# Skald the Rhymer AKA Henry is in the hospital **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 2, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-aka-henry-is-in-the-hospital/747759 "2016-03-02T19:16:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-aka-henry-is-in-the-hospital/747759/241 "2016-03-23T04:27:34Z")
What’s spawning all these marine-life puns? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-aka-henry-is-in-the-hospital/747759/242 "2016-03-23T04:32:13Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > What’s spawning all these marine-life puns? He who smelt it, dealt it. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-aka-henry-is-in-the-hospital/747759/243 "2016-03-23T05:11:51Z")
You flotsam, you jetsam. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-aka-henry-is-in-the-hospital/747759/244 "2016-03-23T05:54:34Z")
Skaldy! I come back after a brief hiatus, and find out that you’ve been in the icthy U? Canine just say how bitterling sorry I was to hear that you were wrasse-ling with an illness. I hope it’s not ob-piscinely late, but I wanted to tell you how much us gills missed your brill-iant conger-sake-shuns. I feel so kelpfish for being away too long, while you needed us to char you up. Well, the angels were obviously with you, and you gurnered the energy to reef-cover. Sorry your week was so roughy! Now, let’s turn up the lamprey and strike up the bandfish, we’ve got some celebes-rake-ing to do!! Seriously, welcome back. And I’m sorry about the monkey habitat, but Elendil didn’t clean up at all during his shift, and I am not doing three days worth of accumulated clean-up. I think you should turn your wrymouth his way, and give him a real ballan out. Athena said she’d have hercules rinse the place out as soon as he’s done with the boar he’s delivering. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-aka-henry-is-in-the-hospital/747759/245 "2016-03-23T13:40:53Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > … And I’m sorry about the monkey habitat, but Elendil didn’t clean up at all during his shift… Check the custodial roster. I left it clean; 'twas **Siam Sam** who dropped the ball. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-aka-henry-is-in-the-hospital/747759/246 "2016-03-23T14:21:27Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **Elendil’s Heir** : > > So… you want to be torn limb from limb by Skald Enterprises deathbots? Eh, half the time the orders get mangled and the minions end up sending out Helena Bonham Carter bots anyway. And for what it’s worth, the traditional shortened form of “Henry” is “Hal”. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-aka-henry-is-in-the-hospital/747759/247 "2016-03-23T16:19:29Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Skaldy! I come back after a brief hiatus, and find out that you’ve been in the icthy U? Canine just say how bitterling sorry I was to hear that you were wrasse-ling with an illness. I hope it’s not ob-piscinely late, but I wanted to tell you how much us gills missed your brill-iant conger-sake-shuns. I feel so kelpfish for being away too long, while you needed us to char you up. > > Well, the angels were obviously with you, and you gurnered the energy to reef-cover. Sorry your week was so roughy! Now, let’s turn up the lamprey and strike up the bandfish, we’ve got some celebes-rake-ing to do!! > > Seriously, welcome back. And I’m sorry about the monkey habitat, but Elendil didn’t clean up at all during his shift, and I am not doing three days worth of accumulated clean-up. I think you should turn your wrymouth his way, and give him a real ballan out. Athena said she’d have hercules rinse the place out as soon as he’s done with the boar he’s delivering. I thought I was good at puns. But **TruCelt** is much, much beta. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-aka-henry-is-in-the-hospital/747759/248 "2016-03-23T18:40:46Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Eh, half the time the orders get mangled and the minions end up sending out Helena Bonham Carter bots anyway. > > And for what it’s worth, the traditional shortened form of “Henry” is “Hal”. Did you know minions are the result of minnows and grunions cross-breeding? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-aka-henry-is-in-the-hospital/747759.md?page=12)