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This is definitely not what’s being alluded to by Whamond, but this reminds me of a baseball chant. Here’s longtime White Sox organist Nancy Faust with “Na Na Na Na Hey Hey Good-bye”, sung by the stadium crowd to taunt an opposing pitcher as they are being yanked from the game.
And the original:
This one may be a Momentary CIDU:


Mitch4 sends this in:

Mitch4 sends this in:

Mark H. sends in this censible comic: “This one is just a specimen of five days worth of penny / money puns. 6/17-6/21 could all appear as a single “Oy” section.
I wouldn’t change a thing…”

Mitch4 sends this in: “Quite a bit of phonological compression required, but despite not looking much alike, I can buy it that “Namaste” is a good sound substitute for “Nah, Imma stay” (where “Imma” in turn is a contemporary short form for “I’m gonna”).”


Membership is in creasing.



Stuck in the middle with youuuu ….

Here’s John McWhorter on stress (accent) retraction. (Should work as “gift link.”)





It could pass for simply an innocent pun — that’s a screwdriver so it’s driving for the two screws. But doesn’t something foreboding come thru anyway?




Phew, a lot of work to get there!


Indeed, they are said to have a high turnover.
But Day by Dave wasn’t done with punning for the week yet.



Mary Ellen sent this one in. Why backpacking alpacas? Why does everyone look so miserable? And why are the men in what looks like monks’ robes while the alpacas are using folding maps and modern looking backpacks?
It’s somewhere between an OY (wordplay on alpacah and backpackah) and a CIDU.
I mistook those candles in the background for cat-hair rollers!

And the pun factor is: how about some gin or vodka?


I’m a little dubious how “went on the wagon” works out here. But let it be noted, there are probably several cities with drinking establishments called Crow-Bar or Cro-Bar.




Okay, but … do people still use the term “operating theater”?

This cartoon was already discussed on The Comics Curmudgeon, but we can certainly take a moment to … admire … it here also.
The Sunday Punnies! (Um, on a following Saturday here.)

Is this one trying to say ”The Divine Comedy”? (Accidental reprinting)


