puns that you had missed

signs you've been on ilx too long:

http://i.imgur.com/l4V04l3.png

woah hang on just occurred to me:

is the 80s pornstar screenname Amber Lynn a pun/homophone on that of the second wife of Henry VIII?

the movie title free willy is a pun made from free will.

Just caught sight of a book on free will and made this connection for the first time. Or maybe I did see it two years ago upthread but it somehow refused to permanently flick switch in my brain.

Ceefax

Sandie Shaw

I saw the back car window sign 'Baby In Car' one day and became convinced that the 80s Manchester garage Birthday Party a likes Inca Babies was taken from it since it presumably is a sign with some proliferation.
One member's since denied it but I'm not 100% convinced.

What's the pun in Ceefax?

Well not a pun exactly since ceefax isn't a word, but I never got that it's supposed to be a rendering of "see facts"

Not a pun but I've only just noticed Duke of Wellington / Duke Ellington, is this just a coincidence?

Gaming site kotaku is a pun on cockatoo and otaku

(Perhaps)

What's the pun in Ceefax?

― Tuomas, Saturday, March 28, 2015 10:48 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Well not a pun exactly since ceefax isn't a word, but I never got that it's supposed to be a rendering of "see facts"

― sexpost TMIing! (wins), Saturday, March 28, 2015 10:56 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Point also being that it was the BBC run site (or service) wasn't it

the tv show, Transparent

i only realised earlier this year that it was called '50 shades of grey' because the guy's name was grey

the tv show, Transparent

― slam dunk, Monday, May 25, 2015 2:36 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

:O

Its about a human being with children that doesn't feel at home in their assigned gender role innit?

trans parent

If only they rented a spa in that show as well.

Is it like that autopsy show about the dyslexics who are comfortable with their birth gender?

and they all work at a hi-fi shop

the tv show, Transparent

― slam dunk, Monday, May 25, 2015 2:36 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

:O

― just sayin, Monday, May 25, 2015 4:39 AM (13 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

how the fuck didn't you, I mean

God, never heard of the show before so was wondering what the pun actually was. Now looking it up on IMDB looks like i got the pun without having seen the show.

lol i dont know how i didnt get it

www.trannailery.com

tbf i only got as far in getting it as 'trans'

ha i did not get the <i>transparent</i> pun until now, either.

my god ppl

encephalitic worms all round

i only realised earlier this year that it was called '50 shades of grey' because the guy's name was grey

I figured this out when I saw the French translation of the title which is something like "50 tons de Grey", which doesn't really make any sense as a title. I mean, why not also change the guy's name in the book so that the title actually works?

i still haven't figured out why there are 50

http://i.imgur.com/m7a4PIa.jpg

this Staind album (2003) actually makes sense because it has 14 tracks. I feel so bad for Aaron Lewis, though: he must have been so angry and confused when 50SoG got popular ("this kid is eating my lunch!")

in the novel Mr. Grey has 50 dalmatians

so you kinda have to read it to understand

(they're sex dalmatians)

all dalmatians are sex dalmatians! but I appreciate the explanation.

Mr. Grey is a Ray-Ban salesperson trying to meet a quota, iirc.

!! Just this instant got that the band name Spacehog had two meanings. I never got thought of the one about hitting space.

I didn't realize until I read this month's Rolling Stone that the name ZZ Top was a take-off on B.B. King.

It took a while to realize Stephin Merrit's band Gothic Archies referenced a Gothic arch. I just figured the comic book characters as Goths was the whole thing.

the twitter name "emily post-punk" (i thought it was just an emily who liked post-punk)

antacid -> aunt acid -> Uncle Acid (& the deadbeats)

right?

!! Just this instant got that the band name Spacehog had two meanings. I never got thought of the one about hitting space.

What does this mean? And, for that matter, this:

the twitter name "emily post-punk" (i thought it was just an emily who liked post-punk)

yeah me neither

portmanteau of emily post/post-punk

http://www.designcatwalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Emily_Post_etichette_good-manners.jpg

she was very small

(xp) Thx!

it was a massive tome

try balancing that fucker on your head

What's that hat all about btw?