Execution Via Fear 2012-08-16

[Prester Fred]

Dave, you have some deeply rooted problems. May you should speak with a counselor to find out what they stem from.

Okay, this is getting out of hand. Weed better tone it down some.

[Timotheus]

I think we should all compost ourselves.

[shadowinthelight]

This is very, very spooky stuff, my friends.

I decided to respond to MerchManDan's comment by finding a picture somewhere of the famous (and fictional) Norwegian Blue parrot, of the Monty Python skit I was referencing, and offering the picture to the Pun Jar. I figured somebody had to have drawn one.

Somebody has... as part of an artist's reconstruction of what it probably looked like, when its species actually existed about 50 million years ago. There really were parrots in Scandinavia back then (during a warm spell).

You can see the picture for yourself. All you have to do is Google the name of the species.

Mopsitta Tanta.

I kid you not. "Tanta".

This is a strange universe we live in, isn't it?

50 million years? I guess it's safe to say it is bereft of life and resting in peace.

[MerchManDan]

I think we should all compost ourselves.

This is getting a bit mulch, isn't it? I can tell, we're getting a bit on-hedge. Better leaf the issue be for a while.

[Hansontoons]

Could be, it is the Icelandic version of the word.[/quote]
Or possible old saxon or low english? There are a fair number of connection to old england, wales, etc.[/quote]
Also German. It's common for members of an extended social family to be considered Aunts/Uncles to the children, regardless of lineage. Auntie Mame, anyone?[/quote]


Great movie!

And reading all the punny remarks is leaving me a little bushed...

[as363]

And - for all of you that took the liberty of quoting Dave - You also should consider making a donation to the Pun Vault - or you will also be considered one of the fall-in (which is what will happen if you don't).

[DilyV]

All these puns are so great Ivy been clinging on every word... Personally, I'd like to see some of Castela's family tree but I like the way she's cultivating new friends and family.

Would anyone like some vine and cheese?

Drops a pack of ficus pandorella seeds in the pun jar for all those who have punned and not paid. LOL

[zachariah]

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Somebody has... as part of an artist's reconstruction of what it probably looked like, when its species actually existed about 50 million years ago. There really were parrots in Scandinavia back then (during a warm spell).

You can see the picture for yourself. All you have to do is Google the name of the species.

Mopsitta Tanta.

I kid you not. "Tanta".

This is a strange universe we live in, isn't it?

Aparrotly you are right. Especially in the forum.

[jwhouk]

"No he isn't."
"Yes he is."
"No he isn't."
"Yes he is."
"No he isn't."
"Yes he is."
"No he isn't."
"Yes he is."
"No he isn't."
"Yes he is."

[bmonk]

I see we're all out on a limb here with the Pun Jar. It obviously comes from some deep rooted traumas.

I'll leaf before the Jar's bark gets too much to stand.

But that Castela is just a twig off the old family tree...

[displaced]

it's been complete pundemonium here. I should run before I get infested.

[Mark N]

I wood think that this topic has gone to pot already. Better to let it lie fallow and go to seed.

[zachariah]

And - for all of you that took the liberty of quoting Dave - You also should consider making a donation to the Pun Vault - or you will also be considered one of the fall-in (which is what will happen if you don't).

Actually the pun jar only wants donations, or forfeits, from the PERSON who made the pun. Not from those of us who just copied the original. The real question is does Dave have to make a donation for every time it was quoted? A case can be made that quoting Dave just allows him to make the same pun over and over again many times. If it does then the pun jar will collect quiet a harvest from Dave.I can see Dave saying 'Son of a Birch' with a face sap included. We will have to chlorophyll him to calm him down.

Deposits a book on photosynthesis in the jar and a few barks of laughter.

[ActionKermit]

I've yet to contribute anything to the pun jar, but what with everything that's been going on lately I'm thinking of making a larch donation.

[Yamara]

This is a strange universe we live in, isn't it?

Well, you can't blame British Rail for that.

[Atomic]

I've yet to contribute anything to the pun jar, but what with everything that's been going on lately I'm thinking of making a larch donation.

The Larch? An excellent choice! After all, it is a tree you can recognize from a long ways away.

[Fairportfan]

This is a strange universe we live in, isn't it?

Well, you can't blame British Rail for that.

No, that'd be the Milk Board.

[as363]

We took French in First Form (Canada - Grade 9) and one of the first things that I remember was the following little poem.

La plume de ma tante
Est sur la table de mon oncle
Le Livre de mon oncle
Est sur la table de ma tante

Which translates as
The pen of my Aunt
Is on the table of my Uncle
The paper of my Uncle
Is on the table of my Aunt (Edited one time- stupid fingers)

[bmonk]

Anyone who is pining for some wooden puns, have no fear: you can't beech the ones here, although we might have to spruce them up a bit.

Drops a face palm into the jar, sideways--so it might prop it open for others to contribute.