I think I would call that metaphorical punning, but just plain punning would do. "If you tremble with indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine." Che Guevara The Militant: http://www.themilitant.com/txtindex.shtml Pathfinder Press: http://www.pathfinderpress.com Granma International: http://granma.cu/ingles/index.html _ table with 2 columns and 6 rows Subj: [bksvol-discuss] Re: My favorite Bulwer-Lytton sentence Date: 7/5/2009 9:09:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx Reply-to: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent from the Internet (Details) table end Hi, Bob and everyone else who delights in the slightly absurd, I've heard songs which manipulate words in an interesting way. I really don't know how to describe this. Say you have a song using foods, fish, or animals to say something. Here's an example of what I mean: "Gorilla of my dreams, you're a cheetah it seems, Oh, why are you lion to me?" or "I'm not floundering around and I thank cod I never smelt anything awful. I was herring all manner of chough, so I left for the halibut." I admire this kind of thing. Do we call this extensive punning? Regards, Kim. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 6:23 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: My favorite Bulwer-Lytton sentence No thanks Sue. However, ahem, here's another winner that I thought was pretty funny: Darnell knew he was getting hung out to dry when the D.A. made him come clean by airing other people's dirty laundry; the plea deal was a new wrinkle and there were still issues to iron out, but he hoped it would all come out in the wash - otherwise he had folded like a cheap suit for nothing. Lynn Lamousin Baton Rouge, LA Bob - "Right now I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same time." block quote ----- Original Message ----- From: siss52 To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 6:35 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: My favorite Bulwer-Lytton sentence <lol> That kid could have written the sentence while reading Nineteen Minutes, after which playing Twenty Questions while dining at Twenty-One!! What fun!! Any more takers? Sue S. ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 4:43 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: My favorite Bulwer-Lytton sentence <lol> that sentence could have been written by a fourteen-year-old in fifteen minutes singing "sixteen candles" while juggling seventeen penguins humming the opening bars of the eighteen twelve overture. Bob - "Right now I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same time." block quote ----- Original Message ----- From: Carrie Karnos To: Bookshare Vol Group Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 9:22 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] My favorite Bulwer-Lytton sentence About halfway through this sentence, I start screaming, "Make it stop! Make it stop!" For me, this is THE worst opening line ever: She wasn't really my type, a hard-looking but untalented reporter from the local cat box liner, but the first second that the third-rate representative of the fourth estate cracked open a new fifth of old Scotch, my sixth sense said seventh heaven was as close as an eighth note from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, so, nervous as a tenth grader drowning in eleventh-hour cramming for a physics exam, I swept her into my longing arms, and, humming "The Twelfth of Never," I got lucky on Friday the thirteenth. --Wm. W. "Buddy" Ocheltree, Port Townsend, Washington (1993 Winner) See what I mean?? Carrie block quote end ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.375 / Virus Database: 270.13.5/2219 - Release Date: 07/05/09 05:53:00 block quote end ************** An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222887319x1201497660/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62& bcd=JulyExcfooterNO62)