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Whippersnapper. 
"A fourword thinking guy."
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 Posted - 01/13/2006 : 18:12:15
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Inspired by having a terrible pun review just published, I have decided to try to brighten up the drab, miserable lives of my fellow fwfrs with this competition.
Show us a really awful pun - either your own work or anyone else's - the sort which causes autonomic reactions such as loud groaning, hands covering the temples and muttering "Oh... no...". The linguistic equivalent of eating chilli peppers. 
To start us off here is my inspiration, although mercifully only fwfrs who watch snooker will understand it. The rest of you are spared. 
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?id=11147 |
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Stalean 
"Back...OMG"
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Posted - 01/13/2006 : 18:24:44
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I have so many "groaners," it is going to be hard to choose!  
Let's try this one--a no-voter "Wife's entree into heaven." It was supposed to be a take on "entry into heaven," but I guess no one thought it was a very good pun.   |
Edited by - Stalean on 01/13/2006 18:32:17 |
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lemmycaution 
"Long mired in film"
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Posted - 01/13/2006 : 20:19:49
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This one should give you a sinking feeling:
Missing poisson for "Finding Nemo".
Being from Canada whose official languages are English and French, I have a predisposition to bilingual puns. |
Edited by - lemmycaution on 01/13/2006 20:20:35 |
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duh 
"catpurrs"
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Posted - 01/14/2006 : 01:44:55
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"Dunst un-checks in."
For The Virgin Suicides. This was one of my first FWFRs. I'm not very good at puns though, which means I am far less annoying to non-fwiffers than are, I dare say, many of you. 
I think I have only one other pun FWFR, "No gold in Arch's," for The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly.
Does "Roasted Blue Diamond, nuts," for The Gift count as a pun?
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Paddy C
"Does not compute! Lame!"
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Posted - 01/15/2006 : 14:00:39
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I'll never watch snooker the same way again. 
Whipper, I reckon I'd have a lot fewer reviews if all my bad puns were weeded out.. One that I have trouble looking at though is for Batman Returns: "Pfeiffer's cat nips scenes"...  Pretty bad.
Lemmy, for a franglais pun, have a look at the middle review for Un Flic (http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?id=12691). **Warning: this pun may cause tutting, involuntary eye-covering and/or sighing**
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ChocolateLady 
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 01/15/2006 : 14:47:30
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I think my favourite pun FWFR is for Seven Brides for Seven Brothers:
Sabine it for Marriage!
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Whippersnapper.
"A fourword thinking guy."
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Posted - 01/19/2006 : 14:24:47
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Thanks for all your replies.
I think "Missing Poisson" is almost the high water mark of puns, but the best (or rather the wurst) I've found is by Noncentz (who else?) with the outrageous:
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?id=10300
Whilst you are there, you can vote for my review at the same time, if you havent already done so - must stop banging on about it .
Lemmy, I have a couple of blingual puns, although they happen to be English/Italian. For Chicken run "ROCKY IS A POLLO" and for Plan 9 From Outer Space "BELA, MA NON TROPPO" (given Lugosi's untimely death at the start of production.)I just know you'll want to vote for them.
My worst pun which hasnt made it - for "Who is killing the great chefs of Europe?" - "THAT SHALLOT!" but it was refused. Another example of MERPS not knowing their onions? |
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lemmycaution
"Long mired in film"
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Posted - 01/19/2006 : 15:03:50
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Originally posted by Whippersnapper
Thanks for all your replies.
I think "Missing Poisson" is almost the high water mark of puns, but the best (or rather the wurst) I've found is by Noncentz (who else?) with the outrageous:
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?id=10300
Whilst you are there, you can vote for my review at the same time, if you havent already done so - must stop banging on about it .
Lemmy, I have a couple of bilingual puns, although they happen to be English/Italian. For Chicken run "ROCKY IS A POLLO" and for Plan 9 From Outer Space "BELA, MA NON TROPPO" (given Lugosi's untimely death at the start of production.)I just know you'll want to vote for them.
My worst pun which hasnt made it - for "Who is killing the great chefs of Europe?" - "THAT SHALLOT!" but it was refused. Another example of MERPS not knowing their onions?
I like 'em.
I am immodestly fond of my bilingual review for �12 Angry Men��Douze process--
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?sort=3&id=1370&Mode=&Rows=100&Start=1&do=
but my all-time favourite is Corduroy Pillow�s Women in piscine match for the French film �The Swimming Pool��
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?sort=3&id=4643&Mode=&Rows=100&Start=1&do=
Ozon must bring out the worst in us. I have another groaner for one of his other films:
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?ID=13971
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 01/19/2006 : 15:16:44
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quote:
Originally posted by Whippersnapper
My worst pun which hasnt made it - for "Who is killing the great chefs of Europe?" - "THAT SHALLOT!" but it was refused. Another example of MERPS not knowing their onions?
BWAH! I would have voted for that one. But then again, I'm probably one of the only people on earth who actually read the book, and that was before they made it into a movie.
My personal favourite (accepted) pun is my review of "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers": Sabine it for Marriage!
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Falken
"Intestinal Fourtitude."
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Posted - 01/20/2006 : 08:12:23
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Here's one of my worst offenses...
Pet Semetary: "Tails From the Crypt."
Falken
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bennyr81 
"Poland here i come"
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Posted - 01/20/2006 : 13:55:23
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Mine's quite similar to Falkan's
Catwoman: Tail's from a broad |
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Sludge
"Charlie Don't Serf!"
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Posted - 01/25/2006 : 20:23:04
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Guess I'll chime in. I've got a number of really bad ones, but these two have stayed in mind:
I like my review for The Terminal because each word has double meaning, and collectively it could be a response to something you might hear before a bar fight. The fact that it has to be spelled out when verbally described makes it all the more painful.
Also, approved around the same time, "Foxx reluctantly joins hunt" for Collateral, since this is true of all foxes regarding their participation in a fox hunt.
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Puzzgal
"Not much to say..."
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Posted - 02/08/2006 : 19:58:20
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| My worst pun (one of the few I have) is definitely "Lord Of the Springs" for A Case of Spring Fever. It was obvious and stupid and I'm ashamed of it. |
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Whippersnapper.
"A fourword thinking guy."
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Posted - 02/08/2006 : 21:12:41
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Is this a Catholic guilt-thing, Puzgal?
Relax, you're among fellow sufferers here.
"My name is Whippersnapper and I'm a punster..." |
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EvilAndy 
"Laughing at Verbosity's Expense"
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Posted - 02/09/2006 : 05:28:14
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Most of my reviews are puns of some sort. Here are a few of my better ones:
"Grand Theft Otto" for A Fish Called Wanda,
"No Rest for Wicket" for Ewoks: The Battle for Endor,
"The Tin Blue Line" for Robocop,
and for its sequel, Robocop 2, one of my underachievers with only two votes (probably because no one else saw that movie): "Kane Enabled." |
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redPen
"Because I said so!"
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Posted - 09/19/2006 : 09:11:32
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You know what I think one of the most awful puns in existence is? It's a great movie, but the title of "Lucky Number Slevin" just made me want to change my language.
Ugh! Ouch! Blam! |
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Whipper's Most Excruciating Pun Competition
