Monday’s Bizarro:
IV ‘the 4th’ vs. IV ‘intravenous’. I am tremendously tickled by this.
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When I saw this in the newspaper, I had to read it about IV times before I got it.
Only seeing this now when I looked up “orthographic pun” after finding a hair salon named “Thairapy.” This and your cartoon take much longer to sink in than verbal puns but in the end are way more satisfying.
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January 28, 2014 at 8:32 am |
When I saw this in the newspaper, I had to read it about IV times before I got it.
January 31, 2024 at 3:25 pm |
Only seeing this now when I looked up “orthographic pun” after finding a hair salon named “Thairapy.” This and your cartoon take much longer to sink in than verbal puns but in the end are way more satisfying.