The weakness of many of his puns is supposedly saved by his punning—the creation of a field or zone of puns. A kind of text in which puns predominate, regardless of their individual merit.
Trench Gowdy, James Disgustin’ Joyce.
raised by wench
Andrew Tertullian, Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.
Roderick was alert to what might be called conversational opportunity. The chance to display such words as eponymous or albeit or exacerbate to his peers.
Anselm Bligh, A Collection of Miniatures.
“In her drawer, Sibberly? Or her drawers? It makes quite a difference, eh?”
Tristan Holyoke, A Tree Full of Monkeys.
What is the source of American morals for the past forty years? A sentimental novel called To Kill a Mockingbird.
Lucius Pym, Soft Sophistication.
You then realize that you have been wrong for a long time. You realize that you have always been wrong.
Chalmers Van Nest, The Trivial Quadrivium.
Destruction is easy.
Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.
In the post-modern setting, the role of the mass media is to degrade communication. Ultimately, to make communication impossible.
Clem Tartessos, Designing the Past.
The rules are simple. Here they are: (1) embrace falsehood; (2) deny the obvious.
Lucius Pym, Soft Sophistication.
The internet transforms everything in the world into a spectator sport.
Roger Hedgecook, Stolen and Sold for Parts.
