Pun: A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words. The ability to make and understand puns is the highest level of language development. The 10 first place winners in the International Pun Contest are: 1. A vulture boards an airplane, carrying two dead raccoons. The flight attendant looks at him and says, “I’m sorry, sir, only one carrion allowed... 

• Ratio of an igloo’s circumference to its diameter = Eskimo Pi • 2000 pounds of Chinese soup = Won ton • 1 millionth of a mouthwash = 1 microscope • Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement = 1bananosecond • Weight an evangelist carries with God = 1 billigram • Time it takes to sail 220 yards at 1 nautical mile per hour =Knotfurlong • ... 

Friday is upon us once again. Yipee! Have you ever had one of those really long weeks that leaves you feeling a little…..well…..a little like this?..... I don’t know what you’re like at the end of the week, but this is pretty much my brain by 5:00pm on Fridays… Have I ever mentioned that I love being from the San Francisco Bay Area? LOVE it! All videos are the production of SMP Films; I found them on YouTube. Pig... 

When you rearrange the letters… A DECIMAL POINT becomes IM A DOT IN PLACE ANIMOSITY becomes IS NO AMITY ASTRONOMER becomes MOON STARER DESPERATION becomes A ROPE ENDS IT DORMITORY becomes DIRTY ROOM ELECTION RESULTS becomes LIES - LET’S RECOUNT ELEVEN PLUS TWO becomes TWELVE PLUS ONE GEORGE BUSH becomes HE BUGS GORE MOTHER-IN-LAW becomes WOMAN HITLER PRESBYTERIAN becomes BEST IN PRAYER SLOT MACHINES becomes CASH LOST IN ME SNOOZE... 

*We owe the phrase “wet your whistle” to English pub goers long ago who would blow a whistle baked into the rim or handle of their ceramic mugs when they needed a refill. *We also owe the phrase “mind your Ps and Qs” to English pub patrons, who drank Pints and Quarts of ale. When the drinkers got out of hand, the bartender would shout, “Mind your pints and quarts and settle down!” *4,000 years ago in Babylon,...