Smart enough that the “Get It” was totally unnecessary, and gratuitous … so YES! she’s doing it deliberately. She’s not close enough, or slow enough to be caught by a plasma blast. They propagate at the speed of sound right? Atsali’s been pushing THAT envelope for a while, and Pickle knows it. The only proper response is:
Castela-“Abominable? … NO! …MAN! Not YOU too! You two are making me Homonymphobic!”
Atsali- *darkly* “Are you calling our Mother a Homonymaiac!”
I am reminded of a friend in college who insisted on explaining all of his puns. In detail. Because, as he put it, “Bad puns are made worse when you make sure the person can’t ignore them.”
I realize I’m being terribly pedantic here, but steers are not bulls. Steers are by definition castrated, while bulls are not. Here’s my take on it:
Puns involving cattle are as bad as when someone puts dynamite inside of a male cow. They’re Abominable!
Good lord, where is the pun jar? Should be in this cabi–oh. Ok, it… uh… it collapsed into a black hole from the combined mass of the coins. Uhm… anyone got a Dekyon beam generator?
We need a new character:
Name: PunJar
Origin: family-love-animated cookie jar
Powers:
1) ability to consume ANY matter in the presence of bad jokes
2) the ability to ALWAYS be near when a bad joke is told
It’s times like these that make you (Castella) just want to break the 4th wall, stare straight at the readers and sigh, and say, “You try to raise your parents right, but what can you do?”
Well, that call didn’t help matters very much.
The Gilchrist household needs a pun jar.
If this keeps up, they’re gonna need a pun DUMPSTER!
I’m surprised the phone still exists…
Thank Luci…
Get thee to a punnery!
Castela, third panel:
(thinking) It was a mistake to call on the phone. I can’t STRANGLE her through the phone. Should have gone to visit.
Can’t strangle her through the phone. yet.
Is Atsali just being her usual air-head self, or is she intentionally using a “bad mom pun” just to rag on Castela?
Yes.
Perfect answer!
OMG, it’s contagious!
That was my reaction too! LOL
Don’t be cowed by the puns, your mom wouldn’t steer you wrong. Cattle be a good lesson for you.
Besides, putting dynamite in a cow has nothing to do with a bull…That would be abdominal though.
They’re all smart. Puns are natural.
There are many things in life that are natural.
And far less than desirable.
Sheik – Nicotine and Dioxin leap to mind…
Smart enough that the “Get It” was totally unnecessary, and gratuitous … so YES! she’s doing it deliberately. She’s not close enough, or slow enough to be caught by a plasma blast. They propagate at the speed of sound right? Atsali’s been pushing THAT envelope for a while, and Pickle knows it. The only proper response is:
Castela-“Abominable? … NO! …MAN! Not YOU too! You two are making me Homonymphobic!”
Atsali- *darkly* “Are you calling our Mother a Homonymaiac!”
Lol…puns are; from what i’ve heard, the lowest form of comedic life. And you can’t help but enjoy them.
Buns are the doughiest form of wheat.
Puns are the aces of the humor deck – both the lowest and highest form of humor.
↑This❗↑
And afterwards? Noble.
Yes, but you might end up with a steak in the matter.
My niece just declared she was moving out when I repeated this one to her
Puns are a form of assault.
She is putting you on notice that the next stage is battery.
She started it.
there is a reason its called punishment
Assault with a deadly weapun.
If it’s abominable right now, shortly it will be noble.
That’s one way to test one’s intenstinal fortitude.
It`s hereditary.
You get it from your children.
Is insanity hereditary? Or is it merely contagious?
…
Why not both?
Today is the first day of classes on my campus. I am SO going to use that! (Puns are a job requirement for librarians.)
No wonder the internet has become so popular.
You don’t notice other people’s puns when you’re happily punning yourself.
I’m terrifically surprised the phone didn’t vaporize in her hand.
The yoga must be working…
A pun like that deserves to be celebrated. There must be a dinner in its honor.
On the menu: tornados of beef.
Great cow pun…know any udders?
I am reminded of a friend in college who insisted on explaining all of his puns. In detail. Because, as he put it, “Bad puns are made worse when you make sure the person can’t ignore them.”
Some people just want to watch the world burn, usually because someone else drove them to it with too many bad puns
That’s definitely a cows-and-effect relationship.
that was BEEF-ore I heard any of this humour…
Oh yeah; this is definitely a COW-PUN and shut case…
That’s an awesome pun.
This is my “You are not helping” face.
I realize I’m being terribly pedantic here, but steers are not bulls. Steers are by definition castrated, while bulls are not. Here’s my take on it:
Puns involving cattle are as bad as when someone puts dynamite inside of a male cow. They’re Abominable!
I just didn’t want you to “steer” people wrong.
To err is human…to forgive, bovine…
But… what are we supposed to call a castrated ELEPHANT?
Don’t call it. It might answer, or even show up…. and it’s going to be very cranky .
Dave – actually, a castrated elephant would be considerably /less/ cranky than a virile male…
So … a Steer is a Bum Bull? Do they Bounce?
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/christmasspecials/images/f/f4/Abominable.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120724061149
Castela is now thinking, “Maybe mum’s puns weren’t so bad after all…”
At least, I hope she’s thinking that, but maybe I’m just like a bull in a gully – gullible.
the saddest lament of ink and pun, is WHY THE HELL DIDN’T I THINK OF THAT ONE??? (remember, punners never die; they just JOKE on their own words…)
Oh god why… the puns… they hurt…. I think I’m bleeding from the brain now.
Hey, that’s no reason to pick a beef with us.
Good lord, where is the pun jar? Should be in this cabi–oh. Ok, it… uh… it collapsed into a black hole from the combined mass of the coins. Uhm… anyone got a Dekyon beam generator?
We need a new character:
Name: PunJar
Origin: family-love-animated cookie jar
Powers:
1) ability to consume ANY matter in the presence of bad jokes
2) the ability to ALWAYS be near when a bad joke is told
Castela: “Hey Mooooom! Atsali’s pregnant!”
It’s times like these that make you (Castella) just want to break the 4th wall, stare straight at the readers and sigh, and say, “You try to raise your parents right, but what can you do?”