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So did you hear about the guy who sold his soul? Seems the deal was that he traded his soul to be ruler of Hell when he died. Boy, was he cheated! Turns out, Hell is a Republic, so th’ poor guy ended up being Faust among equals.
And of course, there’s the old Abbot and Costello routine about th’ guy’s grave. You’ve heard it; “Who’s on Faust”?
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I was talking with a friend earlier about how nice it was to finally have sunshine. It was the most enlightening conversation I’d had in ages.
no? Okay…
We later discussed the need of some people to drive with speed, enthusiasm, and style. While this may be admirable, it has a nasty tendency to result in problems. Namely, you’d verve off the road and panache into a tree.
(note: both of these really did come up in conversation, albeit separate ones.)
Oh, Fenris - you left a couple things out of the OP. You forgot that during the Abbot and Costello routine, the worms were enjoying the earliest know example of Faust food.
Or the little known Hollywood movie about the surfer that sells his soul - Faust’s Times at Ridgemont High.
A recent edition of Entertainment Weekly devotes a couple of paragraphs to Michael Caine’s role as Austin Powers’ father in the upcoming Austin Powers film. The article states that Austin’s father won’t dress quite as outlandishly as Austin. In other words, he’s not so “Austin-tacious.”
Y’all will (of course) have heard of the baker who refused to bake buns in his ovens. His reason? Simple really, he just felt (as many do) that the bun was the lowest form of wheat.
Were you aware that H.M.G. had created a new ministry, charged with increasing tourism in those islands off the coast of Cornwall, largely by making scenic points and other tourist attractions more accessible by constructing paved pathways leading between them?
Or that the Weather Channel recently illustrated a special on winter weather by showing Ms. Street the Olympic skier in full uniform next to a small ornamental tree that had been covered with ice in a sleetstorm?
The punchlines are left as an exercise for the reader.
Okay, Polycarp, I’ll admit it. I have no idea what the punchline is to either of your puns. Please take pity on me (and all you other guys who are too proud to beg) and provide the punchlines.
