Posts Tagged wordplay

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#184 Predictable

Feb13
by on 2011-02-13 at 00:00
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Happy now, grj?

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1. (By my dark arts of divinitation, I see you are a musician) [amazing! what else do you see?]
2. (I see you play in a band...) [yes, go on]
3. (I see -- a tabla) [yes!] (a bandura) [yes!]
4. (a beautiful singer and...) [yes!]
5. (...a sitar!)
6. [hmm, close but no sitar]


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#182 Expressionism

Jan30
by on 2011-01-30 at 00:00
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1. (You pushed me over!)
2. [Well, you told me to]
3. (no I didn't!)
4. [You said "knock me sideways" -- so I did]
5. (but it's just an expression...)
6. (...I didn't mean it _laterally_)


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#179 Idolise

Jan09
by on 2011-01-09 at 00:00
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Which just goes to prove that the Devule has all the worst puns. A big welcome back to Bulezebub, after his less comfortable appearance in #97.

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1. (there!)
2. (finished our biggest commission to date; and just on time too!)
3. (now for the finishing touches) boop beep beep bip bap
4. (hello, Mr. Bulezebub?) -yes? (I've an urgent job - thirteen posed hands by Friday)
5. [it's no problem for me at all. You can relax and leave it to the expert] -that's a big relief Mr. Bulezebub [after all...]
6. [...the Devule makes hands for idol-work]


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#176 Eggs is Eggs

Dec19
by on 2010-12-19 at 00:00
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And a very happy 0x1Eth to mpj!

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1. (You are accused of stealing eggs from the supermarket. What do you have to say for yourself)
2. [It was a mistake your honour]
3. (How could it be a mistake?)
4. [Well, first I saw the premium range organic eggs, but I thought pthey were far too dear]
5. [Then I saw the economy range eggs, but they were still a bit pricey]
6. [And then I saw the free range eggs...]


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#175 Mondegreen

Dec12
by on 2010-12-12 at 18:56
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1. (I did so much want to walk across your land) [well, you can]
2. (but you said I couldn't) [no, I said you could]
3. (you said I'd have to ask the Pope!) [I said no such thing]
4. (so why did you tell me to write to Rome, then?)
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6. [I said you had the right to roam]


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#174 Spaces

Dec05
by on 2010-12-05 at 12:58
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1. The Wide Open SPACES of Invisibulia ~ a tourist guide
2. desert spaces
3. ocean spaces
4. mountain spaces
5. grassland spaces
6. [13 spaces / FULL] parking spaces


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#170 Sentient Bean

Nov14
by on 2010-11-14 at 21:01
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1. [since I'm showing you around the capital, let's go to the national museum] (lead on!)
2. [there, what do you think?] (a magnificent building!)
3. [and here is our most treasured exhibit] (it looks like a lentil!)
4. [not just any lentil, the prize of our country, the very foundation of our civilisation, the centre of our zeitgeist] (gosh!)
5. [it is customary to touch it -- like this] (really? why is that?)
6. [to put your finger on the pulse of the nation]


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#169 Inclemental

Nov07
by on 2010-11-07 at 17:55
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1. (what are you up to?) [I'm installing solar panels]
2. (but that's crazy -- those things are really expensive!) [I know]
3. (and Invisibulia gets far more electricity than it can use from hydroelectricity) [I know]
4. (and our government even gives us free power) [I know, I'm merely preparing]
5. (for what?)
6. [for a rainy day]


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#173 Hallowe’en

Oct31
by on 2010-10-31 at 17:43
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I wonder that if you really believe in Hallowe’en, and if you happen not to be dead (or undead) yet, then “happy” isn’t really the appropriate adjective for this evening’s unnatural occurrences. More likely “scared witless”. So, if you are planning to celebrate around about now: Happy Hallowe’en, Samuin, Calan Gaeaf, or whatever else you may choose not to believe in at this time of year.

PS I notice frequent comment contributor mpj has been getting into the Hallowe’en spirit, with this cheerful and irony-free sign in front of a graveyard.

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Happy Hallowe'en from the folks at the Invisibulia Canal & Waterways Authority -- DANGER WEIR were


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#168 Bird Thoughts

Oct24
by on 2010-10-24 at 00:00
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Based on a true story. Only the names have been changed to protect the ornithologically challenged.

EDIT: fixed balloons in third panel — thanks mpj

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1. (a yellow bird just flew past) [I didn't see it. What kind was it?]
2. (I don't remember what they're called) [was it a hoopoe?]
3. (hoopoe aren't yellow) [yes they are]
4. (no, you're thinking of a weaver bird) [I am _not_ thinking of a weaver bird]
5. (you _are_ thinking of a weaver bird) [I am _not_ thinking of a _weaver_bird_]
6. (but you are now...) [...dammit!]


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