The Association, Part 4

[vovat]

So, it's back to this meme again, with the subjects chosen by themall:

1.puns

We learned in high school English class that puns are considered the lowest form of humor, and a lot of people hate 'em. I've always been fond of both making and hearing them, but it's definitely possible to go overboard with them.

2.oz

Well, I've already written about Oz, but getting back to the first item, the abundance of puns is one of the things I like about them. In fact, there's a fair amount of humor in general, yet the authors still take the stories seriously.

3.libraries

Hey, you can take books home and read them FOR FREE! How could I NOT like that? I studied Library Science in school, but I'm still waiting for something more than temporary or part-time work to come from it.

4.xtc

Andy Partridge has been putting out amazing songs for the past thirty years. And while he doesn't seem to be doing as much writing nowadays, I get the impression that there are still plenty of ideas in the man's head.

5.pennsylvania

What can I say? It's Philadelphia and Pittsburgh with Alabama in the middle. {g} Seriously, I've never been to Alabama, so I couldn't say for sure, but central Pennsylvania does seem a bit dull. I grew up in the southeastern part, myself.


Oh, and I'll also mention that I received three new books from bethje today, namely Belle and Sebastian: A Modern Rock Story, The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales, and a book on Alphonse Mucha. She also gave me Dragon Quest V last Thursday, so she truly went above and beyond for this anniversary. I guess I'll remove some things from my Amazon wishlist now.

Comments

[rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com]

We learned in high school English class that puns are considered the lowest form of humor

And yet, potty humor? Humor based on insulting other people? Humor based entirely on Shock Value? How are these higher forms of humor? I am with you-- puns get a bad wrap.

I actually remember when my brother was in first grade or so, the teacher commented that he actually had a very SOPHISTICATED sense of humor for a 7 year old, in that he loved wordplay-based jokes over the slapstick that most of his classmates stuck with.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Well, maybe puns are just the lowest form of word-based humor? I don't know. I think ranking humor kind of reeks of elitism.

[vilajunkie.livejournal.com]

I love being able to check things off my Amazon wishlist. And I must say, you married an awesome woman! Does she have a single twin? *g*

[vovat.livejournal.com]

No, she's an only child. Although I do remember her mentioning having an evil twin named Zoe at one point. {g}