In honor of April Fools Day - April 1, 2009

[Dr Maturin]

That's true, I remembered wondering at the time if it was a quote (never remembered to look it up until now). As much as I was a fan of Russell Crowe when I went to see the film, Paul Bettany absolutely commanded the screen throughout.

Crowe is awesome, but yes, Bettany was fantastic. In fact, he was EXACTLY how I had imagined Maturin. Crowe wasn't the Aubrey that I had imagined, but the thing there is that my mind's eye was wrong; Crowe WAS Aubrey in that movie. I still think that he could have gained another ten pounds for the role.

...oh dear, I seem to have caught the punning bug. In my defence it was accidental initially.

Well, why don't you simply let it go?

[raw_bean]

That's true, I remembered wondering at the time if it was a quote (never remembered to look it up until now). As much as I was a fan of Russell Crowe when I went to see the film, Paul Bettany absolutely commanded the screen throughout.








...oh dear, I seem to have caught the punning bug. In my defence it was accidental initially.

[Dr Maturin]

Haha, well played, sir. Personally I rather enjoyed the pun in that scene.

That scene is great on so many levels. See, Stephen was actually quoting there, and the way that Bettany said the line made it clear, which was great acting.

Also, it wasn't so much funny because of the pun itself, but because Aubrey "got" Maturin in the scene. One of the rare occasions where a scene works better on screen than in text (The Fortune of War).

[raw_bean]

"He who would pun would pick a pocket."

Haha, well played, sir. Personally I rather enjoyed the pun in that scene.

[WorkerCaste]

Any intelligent person can pun, but only the wise can refrain.

Having said that, I have always been known for my groan inducing puns.

[DGTWoodward]

Oooooh, tough crowd!

[Dr Maturin]

"He who would pun would pick a pocket."

[Marsden]

I heard that one from Fozzie bear, and it struck me as strange because I didn't think I'd hear Fozzie say "for the hell of it" but that is the phrase his pun was based on. Fascinating.

[DGTWoodward]

I sometimes pun about fish, just for the halibut.

[Dan Dassow]

In honor of April Fools Day, this New York Times editorial seems
appropriate.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/28/opinion/28Tartakovsky.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=puns&st=cse

Op-Ed Contributor
Pun for the Ages
Published: March 28, 2009

THE inglorious pun! Dryden called it the ôlowest and most groveling
kind of wit.ö To Ambrose Bierce it was a ôform of wit to which wise
men stoop and fools aspire.ö Universal experience confirms the adage
that puns donÆt make us laugh, but groan. It is said that Caligula
ordered an actor to be roasted alive for a bad pun. (Some believe he
was inclined to extremes.) ...