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The pun also rises by john pollack5/19/2023 ![]() ![]() His explanations of the anatomical regions and electrochemical activities in the brain are scientific, but not so scientific as to make the brain ache. One of the “world’s experts on the science of laughter” tells him that “the first joke in human history was most likely a feigned tickle.” He describes the neurological backtracking and cross-referencing required to process ambiguity. ![]() He rightly gives the pun the broadest definition, encompassing all the linguistic, symbolic and even gestural ambiguities of communication. Mercifully, once Pollack has finished describing this contest in excruciating detail, he has a number of things to say that are intelligent instead of clever. The stipulated subject was “external body parts.” The double meaning that gained him his victory was “I’m going to chinnel my energy into coming up with a new pun.” He claims that his first complete sentence was “Bears go barefoot.” He won the 1995 O. John Pollack is an admitted compulsive pun maker. ![]() It was with great trepidation that I o-punned this book. ![]()
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