Once, a few years ago when I was in high school, my friend got stumped by something some asshole said about undocumented immigrants' right to medical care: "The only place that should be treating illegals is a raptor hospital!" Spoiler: geddit .....ill eagles? ill eagles.
While I think our generation is more independent than our parents' I think that comes at the price of being a little ego-centric. I mean, it's even present in our art. We've stopped going "dada" and started saying "meme".
[4/13/16, 9:42:29 PM] Colonel Cupcakes: Keep on topic [4/13/16, 9:42:32 PM] Colonel Cupcakes: This is a banking chat only [4/13/16, 9:42:36 PM] Cinnamon Bird: Excuse me this chat is being reserved for strictly economic purposes [4/13/16, 9:42:41 PM] Colonel Cupcakes: ...so, see any good stock markets lately? [4/13/16, 9:42:45 PM] Bel: nope [4/13/16, 9:42:47 PM] Bean: what about the banking though [4/13/16, 9:42:47 PM] Cinnamon Bird: naaaaah [4/13/16, 9:42:47 PM] Colonel Cupcakes: me either [4/13/16, 9:42:54 PM] Bel: cupcakes you're bad at being capitalist [4/13/16, 9:42:57 PM] Oobletops: there's no such thing as a good stock market [4/13/16, 9:42:57 PM] Dave: I tried, but they accused me of stocking [4/13/16, 9:43:01 PM] Bel: DAVE [4/13/16, 9:43:39 PM] Bean: the stalk market [4/13/16, 9:43:45 PM] Dave: I managed to seduce a CEO once, but then I got busted for inside-her trading [4/13/16, 9:43:52 PM] Bel: FUCK [4/13/16, 9:43:54 PM] Colonel Cupcakes: FUCK
This isn't a pun, really, but the juxtaposition made me laugh. There's a longterm mental health campaign running on my campus, with nice laminated signs saying "Break the Silence" and talking about resources you can access, etc. Unfortunately, it's also exam season, so said signs are interspaced with neon posters saying KEEP SILENT.
(Discussing 4/20) Dad: There was a strange smell... it reminded me of university, for some reason. Me: Ah, the smell of higher education.
The language used to describe the fertilization of an ova is very reflective of heteronormative romantic ideals - it is the job of the sperm to chase, woo, and win her [the egg] ova.
Me: They literally have two separate wings for domestic and international flights. Sister: Yes, most airplanes have two separate wings.
Quoting Pterry might be cheating, but I think the greatest pun I've ever encountered is this line from Guards! Guards!:
(After reading that the Louvre is at risk of flooding) me: [sister]! I've already come up with a bad joke about the situation! Why are they moving stuff out of Paris's foremost art museum? sister: ... why? me: Because there's water all Louvre the place!
