Contemplations on the Pun Sabbatical

[AFK]

I have to tell you spags, that this pun sabbatical thing is a lot easier than I thought it would be.  Now, I will not say that when I read threads that the puns don't pop into my head anymore.  It's one of those things you can't really turn off.  But, I don't get all twitchy anymore if I don't post it or share it with someone else. 

And I can't really take off with the palindrone thing.  Those things are much harder to work into conversation. 

I dunno spags, when the Ides of March come, the puns may not come back.  Or at least, not with the same fury and frequency. 

I imagine this both elicits cheers of joy and tears of sorrow (and you spags need to get checked out.)

[Jenne]

Well, it makes me sad to think you will not be yourself.  That is one GIFT this place has to the usual poster--you can be yourself.  You may get shit down your neck for it, but you can do it.  Usually.

[AFK]

Well, I say this today.  There are a lot of days between now and March.  The tide may turn.  If so, watch out!

[Dysfunctional Cunt]

I have always enjoyed your puns... 

[Jenne]

Yes, like Khara, I too am Team Pun.

[Cramulus]

kill the sabbatical!

fuck the haters!

[Jenne]

...THAT's the SPIRIT~!

[Phox]

I WILL DANCE ON THE GRAVE OF THE PUNS WHEN THE IDES ARRIVE, AND THE PUNS HAVE PROVEN UNABLE TO SURVIVE! I WILL DANCE, DANCE, DANCE! DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY! 

[AFK]

I dunno, it might be like one of those horror film franchises.  The bad guy gets blown up, burned, shredded, he couldn't possibly survive.  Yet, there you are, a few years later, you traded in your 1985 hair style for a fresh new 1988 hair style, walking down the street listening to your Sony Walkman.  It's probably Bobby Brown or some shit.  

When, out of fucking nowhere, there he is.  Freddy Punger.  And he's looking for some motherfucking blood!

[Phox]

I dunno, it might be like one of those horror film franchises.  The bad guy gets blown up, burned, shredded, he couldn't possibly survive.  Yet, there you are, a few months later, you traded in your 1985 hair style for a fresh new 1988 hair style, walking down the street listening to your Sony Walkman.  It's probably Bobby Brown or some shit. 

When, out of fucking nowhere, there he is.  Freddy Punger.  And he's looking for some motherfucking blood!

[AFK]

I know, right?  I mean, how humiliating is it to have to be listening to Bobby Brown? 

[Phox]

I know, right?  I mean, how humiliating is it to have to be listening to Bobby Brown? 

Really. Bobby Brown? If I ere walking around in 1988, I'd simply not listen to music at all. Less chance for embarassment because I got disemboweled whilel istening to Mr. Telephone Man.

[LMNO]

I know, right?  I mean, how humiliating is it to have to be listening to Bobby Brown? 

Really. Bobby Brown? If I ere walking around in 1988, I'd simply not listen to music at all. Less chance for embarassment because I got disemboweled whilel istening to Mr. Telephone Man.

Good albums that came out in or around 1988:

Dinosaur Jr, You're Living All Over Me
fIREHOSE, If'n
Negativland, Escape From Noise
Sonic Youth, Daydream Nation
Bad Brains, Live

And that's just on SST.  Also released in 1988:

Leonard Cohen, I'm Your Man
Morrisey, Viva Hate
Pixies, Surfer Rosa
Butthole Surfers, Hairway to Steven
Sugarcubes, Life's Too Good
Boogie Down Productions, By All Means Necessary
Camper Van Beethoven, Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
Public Enemy, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Joy Division, Substance
N.W.A., Straight Outta Compton
Jane's Addiction, Nothing's Shocking
Metallica, ...And Justice for All
Rapeman, Two Nuns and a Pack Mule
Siouxsie and the Banshees, Peepshow
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Tender Prey
Ultramagnetic MCs, Critical Beatdown
Ministry, The Land of Rape and Honey

So don't even try to tell me there was nothing good to listen to in 1988.

[Phox]

I know, right?  I mean, how humiliating is it to have to be listening to Bobby Brown? 

Really. Bobby Brown? If I ere walking around in 1988, I'd simply not listen to music at all. Less chance for embarassment because I got disemboweled whilel istening to Mr. Telephone Man.

Good albums that came out in or around 1988:

Dinosaur Jr, You're Living All Over Me
fIREHOSE, If'n
Negativland, Escape From Noise
Sonic Youth, Daydream Nation
Bad Brains, Live

And that's just on SST.  Also released in 1988:

Leonard Cohen, I'm Your Man
Morrisey, Viva Hate
Pixies, Surfer Rosa
Butthole Surfers, Hairway to Steven
Sugarcubes, Life's Too Good
Boogie Down Productions, By All Means Necessary
Camper Van Beethoven, Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
Public Enemy, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Joy Division, Substance
N.W.A., Straight Outta Compton
Jane's Addiction, Nothing's Shocking
Metallica, ...And Justice for All
Rapeman, Two Nuns and a Pack Mule
Siouxsie and the Banshees, Peepshow
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Tender Prey
Ultramagnetic MCs, Critical Beatdown
Ministry, The Land of Rape and Honey

So don't even try to tell me there was nothing good to listen to in 1988.

I didn't say that there wasn't any good music. But they didn't have shuffle back then, so I'd pop in Bobby Brown and BAM. The laws of the universe as posited by the esteemed Edward Murphy dictate that at that exact moment, the bad stuff would happen. 

[AFK]

Other good albums, just because we're on the subject:

Long Cold Winter by Cinderella
Operation: Mindcrime by Queensryche
South of Heaven by Slayer
Leprosy by Death
Starfish by The Church
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 by The Travelling Wilburys
tons more.....

1988 was a pretty good year for music.