jhunterj.com » puns https://jhunterj.com J. Hunter Johnson—I'm just this geek you (should) know. Sat, 14 Mar 2015 12:10:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 Add a Word, Ruin a Movie https://jhunterj.com/2013/11/26/add-a-word-ruin-a-movie/ https://jhunterj.com/2013/11/26/add-a-word-ruin-a-movie/#comments Tue, 26 Nov 2013 12:12:02 +0000 http://jhunterj.com/?p=480 Continue reading →]]> Another Twitter pun meme went on in October, and seems to have enjoyed a recent resurgence. The idea is to take a well-known film title and add a word to it, yielding a (presumably) unwatchable movie. #AddaWordRuinaMovie has even spawned an account @ruinmoviee, which I guess is a pattern now for popular meme hashtags.

But back in October, these were my contributions:

  • Run Tro Lola Run

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z4m4lnjxkY

  • The Matrix Multiplication
  • The Knights Inn of the Sixth Happiness
  • The China Beach Syndrome
  • National Lampoon’s Velvet
  • You’ve Got Plate Mail
  • The Thin Red Zip Line
  • What About Bob Dole?
  • Wing Dings Commander
  • The Seven Year Jock Itch
  • Afterbirth of a Nation
  • Grease 2

That last dig was not the only one in the mem; sequels are easy targets in this game. And my favorite from my own:

  • The Fall Fashions of the House of Usher

—jhunterj

]]> https://jhunterj.com/2013/11/26/add-a-word-ruin-a-movie/feed/ 0 Minor Anagram Book Titles https://jhunterj.com/2013/08/02/minor-anagram-book-titles/ https://jhunterj.com/2013/08/02/minor-anagram-book-titles/#comments Fri, 02 Aug 2013 10:28:45 +0000 http://jhunterj.com/?p=440 Continue reading →]]> Muppets mash-up movie poster for

Muppets mash-up movie poster for “Lord of the Grins”

These are from my contributions to a two-year-old Twitter meme #minoranagrambooks:

  • The Lord of the Grins
  • The Little Pincer
  • Anne of Green Bagels
  • The Scrotal Web
  • Harry Potter and the Holy Lad’s Wealth
  • The Very Hungry Cellar Tapir
  • James Clavell’s Hung So
  • Frank Herbert’s Nude
  • What Color Is Up Your Trachea?

Others’ here: http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23minoranagrambooks

Feel free to contribute in the comments!

—jhunterj

]]> https://jhunterj.com/2013/08/02/minor-anagram-book-titles/feed/ 0 At the Orc Butcher https://jhunterj.com/2013/03/06/at-the-orc-butcher/ https://jhunterj.com/2013/03/06/at-the-orc-butcher/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:41:41 +0000 http://jhunterj.com/?p=242 Continue reading →]]> Orc by EspenG

Orc by EspenG (CC-BY-SA-3.0)

An orc cook goes to the orc butcher and asks for some prime elf steaks. The butcher says “It’s not ‘prime’ these days. Elfmeat went to ‘good’, ‘plusgood’, ‘doubleplusgood’.”

“Oh. Okay, gimme some plusgood elf steaks and some doubleplusgood pixie wings.”

“Pixie wings are now grade A, B, or C.”

“Erk. Gimme grade-A pixie wings. Oh and some … uh, what are faerie-light patties graded on this week?”

“Violet, blue, pale blue, sky, and white”

“I hate this!”

“Hate what?”

“Your shifty grades of fey!”

—jhunterj

]]> https://jhunterj.com/2013/03/06/at-the-orc-butcher/feed/ 1 Jawa Riddles https://jhunterj.com/2012/11/18/jawa-riddles/ https://jhunterj.com/2012/11/18/jawa-riddles/#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2012 03:08:11 +0000 http://jhunterj.com/?p=128 Continue reading →]]> Played some Jawa riddle games with the boys last month. I’ve already shared the results on Facebook, but another fried made a different “Utinni” joke this week, and that reminded me to share it here. If you don’t remember “utinni” from the Star Wars movies, watch the YouTube clip a couple of times first—the riddle answers should all be shouted like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDThrTxWBmw

What does a Jawa wear at the beach?
Bikini!

What is a Jawa’s favorite vegetable?
Zucchini!

Favorite pasta?
Linguine!

What is a Jawa’s favorite drink?
Martini!

Who is a Jawa’s favorite magician?
Houdini!

Composer?
Rossini! (the judges would also accept Puccini)

Star Trek actor?
Colm Meany! (they didn’t get this one)

Batman writer?
Paul Dini!

Chuck Berry song?
Little Queenie!

What is a Jawa’s favorite poetry form?
…
Free verse.
… What?
Free verse. It doesn’t rhyme.

—jhunterj

]]> https://jhunterj.com/2012/11/18/jawa-riddles/feed/ 0 Disney Lucas Merger Means More Puns on Twitter! https://jhunterj.com/2012/10/31/disney-lucas-merger-means-more-puns-on-twitter/ https://jhunterj.com/2012/10/31/disney-lucas-merger-means-more-puns-on-twitter/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:12:56 +0000 http://jhunterj.com/?p=93 Continue reading →]]> jhunterj avatar in profileToday’s pun-filled hashtag on Twitter is #DisneyLucasMergers. (Don’t know why? Tsk! Go read Disney to Buy Lucasfilm for $4.05 Billion; New ‘Star Wars’ Movie Set for 2015 first.) “Snow White and the Seven Droids” is the most popular one. I threw in some that I hope are less obvious:

  • Finding Solo
  • 20,000 Clones from the Sea Planet
  • The Hutt from Outer Space
  • Beverly Hills Chewbacca
  • Jedi and the Tramp
  • Wall-EPO
  • The Absent-Minded Jedi Master
  • Boba Fett, King of the Wild Frontier
  • Missing, One of Our Skywalkers Is (But There Is Another)

I think my favorite of other entries is @bitemark‘s “It’s a Death Star After All”, but @bhercules‘ “One of Our Rancors Is Missing” gives it a (Kessel) run for its money.

Join in!

—jhunterj

 P.S. I had to go add “Cool Kessel Runnings” after drafting this post.

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