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van-smeiter Posted Mar 17, 2010
You've caught me out for making a pun that didn't really work (did you not notice my 
?) I had thought to post that each QI thread was like a camera obscura but I wasn't sure if threads/rooms worked as a punning metaphor. Now I'm not sure if punning and metaphor ever work together. Answers on a postcard please! 
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Keith Miller yes that Keith Miller Posted Mar 17, 2010
" answers on a postcard"
Reminds me of an obscure fact about 'Jack' Lewis.
I,m minus a PC at the moment as mine blew up so I'm limited in my access until my new shiny ubeaut rig is put together.
I hope to return with a second QI much like my first but with out the structural defects of that one...
(damn, how can anyone seriously work on an 8 inch notepad?)
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pebblederook-The old guy wearing surfer beads- what does he think he looks like? Posted Mar 17, 2010
(damn, how can anyone seriously work on an 8 inch notepad?)
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I have no problems as long as my fountain pen doesn't run out
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~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Posted Mar 17, 2010
>>...not sure if punning and metaphor ever work together. <<
Interesting question. 
I've given it serious thought overnight and this morning I have had one of those 
moments and am convinced now that the better part of any good pun is its metaphorical content.
~jwf~
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Br Robyn Hoode - Navo - complete with theme tune Posted Mar 17, 2010
Thanks JWF. I'm glad someone understands how my mind works. Simplicity is fun.
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van-smeiter Posted Mar 27, 2010
"Simplicity is fun" I'm sure many women would disagree, Robyn, but then you always seem to 'take everything in your stride'!
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Br Robyn Hoode - Navo - complete with theme tune Posted Mar 29, 2010
Simplicity is ace! Tends to bore people who want to live in interesting times though...
Like these mathematically-brained types who want to go getting complicated with stuff like, you know, multiplying by numbers I cant see in my head without losing the start of them...
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van-smeiter Posted Apr 2, 2010
Note to self, no jokes based on 80s advert taglines!
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Br Robyn Hoode - Navo - complete with theme tune Posted Apr 7, 2010
Is that some sort of feminine product reference? I had no TV for ten years when I was a child so I may have missed it
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van-smeiter Posted Apr 8, 2010
Indeed it was; Kotex, I believe. I found a bad-quality copy of an ad on:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPUplnnZncQ
Anyhoo, 
so let's press on
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- 41: van-smeiter (Mar 17, 2010)
- 42: Keith Miller yes that Keith Miller (Mar 17, 2010)
- 43: pebblederook-The old guy wearing surfer beads- what does he think he looks like? (Mar 17, 2010)
- 44: ~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum (Mar 17, 2010)
- 45: Br Robyn Hoode - Navo - complete with theme tune (Mar 17, 2010)
- 46: van-smeiter (Mar 27, 2010)
- 47: Br Robyn Hoode - Navo - complete with theme tune (Mar 29, 2010)
- 48: van-smeiter (Apr 2, 2010)
- 49: Br Robyn Hoode - Navo - complete with theme tune (Apr 7, 2010)
- 50: van-smeiter (Apr 8, 2010)
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