Yes, your observation on the pun stage of childhood development is acute,
Mark. Only in the case of my kids, it seems to last rather longer than two
weeks. Does the poetry gene retard children's sense of humour? Ben (9) is
presently going through all the jokes in his Beano annual, which make these
ones look, well, like Jonathan Swift. Even worse, he makes up his own.
I'm sure it's a crucial stage in linguistic development and must be borne
patiently. Alas, some of us never get past it.
On 31/1/05 1:45 PM, "Rebecca Seiferle" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> And finally, there was the person who sent ten different puns to friends, with
> the hope that at least one of the puns would make them laugh. Unfortunately,
> no pun in ten did.
Ouch! I'll pay that one. It's possibly worse than those I posted.
> Can you tell someone has finished a long piece of writing and is looking
> for ways to amuse herself?:-)
Moi?
Actually, I tidied my desk today. I am kind of neurotic about my desk, so
this is a fairly momentous event. But as always there's no shortage of
things to avoid doing.
Best
A
On 31/1/05 1:45 PM, "Rebecca Seiferle" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> And finally, there was the person who sent ten different puns to friends, with
> the hope that at least one of the puns would make them laugh. Unfortunately,
> no pun in ten did.
Alison Croggon
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