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1. about 5 hours ago on Pearls Before Swine

   KIt also depends on the nature of the pun!

2. about 5 hours ago on B.C.

   I hope the prep isn’t too unpleasant. It’s good you have a friend who can drive you to the hospital at such an early hour, and will be able to take you home once the ordeal is over.

3. about 5 hours ago on Aunty Acid

   My telephone service here in Mexico has an option for leaving a voice message, but no one seems to use it anymore. I don’t have a TV.

4. about 5 hours ago on FurBabies

   Good news.

5. about 11 hours ago on Lio

   Not always, but there are days (like today) when I’m not a big fan ….

6. about 12 hours ago on Pearls Before Swine

   Puns exist in most (probably all) languages, but I wonder if English has more than most.

7. about 12 hours ago on Aunty Acid

   That’s true, but using the information I get on my smartphone makes me feel intellectually powerful!

8. about 12 hours ago on Aunty Acid

   So do I, but I rarely use it. Almost all of the calls I get are scammers, so I usually keep it unplugged. If any of my real friends want to get in touch, they can leave me a message at WhatsApp.

9. about 12 hours ago on Aunty Acid

   Though I tried and tried, I could never figure out how to use a slide rule.

10. about 12 hours ago on Aunty Acid

    I just found this at the UCDA website: The abacus, also called a counting frame, is a calculating tool that was in use in the ancient Near East, Europe, China, and Russia, centuries before the adoption of the written Hindu–Arabic numeral system. The exact origin of the abacus is still unknown. Today, abacuses are often constructed as a bamboo frame with beads sliding on wires, but originally they were beans or stones moved in grooves of sand or on tablets of wood, stone, or metal.