# So Much Pun! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 6, 2010, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-much-pun/545694 "2010-07-06T09:28:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![DChord568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-much-pun/545694/81 "2010-07-14T20:12:01Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Tom Swiftie; > This is the best shrimp cocktail i ever had ,said Tom shellfishly. If a separate Tom Swifty thread is started, I got a million of 'em. I got on a kick many years ago and wrote quite a few. Plus I remember some of the winning entries in the original _Time_ magazine contest that started the whole thing. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-much-pun/545694/82 "2010-07-14T22:11:22Z")
“Do you enjoy listening to Gregorian chant?” “Greg. Ian tends to sing flat.” ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-much-pun/545694/83 "2010-07-14T23:03:33Z")
One from high school chemistry class: NaCl H2O NaCl H2O CCCCCCC (Saline, saline over the seven Cs) ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-much-pun/545694/84 "2010-07-15T15:06:34Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Immediately the group made Feghoot president, because he was such a wonderful Holmes-pun philosopher. Ding! Winner! But can someone help me out with this one? > [@Mean Mr. Mustard](#): > > ‘Oh, I believe it all right,’ said the first zookeeper, 'he’s a typical gnu and tiler too." Maybe it’s cos I’m from the UK, but this means nothing to me… ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-much-pun/545694/85 "2010-07-15T15:10:28Z")
Did anyone do the one about not putting all their Basques in one exit yet? ---
**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-much-pun/545694/86 "2010-07-15T15:29:24Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > But can someone help me out with this one? > > _(‘Oh, I believe it all right,’ said the first zookeeper, 'he’s a typical gnu and tiler too.")_ > > Maybe it’s cos I’m from the UK, but this means nothing to me… From Wikipedia: > [@](#): > > “ **Tippecanoe and Tyler too** ”, originally published as “ **Tip and Ty** ”, was a very popular and influential [campaign song](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_song) of the colorful [Log Cabin Campaign](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log_Cabin_Campaign) in the [1840 United States presidential election](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1840). Its lyrics sung the praises of [Whig](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)) candidates [William Henry Harrison](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Harrison) (the “hero of [Tippecanoe](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tippecanoe)”) and [John Tyler](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tyler), while denigrating incumbent Democrat [Martin Van Buren](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Van_Buren). It’s amazing the things your brain remembers from school. People near my age probably have heard the slogan (“Tippecanoe and Tyler too”) even if we weren’t around when it was being used. It was in our History books but unlike lots of other stuff that was also in the History books, this stuck in my mind. ---
**Author:** ![DChord568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-much-pun/545694/87 "2010-07-15T15:30:17Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Ding! Winner! > > But can someone help me out with this one? > > > [@](#): > > > > Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard > > ‘Oh, I believe it all right,’ said the first zookeeper, 'he’s a typical gnu and tiler too." > > Maybe it’s cos I’m from the UK, but this means nothing to me… It’s a play on “Tippecanoe and Tyler, too” – the campaign slogan of the Whig party in the 1840 U.S. presidential election. Tippecanoe was William Henry Harrison, the president who served the shortest term in U.S. history. John Tyler was his vice president, who assumed the presidency when Harrison fell ill shortly after his inauguration and died. EDIT: Damn, beaten by one minute! ---
**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-much-pun/545694/88 "2010-07-15T16:01:08Z")
> [@DChord568](#): > > … > > EDIT: Damn, beaten by one minute! “Reinforced one minute later” from my point of view. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-much-pun/545694.md?page=4)