Luckily (I suppose) that we’ve been de-emphasizing “synchronicities”, or I would be slapping my forehead at not being able to re-find the one I saw in the last couple days with an apparently British guy approaching a band practice and asking “Mind if I sit in on your marmalade?”.
Okay, I get the individual nominated items. But what is the “plot”, what happens at the end? I figured Girl’s offer meant she was going to prepare something more anodyne, but … did she?
From Brian in STL:
A choreography that some of us are very familiar with! But what is that remark at the end?
… looking for CIDUs from *you*.
The “pointillism” is a nice joke. But is it the joke for the whole thing?
Oh wait, I started to ask about “punch line” but then connected that phrase to the boxing gloves and the guy knocked to the floor … could the punch be the punch line?? Nah.
So what is this about?
P.S, Bonus identification quiz! “Twenty-one decisions in a row, and only five on points, the rest was all K.O. Jackson and Johnson, Murphy and Bronson, one by one they come and one by one to Dreamland they go!”
This one from Le Vieux Lapin:
This Frog Applause is maybe a semi-Arlo and a LOL, but not at all cryptic.
Mr. Snail bought a snazzy sports car, and he ordered some detailing: a big “S” on the sides. When asked why, he explained he wanted all the people on the streets to notice him in the car and say: _________________________ YOUR QUIZ IS TO FILL IN THE BLANK!
Return of the repressed? Yep, Argyle Sweater always has a pun in store! This one sent by Le Vieux Lapin, and it delivers a double shot of Oy!
Perhaps slightly technical jargon, but not unfamiliar.
Not precisely a CIDU, but raises the question, Are these linked by anything besides alluding to Houdini?
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