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Gillian Densmore

the bad pun thread

Though I debate if their is such a thing as a well behaved pun. I heard frozen vegitables a rather chill. And they sometimes give peas a chance.

Glen and Steve you care to take a crack?

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gepr

Re: the bad pun thread

I'm terrible at puns ... I can't tell jokes either. I think the nuns lied about my Scots-Irish ancestry. 8^(

On January 2, 2018 7:40:14 PM PST, Gillian Densmore <[hidden email]> wrote:
>Though I debate if their is such a thing as a well behaved pun. I heard
>frozen vegitables a rather chill. And they sometimes give peas a
>chance.
>
>Glen and Steve you care to take a crack?

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Gillian Densmore

Re: the bad pun thread

I checked the barn the other day. Yep lots of things giving a hoot their making a OwlFull racket.

On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 10:56 PM, glen <[hidden email]> wrote:

I'm terrible at puns ... I can't tell jokes either. I think the nuns lied about my Scots-Irish ancestry. 8^(

On January 2, 2018 7:40:14 PM PST, Gillian Densmore <[hidden email]> wrote:
>Though I debate if their is such a thing as a well behaved pun. I heard
>frozen vegitables a rather chill. And they sometimes give peas a
>chance.
>
>Glen and Steve you care to take a crack?

--
glen

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gepr

Re: the bad pun thread

Not a pun... But one of the few things guaranteed to keep me awake when driving is to speak. So I do a lot of talking to myself, especially coming up with an alliterative phrase and repeating it with different intonations, accents, voices, and speeds. Here's the latest:

Betty better doff her dazzle before the itty bitty dab of drizzle.

Say that 10 times fast.

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Gary Schiltz-4

Re: the bad pun thread

I can't even *read* that 10 times fast :-)

Speaking of keeping awake when driving (a good idea), in my first few years of college, I went home to help out my folks on the farm nearly every weekend. It was a three hour drive from Wathena, Kansas to Manhattan (Kansas, that is, The Little Apple, home of Kansas State University). I often waited until Monday morning to return to Manhattan, even when I had a 7:30 am statistics class. So, I usually had to drive several hours in the dark before getting there. It took a lot of hot coffee and 8-track tapes to keep me awake. I especially liked listening to John Denver and singing along (badly, I'm sure, but with no traffic and only cows in the pasture along the highway to awaken, I blasted it out at the top of my lungs). One of my favorites was "Two Shots" from the Windsong album. One line in particular sticks in my mind: "I took two shots, got no ducks, and cold, cold hands."

https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/johndenver/twoshots.html

On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 6:16 PM, uǝlƃ ☣ <[hidden email]> wrote:

Not a pun... But one of the few things guaranteed to keep me awake when driving is to speak. So I do a lot of talking to myself, especially coming up with an alliterative phrase and repeating it with different intonations, accents, voices, and speeds. Here's the latest:

Betty better doff her dazzle before the itty bitty dab of drizzle.

Say that 10 times fast.

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gepr

Re: the bad pun thread

Yeah, singing *along* to prerecorded music works to some extent. But I can still fall quiet, even if the music is nice and loud, maybe like Dead Horse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3EtqJ0OUDc There's something about the engagement required for it to keep me awake. I've had good luck with no radio, but trying to remember lyrics and sing them. But if someone else is "driving" and I'm just "riding along", it doesn't have the same effect.

On 01/04/2018 05:25 PM, Gary Schiltz wrote:
> Speaking of keeping awake when driving (a good idea), in my first few years of college, I went home to help out my folks on the farm nearly every weekend. It was a three hour drive from Wathena, Kansas to Manhattan (Kansas, that is, The Little Apple, home of Kansas State University). I often waited until Monday morning to return to Manhattan, even when I had a 7:30 am statistics class. So, I usually had to drive several hours in the dark before getting there. It took a lot of hot coffee and 8-track tapes to keep me awake. I especially liked listening to John Denver and singing along (badly, I'm sure, but with no traffic and only cows in the pasture along the highway to awaken, I blasted it out at the top of my lungs). One of my favorites was "Two Shots" from the Windsong album. One line in particular sticks in my mind: "I took two shots, got no ducks, and cold, cold hands."

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Steve Smith

Re: the bad pun thread

In my youth I did those long distance hauls exclusively on a
motorcycle. The cold wind whistling through the chinks in my
clothing/helmet and the pavement whizzing by a few feet away were
sufficient to keep me awake.   To keep me from getting too bored, I used
those times to work on math/physics problems in my head. It was good
practice to learn to try to keep all the details in my head without
paper to work on. I couldn't go as fast as I could with paper and
pencil at hand, but I think it was a good exercise. I have no evidence
that this type of mental exercise reduced my road awareness... it is
interesting which types of multi-tasking works.

