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2006 O.HENRY PUN-OFF - Alram - 04-13-2006 I go every year. It is a heck of a lot of pun. This year's press release is not out yet; I will post it when the release is released at least. Here is a link to last year's punoff which will give you some of the flavor of the event. 2005 punoff The Punoff is free to enter and free to attend. Basically there are 2 events you can enter. To quote Gary Hallock, the organizer: Quote:Spaces are open for 32 competitive punslingers in two different This year there might also be some fun prepunoff events on Saturday afternoon , May 13th and also the evening of May 19. 2006 O.HENRY PUN-OFF - Doc - 04-13-2006 Just send Occhi and I straight to the punitentiary and get it over with. 2006 O.HENRY PUN-OFF - Alram - 04-13-2006 Doc,Apr 13 2006, 10:51 AM Wrote:Just send Occhi and I straight to the punitentiary and get it over with.I'm opun to that. 2006 O.HENRY PUN-OFF - Occhidiangela - 04-13-2006 Doc,Apr 13 2006, 09:51 AM Wrote:Just send Occhi and I straight to the punitentiary and get it over with.I don't want to imprisonate a working comedian. Occhi 2006 O.HENRY PUN-OFF - Vandiablo - 04-14-2006 Doc,Apr 13 2006, 03:51 PM Wrote:Just send Occhi and I straight to the punitentiary and get it over with. hmm, that's because yer the most... pungent? -V Contingency Entertainer The Forsaken Inn (Edit: title was too short for lack of a hmm.) (Edit2: title was too long.) 2006 O.HENRY PUN-OFF - Occhidiangela - 04-14-2006 Vandiablo,Apr 13 2006, 11:16 PM Wrote:hmm, that's because yer the most... pungent?IIRC, you are a left coast person, but couldn't you find a reason to come to Austin and be in the Pun Off? I think you'd do quite well. Occhi 2006 O.HENRY PUN-OFF - Premezilla - 04-15-2006 Just call me the Pun isher. My only weapun is my electronic quill of extreme witticism+4. 2006 O.HENRY PUN-OFF - Alram - 04-17-2006 BARNES & NOBLE BOOK FAIR TO BENEFIT 2006 O. HENRY PUN-OFF 2006 AUSTIN, April 17 â MEGATONS OF PUNS! Help the Friends of the O. Henry and Dickinson Museums celebrate the lowest form of humor at the 29th Annual O. Henry Pun-Off World Championships on Saturday, May 20, 2006. The competition will be held at the O. Henry Museum in Brush Square, downtown Austin, TX (5th Street at Neches). This annual irreverent assault on the English language annually lures both veteran verbivores and naive neophytes for verbal jousting. Barnes & Noble Westlake is sponsoring a Book Fair during the week of May 13â21 to promote the Pun-Off, and a percentage of sales during that week will be donated to the Friends of the O. Henry and Dickinson Museums. Special vouchers must be presented at the time of purchase to generate donations and will be available through the store, the O. Henry Museum, and at other locations. âWe are pleased to support the Pun-Off and the Museums,â said Jo Virgil, Community Relations Director for the Westlake store. âWe support many local activities for readers and writers, and this seemed like an exciting and enjoyable way to celebrate a unique Austin event.â The store is hosting two Pun-Off âpreviewsâ on Saturday, May 13 at 1:00 pm and on Friday, May 19 at 6:00 pm. Barnes & Noble #2757 (Westlake), 701 S Capital of Texas Hwy (Bee Cave Rd at Hwy 360) The Pun-Off attracts contestants from throughout the U.S. and is open to 32 âpunslingersâ in two different categories of competition. Up for grabs will be the title of "Punniest of Show" through a 90-second freestyle competition for punsters using prepared material. In the "High-Lies & Low-Puns" competition, punsters battle in wordplay on a given a topic with strict time limits. The last punster left standing at the end of the grueling competition is declared the winner. The Pun-Off begins at high noon and music will be furnished by âMoPac and the Blue Suburbansâ starting at 11 am. The Friends of the O. Henry and Dickinson Museums will hold a Bargain Book Sale and a Silent Auction at the event to benefit the restoration of Susanna Dickinsonâs historic home. Auction items include gift certificates and donations from local artists, restaurants, stores, sports venues, and local businesses. Customers may pay with cash, checks, or credit cards. Revenue from refreshment and souvenir sales helps to support educational projects at the Museum, including writing programs for local students. The O. Henry Museum is located at 409 E. 5th St., Austin, TX 78701. For more information, contact the Museum at 512-472-1903, Barnes & Noble Westlake at 512-328-3652, or visit www.punpunpun.com. 2006 O.HENRY PUN-OFF - Vandiablo - 04-18-2006 Occhidiangela,Apr 14 2006, 05:03 PM Wrote:IIRC, you are a left coast person, but couldn't you find a reason to come to Austin and be in the Pun Off? Hmm, would the Dixie Chicks be performing there?? That would be good... Maybe you remember that I am