David Yourdon @davidyourdon.bsky.social · 02/12/2023A potentially vapid question (for @benwurgaft.bsky.social): Are puns more like wild animals that we momentarily trap, or are they like domesticated animals (and if so, what are their wild forebears)? 120
Ben Wurgaft @benwurgaft.bsky.social · 02/12/2023I like the image of puns as a kind of chimera - "fore-bears" and "aft-kittens" or something like that... but your question is perfect. I think some puns are the former, some the latter, and it depends on the degree to which the impulse has got hold of you and won't let go. 110