In later years, I used books on tape to keep me from idling to
distraction.   For the most part I've never had trouble getting sleepy
while driving, or at least not until my much later years when I
*usually* have the option and wisdom of not driving late into the
night.   When I do find myself needing to push past my comfort zone on
wakefulness, eating sunflower seeds from the shell seems to help, the
way I suppose smoking helps with smokers, but without the stimulant
benefit of nicotine. The "compulsive" repetitive motion is a good
metronome of sorts.

Gary, any chance you knew Jack Horner at KSU? I think he might be a few
years older than you... mid 60's now. He has recently returned to
Manhattan for his retirement years. FWIW

On 1/5/18 8:13 AM, ∄ uǝʃƃ wrote:
> Yeah, singing *along* to prerecorded music works to some extent. But I can still fall quiet, even if the music is nice and loud, maybe like Dead Horse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3EtqJ0OUDc There's something about the engagement required for it to keep me awake. I've had good luck with no radio, but trying to remember lyrics and sing them. But if someone else is "driving" and I'm just "riding along", it doesn't have the same effect.
>
> On 01/04/2018 05:25 PM, Gary Schiltz wrote:
>> Speaking of keeping awake when driving (a good idea), in my first few years of college, I went home to help out my folks on the farm nearly every weekend. It was a three hour drive from Wathena, Kansas to Manhattan (Kansas, that is, The Little Apple, home of Kansas State University). I often waited until Monday morning to return to Manhattan, even when I had a 7:30 am statistics class. So, I usually had to drive several hours in the dark before getting there. It took a lot of hot coffee and 8-track tapes to keep me awake. I especially liked listening to John Denver and singing along (badly, I'm sure, but with no traffic and only cows in the pasture along the highway to awaken, I blasted it out at the top of my lungs). One of my favorites was "Two Shots" from the Windsong album. One line in particular sticks in my mind: "I took two shots, got no ducks, and cold, cold hands."
>

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Gillian Densmore

Re: the bad pun thread

I found out why some of the sports teams don't mind not winning, the Their all really good sports and great fun people,and snappy dressers. Turns out that's what life is like in Thai land.

It is said one needs good Karma. The Vanma might be broken.

(i'll just let my self back out now)

On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 8:53 AM, Steven A Smith <[hidden email]> wrote:

In my youth I did those long distance hauls exclusively on a
motorcycle. The cold wind whistling through the chinks in my
clothing/helmet and the pavement whizzing by a few feet away were
sufficient to keep me awake.   To keep me from getting too bored, I used
those times to work on math/physics problems in my head. It was good
practice to learn to try to keep all the details in my head without
paper to work on. I couldn't go as fast as I could with paper and
pencil at hand, but I think it was a good exercise. I have no evidence
that this type of mental exercise reduced my road awareness... it is
interesting which types of multi-tasking works.

In later years, I used books on tape to keep me from idling to
distraction.   For the most part I've never had trouble getting sleepy
while driving, or at least not until my much later years when I
*usually* have the option and wisdom of not driving late into the
night.   When I do find myself needing to push past my comfort zone on
wakefulness, eating sunflower seeds from the shell seems to help, the
way I suppose smoking helps with smokers, but without the stimulant
benefit of nicotine. The "compulsive" repetitive motion is a good
metronome of sorts.

Gary, any chance you knew Jack Horner at KSU? I think he might be a few
years older than you... mid 60's now. He has recently returned to
Manhattan for his retirement years. FWIW

On 1/5/18 8:13 AM, ∄ uǝʃƃ wrote:
> Yeah, singing *along* to prerecorded music works to some extent. But I can still fall quiet, even if the music is nice and loud, maybe like Dead Horse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3EtqJ0OUDc There's something about the engagement required for it to keep me awake. I've had good luck with no radio, but trying to remember lyrics and sing them. But if someone else is "driving" and I'm just "riding along", it doesn't have the same effect.
>
> On 01/04/2018 05:25 PM, Gary Schiltz wrote:
>> Speaking of keeping awake when driving (a good idea), in my first few years of college, I went home to help out my folks on the farm nearly every weekend. It was a three hour drive from Wathena, Kansas to Manhattan (Kansas, that is, The Little Apple, home of Kansas State University). I often waited until Monday morning to return to Manhattan, even when I had a 7:30 am statistics class. So, I usually had to drive several hours in the dark before getting there. It took a lot of hot coffee and 8-track tapes to keep me awake. I especially liked listening to John Denver and singing along (badly, I'm sure, but with no traffic and only cows in the pasture along the highway to awaken, I blasted it out at the top of my lungs). One of my favorites was "Two Shots" from the Windsong album. One line in particular sticks in my mind: "I took two shots, got no ducks, and cold, cold hands."
>

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