green. You know, it's not easy being green. From this distance the only green I see in Texas is $$$, golf courses, and shrubs. The latter are my most welcome, but unfortunately they are routinely hacked to pieces and hauled off by the likes of quail-raisers and sons of Quayle co-racers. I might like to visit Texas someday and see an endangered species: the Lone Star Bluestatebird. This queer bird was so threatened just 2 or 3 years ago that a passionate conservationist, or conservative I forget which, named Tom D. set aside large swaths of Texas where the Bluestatebirds were protected. To keep the economy from being burdened by such set-asides, however, he made sure that in the majority of Texas would be Bluestatebirds-free zones, so that business-as-usual could continue. Quote:I think you'd do quite well. Maybe, if they allowed half an hour per response. -V Manager of Manger Rangers The Forsaken Inn 2006 O.HENRY PUN-OFF - Occhidiangela - 04-18-2006 Vandiablo,Apr 17 2006, 08:56 PM Wrote:I might like to visit Texas someday and see an endangered species: the Lone Star Bluestatebird. This queer bird was so threatened just 2 or 3 years ago that a passionate conservationist, or conservative I forget which, named Tom D. set aside large swaths of Texas where the Bluestatebirds were protected. To keep the economy from being burdened by such set-asides, however, he made sure that in the majority of Texas would be Bluestatebirds-free zones, so that business-as-usual could continue.Dear prospective Texas Tourist: Texas is surprisingly green, when you visit the green areas. I note that the Left Coast isn't as green as you might presume, having lived in an irrigated desert there some years ago. But back to Texas. The Big Thicket country is particularly green, with its magnificent pine and pecan trees, and would please you. So too is the sour cream that Mrs Occhi leaves in the back of the fridge, but I digress. While Texas lost its Frogs some centuries ago, their banner (Torn Flesh of Tadpoles) still flies over the ubiquitous Six Flags tourist and fly traps. Those sites are optional, not required, destinations. We have gourmet restaurants in all of the major cities, pretensious cafés even, where frog's are served. Oh, wait, maybe that is no inducement to come visit! Anyweigh, Señor Verde, you should visit. Greens abound in the Austin area, including a purely green Edwards Aquifer recharge zone that is development free, and shall remain so! One of my good friends is a green who lives in Kyle, a half hour south of Austin. He works in the water management directorate at the capital: Austin. The species you wish to espy through your *cough* blinders *cough* binoculars runs rampant in Austin, ranging virtually unmolested. Travis County is a Bluestatebird reservation, clearly depicted on the fourth map from the top on this page. You will note that it is deep in the heart of Texas, :whistling: and happens to be where the punoff will occur. Your coloric fears of the Lone Star state are baseless, which belong to us. Do you really feel the time limit might clean your clock in a competition, or do you demure thanks to a mild case of punnish envy? :whistling: Fear not, your pun is safe from ridicule in the company of Lurkers. You need not venture out into the wilds of the Llano Estacado, Big Bend Country, the Wild Horse Desert, the Piney Woods, nor even beyond the Balcones Escarpment in order to enjoy an immersive weekend amongst a veritable gaggle of Texas Bluestatebirds, puns, cold beer, and Rudy's Bar B Que'd lean brisket soaked in Rudy's Bar B Que sauce. (It is truly delicious, even if the Bar B Que sauce is red. Sauce is apolitical, pardner.) Won't you reconsider? FWIW, the Texas state bird is the Mockingbird, of which Cackling Molly Ivins is the most famous specimen. In case you hadn't heard, Tom D has left the building: he learned a new appreciation for the word railroad, this time from the receiving side. Doctor Irony Beard's class was in session. Occhi, one of the Texas Rangers who says "ñé!" 2006 O.HENRY PUN-OFF - Alram - 04-21-2006 online sign up and info for the Punoff 2006 O.HENRY PUN-OFF - Alram - 04-28-2006 Update: Quote:Although we got the registration site up a bit late, it's really Incidentally, I will be an MC this year instead of competing. 