the line in the film "The Italian Job"?

Mmm.... punny lingus.

Malc · **Posted:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 15:16

TheAlbin0Kid wrote:

Was it said to a hooker who blew all the bands off backstage one night at a gig in Italy when she was only hired to blow the Doors off, thus providing a humorous reference to the line in the film "The Italian Job"?

I think we need more context to understand this pun fully.

sort of.

I believe the original has the hooker going down on the doors and the beatles.

And of course it's at a party hosted by Michael Cain.

Malc

Malc · **Posted:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 15:17

Pod wrote:

Malc wrote:

Elite was pretty fronty, but Elite 2 is Frontier.

I think that's my favourite. That or, "You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off"

Malc

Are these puns?

I would think the first one certainly is, perhaps the 2nd one isn't, although I'm pretty sure it falls under: "word play that deliberately exploits ambiguity between similar-sounding words for humorous or rhetorical effect"

Malc

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11897

I think the first is a pun, as you say, but I can't see the second at all. It is in fact, expressly defining a situation, unless my knowledge of the situation is awry. From my understanding of the scene, someone explodes a van, upon which he is told he used too much explosive and that the aim of the task is to only remove the doors.

TheAlbin0Kid · **Posted:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 15:48

Could this day get any humpier?

End of an Era · **Joined:** 25th Nov, 2008 **Posts:** 1041

Millets (or some other outdoorsy shop) some years ago had a great campaign:

"Now is the winter of our discount tents!"

Amused me at the time.

Malc · **Posted:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 17:29

Bobbyaro wrote:

I think the first is a pun, as you say, but I can't see the second at all. It is in fact, expressly defining a situation, unless my knowledge of the situation is awry. From my understanding of the scene, someone explodes a van, upon which he is told he used too much explosive and that the aim of the task is to only remove the doors.

It's based on a joke. That is the punchline. It's a pun in as much of blow is used to mean explode and fellatio. If it's not a pun when the word is the same spelling/sound but just a different meaning then please forgive me, I made a mistake.

Oh, and I thought most people would be familiar with the joke.

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

In the late sixties, Michael Caine has cracked Hollywood and treats himself to a nice expensive pad in Beverly Hills. Pleased with his sucess, he throws a big house warming party. Everyone is there: Sinatra and the Rat Pack fly in from Vegas, The Beatles are manning the barbeque while Sophia Loren and Mick Jagger are running the bar and Jim Morrison and his band are holding court by the pool.

Round about midnight Jim starts getting tired, he's been on the road every night for three months and just has an overwhelming desire to go home and get some sleep. The rest of the guys feel pretty much the same so they decide to leave....

Michael Caine spots them and runs over: "Jim, Boys, where are you going? The parties just gettin' started!" he cries. Jim explains but Michael is dismayed. Then he has an idea.

"Hey, see that girl over there?" he says, pointing to Britt Eckland, "what about if I asked her to take you all to the bedroom for a bit of hanky panky?" The guys look at each other and shrug, "Hell, it is Britt" says Robbie Kreiger , so Michael Caine has a word in Britts ear and they all troop off to a bedroom for some fun.

Twenty minutes into the session Ringo walks in and finds Britt on her knees and Jim with his leather trousers round his ankles. "Wow man" says Ringo, "can I join in?" so Britt spins round and goes to work on Ringo's zipper. Just then Michael looks in to see how things are going and is shocked..."Get up you tart!" he shouts, "what did I tell you? - (wait for it) You're only supposed to blow the bloody Doors off!"

Malc

RuySan · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3542

It's not. This, is the best pun ever in a news headline
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/09/11/eurosport_com_scores_headline_profanity/

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38654

That's a pure pun.

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