Let The Pendulum Swing Back

[Bluzes]

10 hours ago, HockeyDad said:

So their ordinal is 1? 

i hope there’s partial credit. 

Hockey Dad are you baiting us to have fun with math, shame on you!

[MikeD]

4 hours ago, Stu said:

True wit: was once a great movie staring John wane.

Sad to say, poor John faded away.   😎   

[Lance]

there's no going back

well, unless a corps does a nostalgia bit like bloo did awhile back

[Bob P.]

6 hours ago, Stu said:

True wit: was once a great movie staring John wane.

One must not mistake Puns for Wit.  Salut

[Stu]

3 hours ago, Bob P. said:

One must not mistake Puns for Wit.  Salut

Puns certainly can be witty and wit can be punny. Sarcasm can also be witttingly punny. Here is an example quip from a master of wit: A woman once approached Winston Churchill at a party and stated, "Sir, if you were my husband I would poison that drink." Churchill quickly retorted, "Madam, if you were my wife I would drink it!"

[Terri Schehr]

5 hours ago, Stu said:

Puns certainly can be witty and wit can be punny. Sarcasm can also be witttingly punny. Here is an example quip from a master of wit: A woman once approached Winston Churchill at a party and stated, "Sir, if you were my husband I would poison that drink." Churchill quickly retorted, "Madam, if you were my wife I would drink it!"

I love that quote. 

[Bob P.]

7 hours ago, Stu said:

Puns certainly can be witty and wit can be punny. Sarcasm can also be witttingly punny. Here is an example quip from a master of wit: A woman once approached Winston Churchill at a party and stated, "Sir, if you were my husband I would poison that drink." Churchill quickly retorted, "Madam, if you were my wife I would drink it!"

That is a well known retort and contains no pun,  so I don't see the relevance.  Puns are easy, wit, as illustrated above, much more difficult.  A witty pun, now that is worth pundering.

[Stu]

46 minutes ago, Bob P. said:

That is a well known retort and contains no pun,  so I don't see the relevance.

But the Churchill retort bleeds sarcasm; and you stated earlier that sarcasm is a poor substitute for wit.

46 minutes ago, Bob P. said:

... wit, as illustrated above, much more difficult.

Uh-oh; now you state the Churchill sarcastic quote actually illustrates wit.  Doh!

46 minutes ago, Bob P. said:

A witty pun, now that is worth pundering.

Again, according to an earlier post of yours, you stated that one must not mistake puns for wit; thus you must believe that the pun of yours here has no wit.

Edited December 27, 2018 by Stu

[skevinp]

3 hours ago, Stu said:

But the Churchill retort bleeds sarcasm; and you stated earlier that sarcasm is a poor substitute for wit.

Uh-oh; now you state the Churchill sarcastic quote actually illustrates wit.  Doh!

Again, according to an earlier post of yours, you stated that one must not mistake puns for wit; thus you must believe that the pun of yours here has no wit.

And so the pundulum swings back.

[JimF-LowBari]

Now I know why I never finished that math minor in college lol... have a friend who was probably the first female math major at her college. Will try some sarcasm and ask if the posted theroms are true...