2006 O.HENRY PUN-OFF - Alram - 05-03-2006 Interview with the Pirate of Punzance Written / performed by Brian Oakley & Stephen Fuller Winner of MVP, 27th Annual O. Henry Pun-Off May 15, 2004 I understand that your heritage goes all the way back to New Testament times to the very first buccaneer Right, Pontius Pontius Pirate. Was he appointed by one of the seven Caesars? No elected by secret ballast. And later cannon-ized, as I recall. Your father was a shipping typhoon in thermal underwear? Yep he a-mast a lot of Long John Silver during the boom. Did he make a fortune? A-vast! And itâs still acrew-ing interest You arenât one of those doped up church robbers, are you? No, youâve got me confused with those Stoned Temple Pirates. I saw your new boat; beautiful color-maroon - Get it on sail? No, I won it gambling at mumblety-peg leg doubloon or nothing. Howâs the mileage per galleon? Great, but my deckhand Frankie put a dinghy in the side so I docked his pay and made him caulk the plank. A stern penalty. Was he drunk? Sure, Francis Drank a lot Did you have to replace the whole frigate section? Nautical; eye patch! No insurance? You might want to consider having Charles Schwab the deck. Well, you know what they say: Ship Capâns. If itâs not an invasion of piracy, I heard you broke up with yoâ ho Aye, a waitress named Kerrie down at the Armada Inn; she had a great body and no teeth. You always did go for those scurvaceous types. What nationality was she? Spanish, mainly; had a fine head of corsair. She told me I was her first mate. Was Kerrie-beinâ honest with you about that? No when I found out, I told her, âThatâs quite a cut-lassâ. In a fit of anchor, she tossed me overboard. Was the water cold? Well, it shriveled me timber! Did you cry over the breakup? Not in public, but I will confess to shedding a privateer. Did Edward Teach you a lesson during your last battle? Not really; he was a little out of swords that day thatâs how I got my reputation as a real Blackbeard eraser. I have to ask: How much for the earrings? About a buccaneer. We have no Moor time; make shore you visit our website at: www.pirate.arg! 2006 O.HENRY PUN-OFF - Alram - 05-05-2006 The following routine won a few years ago: Quote: Tex-Mexistentialism 2006 O.HENRY PUN-OFF - Alram - 05-09-2006 Public Access Television of Austin will broadcast the tape of the 2005 Pun-Off on Sunday, May 14th at Noon on Ch 16. They'll be running it several more times in the next few weeks. Their schedule is online so you can go on and follow it yourself. (There are 3 channels to choose from) http://austinpact.org/programming/schedule.php Of course these cable channels are only available in Austin to customers of Time Warner. Out of a possible 32 sluts, there are currently 28 names registered in POS and 25 in HL/LP. So, any Lurkers who want to compete and have not yet signed up should sign up ASAP. 2006 O.HENRY PUN-OFF - Griselda - 05-10-2006 Alram,May 9 2006, 02:22 PM Wrote:Out of a possible 32 sluts, there are currently 28 names registered in POS and 25 in HL/LP. So, any Lurkers who want to compete and have not yet signed up should sign up ASAP. I didn't realize that you attracted that kind of clientele. :P (Sorry, where's Occhi when you need him?) 2006 O.HENRY PUN-OFF - Occhidiangela - 05-10-2006 Griselda,May 9 2006, 06:54 PM Wrote:I didn't realize that you attracted that kind of clientele. :POcchi will be at the contest. Registration complete. Sadly, when I sat down to write some stuff the other day, the muse left the room. I couldn't find her, so I sent to dog to go looking for her. When he drags her back, her ear clenched firmly between his jaws, we'll try again, or he'll just let her go and mutter "Muse, ick" under his breath on his way to drink from the toilet. Occhi 2006 O.HENRY PUN-OFF - Alram - 05-15-2006 Watch a KLRU video clip about the Punoff And yes, I am in it. 2006 O.HENRY PUN-OFF - Occhidiangela - 05-18-2006 Alram,May 14 2006, 11:55 PM Wrote:Watch a KLRU video clip about the PunoffWhen I get home tonight, I will be contacting Gary and withdrawing. My son had surgery on his arm Wednesday, and it was a bit rougher than expected. He needs me to be at home, making him laugh and cheering him up more than I need to be gratifying my need to try and make a room full of wonderful strangers laugh. I cancelled the hotel reservation. My rough lasted 74 seconds on last night's walkthrough, with the final punchline from "Why the Navy Mascot is a Goat" closes the groanfest with the Italian watching a livestock carrying ship (with Elsie at the helm) crash into the pier in Genoa: "The dockworker, Steva Doré, threw up his hands and declared 'You can lead a cow to water, but you no can make her a steer." If you like, I can send you tonight's amended version and anyone who cares can present it, and then set fire to it, as a non competitive burnt offering. Occhi 2006 O.HENRY PUN-OFF - Alram - 05-18-2006 Occhidiangela,May 18 2006, 12:23 PM Wrote:When I get home tonight, I will be contacting Gary and withdrawing. My son had surgery on his arm Wednesday, and it was a bit rougher than expected. He needs me to be at home, making him laugh and cheering him up more than I need to be gratifying my need to try and make a room full of wonderful strangers laugh. I am sorry to hear about the injury of your son. Perhaps we will meet next year. It is really too bad that you cannot make it; it is a hell of a lot of fun. |