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WCDT: 2641-2645 (Feb 17 - 21 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
DSL:
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 19 Feb 2014, 21:51 ---That makes no sense. Good as in...an actual pun? If a pun makes you laugh, it is a good pun. If it doesn't, it is a bad pun.
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No no no no no. The best puns are the worst ones. See IICIH's remark about the oy of the beholder, above. Also ...
WAITAMINUTEWAITAMINUTEWAITAMINUTE ... how the HELL would a little slip of a thing like Claire get a book away from the Pugnacious Peach without severe corporeal damage?
(click to show/hide)(Gabby, offpanel: "It's the audacity!")
Schwungrad:
The best puns are when the recipient thinks "wait, that doesn't make sense... or does it... no... oooooh, it's a pun!" - and you can read this whole thought process in their face. The best ones take 5-10 seconds :-D
Zebediah:
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 19 Feb 2014, 22:42 ---Posted for Claireface.
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I laughed more at this than I did at today's comic. :wow:
Loki:
Guys. I just realized. Claire is at CoD. Where either Marten's or Dale's escapades might be discussed.
If this was a David Willis comic, I would expect immediate drama.
Schmorgluck:
--- Quote from: WAYF on 20 Feb 2014, 03:37 ---I like to imagine that Claire was waiting a very long time for Faye to be reading a book just so that she could do that.
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Heh, we punsters tend to do that now and then.
Which reminds me of an anecdote about François-Georges Mareschal, Marquis of Bièvres. He was a staple of the court of Louis XV, famous for his puns and bons mots (he even wrote the article on puns in an addendum to the Encyclopedia).
It is said that one day, Louis XV himself asked him to make a wordplay. "About what, sire?" he asked. The king answered "About me." The marquis said "Sire! You're no subject!"
Given how fickle and ferocious Louis XV's court was, you can bet anything that the marquis had that one up his sleeve, just in case.
I used to find Claire a bit bland as a character, but I've groaned to like her.
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