OT: puns

Anner wrote:
Of course a terrible pun is a good pun,?just as a good pun is a bad pun, and the worst puns are the ones that are not groanworthy,?not the ones that are.<
Yes, you've got it exactly. Or, at least, that's the way it seems when three of my friends, all inveterate punsters, and I are online arranging for our occasional lunches. We usually meet at one of two local sandwich emporia, the Lost Dog or, if it's crowded, the Stray Cat, which is nearby. We may have to find somewhere else to meet, though, since we've about exhausted our store of dog and cat puns.
It's a paradox, as Gilbert and Sullivan would say, or whichever one of them wrote the lyrics.?<
Gilbert, a lawyer, wrote the lyrics. His profession must have reassured Sullivan, the composer, for their ditties often trod heavily on the toes of authority. I forget which one of them used to arrive at the dress rehearsal still frantically writing the last of his part of the work. I like, particularly, from the Mikado:
"Our warriors in serried ranks assembled -- They never flinch and they conceal it if they do." 

And, from Ruddigore (sung at breakneck speed):
"This particularly rapid unintelligible patter isn't generally heard and if it is it doesn't matter . . . matter, matter, matter, matter" etc. -- Griff
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Griff said:
Sorry about the terrible puns. I didn't know there were any other kind. -- Griff?
Oh,?mercy, Griff! Please don't tell me I've tossed out something with the wrong English on it!?Of course a terrible pun is a good pun,?just as a good pun is a bad pun, and the worst puns are the ones that are not groanworthy,?not the ones that are. Its a paradox, as Gilbert and Sullivan would say, or whichever one of them wrote the lyrics.?
Thanks for sending the pictures along.?If I am remembering correctly Michelle was about seventeen when she was here before. We have had so few young members. Wonder whatever happened to?Rusty in Texas??So often?the young grow up and aren't interested in gardening any more.
Anner Whitehead, sending?from a remote location as a test?and?expecting to see some line break issues and stray punctuation. 
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