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2009-10-26, 12:04 AM (ISO 8601)
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Book title puns
Is "Dungeon Crawlin' Fools" a pun on something? Or did it come out before the Giant decided to make all the other book titles puns?
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As near as any of us can tell, it's not a pun on anything. The closest thing that it might reference is "Dungeon Crawling Tools". That is, the tools that one uses when on a "Dungeon Crawl". In this case, the pun would be the referencing the party as a bunch of fools on a Dungeon Crawl.
Outside of that, the vast board consensus is that Rich didn't start with Cultural Allusions until he released On the Origins of PCsConcluded: The Stick Awards II: Second Edition
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I've seen a few people claim it's a pun on "Bottom Dwellin' Fools" (whatever that may be), but since a Google search on that phrase only returns posts on this forum, I think it's safe to say that it isn't.
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2009-10-26, 01:28 AM (ISO 8601)
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The name seems familiar, like it should be a pun of something. But I have no idea what of.
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Pretty sure that if it were a pun on something, then somebody would have caught it by now. It's a pretty poor pun if no one in the world gets it.
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Talking about book title puns, I bought On the Origins of PCs recently and didn't get Redcloak's preface.
He notes that the title is a pun, but I don't get it.SpoilerI Am A: Neutral Good Human Cleric (2nd Level)
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Ask this guy
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SpoilerBook 1: Dancin' Fool (I think, maybe?)
Book 2: No Cure for the Summertime Blues
Book 3: War and Peace
Prequel Book 1: On the Origin of Species
Prequel Book 2: Heart of Darkness
Any other questions?Last edited by Andore Mordre; 2009-10-26 at 08:28 AM.
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Ouch! Those are some fairly lame puns! I think I took 1d3 damage from each one!
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Are you kidding?? I love puns. Maybe it's the pleasure of seeing the English language being twisted. Maybe it's the joy of seeing a well told joke. Or maybe it's even enjoying the double or triple layers of meaning that a well told pun can deliver. Maybe it's even the knowledge that one can use the pun to torture other people when you repeat it.
Or maybe it's just down to the fact that some people have different senses of humor than others.
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Nahhh that couldn't possibly be it.Last edited by Porthos; 2009-10-26 at 06:17 PM.
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Are you kidding? If the author of the pun has any talent, they're absolutely brilliant. Unfortunately, those kind of people have been at a premium, which is why we've got this whole anti-pun culture.
For god's sake, let's not forget Shakespeare.
The last puns I squirmed at were Elan's in 684, but I'm pretty sure that was due to a special effort in characterization on Rich's part.
^ Ninja'd because of particular inattentiveness there, but the point stands.Last edited by Puns de León; 2009-10-26 at 06:28 PM.
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There was a stand-up comedian called Raymond Devos who specialised in puns. His skits would revolves around puns on a theme. I love his stuff, it's wonderful. It's clever, none of the puns ever make you go "ouch", and it's hilarious.
(Oh, before you look for bits by him, I almost forgot to add it was all in French, so you probably wouldn't get any of it if you don't speak the language).
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That's not a pun: he didn't twist the meaning of the words. It's just a play on words.
That reminds me of a time I was tutoring English; there were three of us assigned a class of thirty students, so each of us got ten students. The assignment was to teach plays on words. I asked every student to write down a pun, and put it in a hat, then I explained the rules of what made a pun distinct from other plays on words.
I then read aloud all ten submissions to see if any of them met all of the criteria, and wouldn't you know it...
No pun in ten did.
That being said, I wish that the Giant used more puns in his titles. The ones that do have puns are hilarious.
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okay. It's not a pun but here's why "don't split the party." might sound like one. or at least why it might sounds familiar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUMCIn2swTULast edited by Mystic Muse; 2009-10-27 at 05:16 PM.