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rickvs ([personal profile] rickvs) wrote2009-08-19 04:51 am
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Sines and portents

It's not that the pun below is world-class, or anything -- what I like about it is that I came up with it *while dreaming*, and was amused with myself before I woke up. Not too bad for REM sleep...

In my dream, Albus Dumbledore was producing an enormous batch of tea for some potion or another, using several teapots bigger than my head. I strung some tubing from one pot to the next, fussily explaining to Dumbledore that the angle of the tube was critical, and that he "shouldn't steep it too much".

[identity profile] carlau70.livejournal.com 2009-08-19 02:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I worry about you Rick...

[identity profile] unbeliever64.livejournal.com 2009-08-31 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
*BLANK LOOK*

[Holds up sign: "I'm with stupid" with an arrow pointing back to himself.]

[identity profile] rickvs.livejournal.com 2009-08-31 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"Steep" in this case refers to either the angle of the tubing being less than shallow ...or to the fact that the process of tea leaves soaking in hot water is also called "steeping".

As far as puns go, I prefer my original subject line... but that I came up with while awake.

[identity profile] unbeliever64.livejournal.com 2009-08-31 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah. Tea steeping drove "steep angle" from my mind -- even when I stared at it for minutes on end...

You actually pun in your sleep -- and get the pun?

Wow.

On the other hand, be glad you're not Angela. She dreams freakin' NOVELS... subplots, characterization, story arcs, you name it...

She scares me.

[identity profile] rickvs.livejournal.com 2009-09-01 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
I make occasional humorous forays in my dreams, yes. Sometimes they wake me up. This was the first actual pun that I recall.