Quintessentially Quilly

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1. Ha! Think I’ve got this one… Guess I’ll find out in the morning. Thanks for the game as always.

   1. Raven — yep. You win again.

2. Cant believe I remembered to look this week, but more than taht , that I actually have a guess. XOOXOX

   1. Caryl — and a correct guess! And I thought this one would be way hard!

3. Gah! This went up during dinner. I’m positive I’ve got it right, but I don’t think I’ve got in first.

   1. Mumma — third. Alas.

4. The answer — or at least an answer — came to mind right away but I’m obviously not first.

   1. Barbara — it is hard to beat Raven. I don’t think she sleeps.

   2. And I overlooked the part of speech required…

5. Nah, it’s an entire sentence: The Green Bay Packers nailed it! 😛

   1. Funny, Karen. As Doug said, the colors were accidental. Thanks for giving me credit for being so clever!

6. That’s funny, KC (sorta.) I’m guessing the colors are coincidence.

   1. Doug — your guesses were correct!

7. Giving it a shot.

   1. Bulls-eye!

8. Got it!!! E-mailing you now….

   1. CL — got it!

9. I have no idea again this week but I’ll say “hello” anyway.

   1. By golly, I did have an idea. I should have sent my “nail clipper” guess in anyway, even though I thought it was a compound noun.

      1. Karen, the post doesn’t say compound noun — you made me look!

10. Woo hooo…looks like it’s an easy one…and I’m certainly not first. BTW…thanks for the reminder e-mails 😉

    1. Shelly — if you ever want off the mailing list, just drop me a note!

11. I got a chance to try this week

    1. Betty — it is always good to hear from you. You made it into the winner’s circle!

12. Dang – I KNEW I was forgetting something this morning! Schools opened two hours late so I”ll blame it on that LOL

    1. Susan — whatever works, i always say.

13. So are you gone all day or have none of us gotten it? Wondering if you are gone ’cause you usually dangle a hint or two by now. Hmmmm.

    1. Linda — gone. I kept myself very busy today!

14. I actually knew it. Either I’m getting smarter or it was really easy.

    1. Nessa — you decide. No matter which I choose it will be wrong …

15. .
    I’m trying to learn your brand of puns, Quilly. You can grade me if you’d like. I’d like.

    I understand nail and clips. That is descriptive and is not a pun. So is clips and nails.

    The nail clips is a winner, re Betty L..
    But nail clips does not win, reCaryl — nail clips, Granny Annie — nail clips, Linda — nail clips, Church Lady — nail clips, and Shelly — nail clips. Seems no justice. And both are better than nail clipper. Somewhat better than nail clip as there are two clips.

    I am studying puns. Yours are classified as picture puns, plus other names. The only problem I see so far is not using them here in a sentence or clause to add the sense of pun humor. That is a hard qualification. Cartoonists seem to do that pretty well.
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    1. Jim — a definition of pun: the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words [dictionary.com]

       That nail is indeed a nail — the kind one hits with a hammer. I used it to represent a fingernail (which people have hit with hammers, but generally not on purpose). Whether you agree or not, using one type of nail to represent the other is a pun.

       The paper clips are indeed clips — and I have attached two of them to the nail. One has to think a bit to get “clippers” from paper clip, but as nine people clearly demonstrated, it wasn’t a difficult fete.

       As for Betty L. being the test case for “nail clips” not being a pun — it was a typo on my part. I am sorry for that confusion. Betty L. guessed “nail clippers”. However, since I had “nail clips” listed 5 times in the non-winning category (as you pointed out yourself), a moment’s thought probably could have deduced that.

       Now, is it my turn to come to your blog and tell you how to run it?

       

       1. .
          Hey Quilly, thank you. I sure might need some help with blog writing. A lot of people try. Those help attempts seem to run in spurts sort of like they seem to on yours. I am still smiling about all the help your readers were trying to give you with doing your water aerobics.

          Other bloggers are my teachers. Some of them and experience go a long way. I thought you would be excited when I told you I was learning more about puns. Of course I knew what puns were, by definition, before you were born. The picture puns need more of my attention if I am to care about them. Probably I could live without those.
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