Family codes and ritualsFreddy Woo writes, "as a child we used to have a 'whoever cuts doesn't choose the slice' rule with cake. It worked brilliantly, but it's left me completely anal about dividing up food - my wife just takes the piss as I ritually compare all the slice sizes."
What codes and rituals does your family have?
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chthonic, Thu 20 Nov 2008, 18:05)
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Maximum PunnageMe and my dad have this slightly odd ritual or maybe tradition where we cannot allow ourselves to be outpunned by the other.
It's never instigated by either, it just kind of happens and the other understands that battle has commenced; it's somewhat akin to the sequence in Spaced used to describe the unspoken bond between men.
Believe me, it becomes a challenge after a while, even the most dedicated Sun hack would struggle with some of our subject matter.
The current record pun war was fought after the pair of us drove past a poultry lorry that had tipped over, spilling chickens and eggs everywhere.
Length? About 30 minutes, with enough fowl jokes to fill a small book
(, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 15:02, 5 replies)
ohmy dad and I do this too!
what's particularly tragic is that since I've moved to the US, dad and I have pun wars by email now...
we're on fish at the moment (enough carping on, stop floundering about, what's the name of the plaice you visited at the weekend? etc etc). this has been going on for a month...
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ascorbate, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 15:08,
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Finish it quickly!By turbot charging the conversation?
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Stop it nowto save your sole!
Also: You've been cod in the act
Or just say "Halibut". When you get the inevitable "WTF?" responses, tell them it was a red Herring...
When I'm out with my family I plan my routes to avoid anything fish related now.
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uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Mon 24 Nov 2008, 12:46,
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PfftPuns. That's enough of that methinks.
Well I'm off to the cinema to catch the 12:00 manatee.
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I wrote a pun-inspired poem like that onceIf we can get a plaice at a table
That's fine by me
We could just go for the hailbut
And maybe get some for free
But I wouldn't want to bass my decision
And make people pout
Purely because of my fascination
With the different types of trout
But alas, I'm starting to flounder
So i pray to cod, I still have a sole
Enough of this madness
(, Wed 26 Nov 2008, 17:13, closed)
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