[Magdalen] bilingual puns

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Siegismund Lud lived in a fishing village, and he became a sort of expert
at making extra efficient lures for the local fish.  He became a local
legend, actually when he began using a combination of ingredients which he
then baked in the oven to produce his irresistible lures. The thing that
made his work so remarkable was that he found the fiber material in old
discarded hairpieces worked better by a factor of ten than anything he had
ever done before. He had a minor setback, however, when his wife forbade
him to use their oven in his work. Ms Lud would not have that stuff in her
oven she used to make dinner. So, Mr. Lud had to get his own.  People would
come from miles around just to get a chance to look at the place where all
those fantastic lures were made.  Of course, Mr. Lud was very proud of
this, so he put up a sign:

"LUD WIG BAIT OVEN"

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 5:38 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> That's a good one!
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> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>
> On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 7:13 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> One of the best bilingual puns I know came from my first year Spanish
>> book.
>> It concerned a man who spoke no English going shopping in the men's
>> department of the store for hosiery and not being able to make himself
>> understood. Finally the clerk comes up with a package of socks and the
>> gentleman exclaims delightedly."Eso si que es!" And the clerk says, "Why
>> didn't you spell it before?"
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>> On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 12:21 PM Marion Thompson <
>> marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>> > Very good!
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>> > Marion, a pilgrim
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>> > On 1/17/2017 11:43 AM, P. Dan Brittain wrote:
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>> > > I used to call the barber hair doktor.
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>> > >> I once remarked in Germany, "Alle Erwaehnen werden Brueder."
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>> > >> GERMAN       ENGLISH
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>> > >> erwaehnen     mention
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>> > >> Alle mention werden Brueder.
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>> > >> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not
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>> > >> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
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