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From: art@sfucmpt (Art liestman)
Newsgroups: net.jokes.d
Subject: sources
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Date: Tue, 2-Aug-83 14:27:31 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug  2 14:27:31 1983
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      Several versions of the "pardon me roy" joke have appeared
   in net.jokes recently.  I am rather fond of this form 
   (which Espy calls "Puns in Perpetuity") but it would be nice 
   to hear some *new* ones.  I know of two collections of these
   beasts : 'The Compleat Feghoot' by Grendel Briarton (Mirage
   Press, Baltimore, 1975)  and 'Pardon me Roy, & Other Groaners'
   by Robert C. Cumbow (Pinnacle Books, New York, 1983).
   Does anyone know of other such compendia?  Several other books
   and articles have contained these punny parables (part of
   Cumbow's subtitle) but these are the only sources that I know
   of that are dedicated to this genre.
   
      The game of making up plurals has also appeared in net.jokes.
   The best source for this amusement is 'An Exaltation of Larks: Or
   the Venereal Game' by James Lipton (Penguin, 1977).  Lipton 
   explores the history of this form of plural.  (Do you know the
   origin of "school of fish"?)   At the end of the book he proposes
   several new plurals and invites readers to join in the game.