Thursday, April 30, 2020
Puns going up and puns going down
This will contain the first version with the straight spelling and the second version with the pun spelling. It is a mostly true story.
Straight:
I was at the front desk with Dan during the pandemic. Things had fallen off as they do with curbside pickup at the library during the evening and, because he does some freelance work as a house painter, he was researching different products online that would help him climb down from things, and he was also researching products that would help him climb up on things.
I watched at a distance over his shoulder, then offered my opinion. "If you're going to get one of those I'd get the latter."
He just turned and stared at me.
Pun version:
I was at the front desk with Dan during the pandemic. Things had fallen off as they do with curbside pickup at the library during the evening and, because he does some freelance work as a house painter, he was researching different products online that would help him climb down from things, and he was also researching products that would help him climb up on things.
I watched at a distance over his shoulder, then offered my opinion. "If you're going to get one of those I'd get the ladder."
He just turned and staired at me.
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