Rambling and venting

I have had a Brit tell me that puns are verboten in their company's written content.

Who doesn't love our very 'poplar' development, Birchqood has... Blah blah blah.

Yes, but they don't need to be an ash about it.

Yes, but they don't need to be an ash about it.

OK, *now* I get it! Thanks for the context! 

OK, *now* I get it! Thanks for the context! 

Yeah it was a tree pun. It was in an email, people love stupid puns and jokes like that. She was a total ash.

We fired them as clients.

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We fired them as clients.

LOL 

I love puns.  Especially when I accidentally say one and everybody groans before I even noticed what I did.  Fun times!

On the subject of sarcasm, yesterday a couple of Jehovah's Witnesses visited me.  I'd talked with the man before (out of curiosity about them, I'm not looking to find my religion), and he said he'd like to come back again with his wife, I indicated that would be okay, and yesterday they showed up.

Anyway, I had a chat with them and at some point asked what their population was in he UK, and he quoted a figure of about 1 in 400.  I quickly did the maths and said, "0.25%?  That's lower than Atheists in Arkansas!  Are you generally well received...?"  (I wasn't very popular back home, so I wanted to see how it compared to here.)  They said, "Most people are polite."  I said, "British polite, or actually polite?"

They smiled at that and admitted "British polite," and one of them mentioned sarcasm.  They're both British and weren't offended or confused by my question.  I actually think I like them.  Fringe are friends!

Oh puns. My husband is quite good at them. He's a punkin.  I'm getting better all the time, though you will probably disagree. HAHA

What I am really good at is being sarcastic and moaning. Oh I love a good moan without actually doing anything about it.   

OK, *now* I get it! Thanks for the context! 

Yew have to be on your toes around this bunch!

What I am really good at is being sarcastic and moaning. Oh I love a good moan without actually doing anything about it.   

Yep, exactly. It's so much easier to moan/commiserate but take NO actual action haha

Yew have to be on your toes around this bunch!

Yeah, until that post of yours, I was stumped!

Yeah it was a tree pun. It was in an email, people love stupid puns and jokes like that. She was a total ash.

We fired them as clients.

Ha ha!! Well, I am an actual ash as Ash is my new married surname!!! 

Johovas witnesses may be thin on the ground in rural Wales, but every year they have a massive prayer event and fill Twickenham stadium.  89k, all dressed to the nines.

Johovas witnesses may be thin on the ground in rural Wales, but every year they have a massive prayer event and fill Twickenham stadium.  89k, all dressed to the nines.

That must be quite a spectacle.

I dunno... maybe it's my paranoia showing itself again, but if my entire national population can fit into a single stadium, I probably wouldn't all gather together like that.  All your eggs in one basket, and all that.

My husband's coworker is a Jehovah and one of my coworkers is too.   They both go to that conference with their families and both really enjoy the collective gathering. 
 
My husband's coworker got flexible working to spend her Wednesday to go knocking on doors. She often gives my husband the Watchtower magazine.  He's too polite to decline, but I will say it makes great paper to start a fire in our atheist household.

I love Watchtower art.