The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn for September 08, 2008
September 07, 2008
September 09, 2008
Transcript:
Man: ... after the argument escalated, neighbors say the husband, a composer, threatened to smother his wife with his sheet music. Before anyone could help, witnesses say he'd already begun killing her softly with his song.
frenchfry almost 16 years ago
Lenthy setup.
Nugget0 Premium Member almost 16 years ago
nice pun today
haikumiko almost 16 years ago
Always too wordy.
Iphelia almost 16 years ago
not really a pun is it? More of a play on words …
gaj1967 almost 16 years ago
Ummm, isn’t a pun a play on words?
Iphelia almost 16 years ago
Yes. I believe it is, Gil.
A pun is a play on words. But specifically a pun is based on sound and/or familiarity between two like-sounding but different words.
Here he’s guilty of being literal, not punny.
WickedCrazy almost 16 years ago
I think it is very funny.I love it when a comic strip make me chuckle everytime I reread it.
buckleylover Premium Member almost 16 years ago
Lots of analyzing going on here. lol. How bout we just enjoy it?
forrest11 almost 16 years ago
yeah i’m with Mike. Just enjoy it.
margueritem almost 16 years ago
Good one today. A lengthy set up is needed for a good shaggy dog story.
eardroppings almost 16 years ago
I think it would have been better to just say, “After the composer killed her softly with his song,his wife bgan to DE-compose.” That’s much funnier.
eardroppings almost 16 years ago
I think it would have been better to just say, “After the composer killed her softly with his song,his wife bgan to DE-compose.” That’s much funnier.