Caledon's Battle of Wits

 

Caledon's always been an interesting visit, a sizable Steampunk Victorian area and community. And when I heard there was a "Battle of Wits" on Saturday April 18, I made sure to hop by. Besides promising lots of puns, it was to raise funds for the Relay for Life. 

 

 

2 hours of puns, wordplay and silly music. An opportunity for punsters, wielders of delicious insults, crafters of atrocious prose and masters of non-sequiturs to show off their talents and raises funds for Relay for Life in Second Life.

 

 It was scheduled to start on 1PM, so arrived a little early. It was notable that I was a couple days into my one week of being a clone of the Sunbeamer's top builder, Cynthia Farshore. This was a potential source of humor in itself. 

 

 [12:50] Second Life: Teleport completed from Sunweaver Space (192,181,22)
You are now at State of Caledon Guvnah's Mansion! Welcome!, Caledon Victoria City (201, 54, 24)
[12:51] Cynthia Farshore is online.
[12:51] Ɲαηi (Nani Harmony): howdy
[12:52] Ravelli Ormstein: oh, I landed second floor
[12:52] Ɲαηi (Nani Harmony): yay
[12:52] Liz Wilner: hi Ravelli! :)
[12:52] KayCooper Resident: Hi Ravelli
[12:52] Ravelli Ormstein bows
[12:52] KayCooper Resident: Hi Bixyl
[12:52] Liz Wilner: hi Bixyl! :)
[12:53] Liz Wilner: hi Levi! :)
[12:53] Soup Jonson: Bixyl thanks for coming
[12:53] Bixyl Shuftan: Hello Kay, Liz :)
[12:53] Bixyl Shuftan: Welcome Soup.

[12:53] Soup Jonson: This is to help suppot Team ACTS and Relay for Life in SL.
[12:53] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Ravelli, you look like a Mini evil version of Smokey the Bear ...
[12:53] Bixyl Shuftan: As you can see, my Relay team made a million
[12:53] Ravelli Ormstein: I'm me
[12:53] Wildstar Beaumont: hello everyne :)
[12:54] Liz Wilner: hi Wild :)
[12:54] Soup Jonson: That is amazing
[12:54] KayCooper Resident: Awesome!
[12:54] Ravelli Ormstein: Hello Wildstar
[12:54] Ɲαηi (Nani Harmony): howdy
[12:54] Soup Jonson: Wildstar!
[12:54] Bixyl Shuftan: thank you and hey Wild
[12:54] լeυÏ Đeşαηtö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (LeviRawlings Resident): Hi everybody!
[12:54] Soup Jonson: what a great turnout
[12:55] Soup Jonson: I am your host, but more than that I am a fan of Puns and fine dining!
[12:55] Wildstar Beaumont: :)
[12:55] Wildstar Beaumont: hi Ori
[12:55] Bixyl Shuftan: Drop by Club Cutlass one Friday night then, Soup
[12:55] Soup Jonson: 5 minutes
[12:55] Soup Jonson: Count me in Bixyl
[12:55] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): There is nonsense on the stream, if you are interested.
[12:56] Now playing: Stan Freberg - St. George And The Dragonet
[12:56] Soup Jonson: Puns are one of the oldest forms of verbal wit, with their earliest recorded examples dating back to ancient civilizations.
[12:57] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Oooh, a lecture.
[12:57] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Tell us more, Soup.
[12:57] KayCooper Resident: :D
[12:57] Liz Wilner: hi Ori :)
[12:57] Robin Roar is offline.
[12:57] Soup Jonson: Sumerian cuneiform texts from around 2500 BCE and Egyptian hieroglyphics showcase wordplay that demonstrates an understanding of homophony and double meanings.
[12:57] լeυÏ Đeşαηtö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (LeviRawlings Resident): Hi Oriella
[12:57] Oriella Charik: hi hi everyone
[12:57] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Hi, Ori!
[12:57] Bixyl Shuftan: So they were oh pun minded?
[12:57] Ɲαηi (Nani Harmony): hiyas
[12:57] Bixyl Shuftan: hello Ori
[12:57] Tender Dragon (TndrDrgon Resident): very cool
[12:57] Soup Jonson: These early uses of puns often served both artistic and rhetorical purposes, conveying deeper meanings in religious and literary contexts.

[12:58] Soup Jonson: Yes it was great at parties too
[12:58] KayCooper Resident: hehe
[12:58] Tender Dragon (TndrDrgon Resident): lol
[12:58] Now playing: Dr. Steel - Build the Robots
[12:58] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Hi, Dream ...
[12:58] KayCooper Resident: Hi Dream
[12:58] Ɲαηi puts a crown on  head Magda Kameneva
[12:58] Dream Wrexan: Hi, everyone
[12:58] Soup Jonson: one more fun fact my punsters
[12:58] Soup Jonson: In ancient Greece and Rome, puns were used by playwrights like Aristophanes and Cicero, who employed them for humor and rhetorical effect.
[12:59] Soup Jonson points at eveyone
[12:59] Ravelli Ormstein: Hello Dream :-)
[12:59] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): No. Not humor!
[12:59] Liz Wilner: hi Dream :)
[12:59] Ravelli Ormstein: do we focus on stream or text chat?
[12:59] Dream Wrexan: wait - ancients had humor?
[12:59] Liz Wilner: hi Blithe :)
[12:59] Dream Wrexan: who knew
[13:00] Blithe Lorefield: Hello!
[13:00] Soup Jonson: Ok, kind people, the event is easy just ask Magda who will explain

[13:00] Bixyl Shuftan: Hey Cynthia
[13:00] Liz Wilner: hi Cynthia :)
[13:00] Cynthia Farshore: Hi
[13:00] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Hi, Cynthia ...
[13:00] Wildstar Beaumont: hi Cynthia
[13:00] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): We're just waiting on our contestants nows.

[13:01] լeυÏ Đeşαηtö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (LeviRawlings Resident): waves to Cynthia
[13:01] Soup Jonson: Thank you all for coming. The battle of wits is fun, romantic, and free to the public.
[13:01] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Or ... if you would like to try your hand at errant punnery, feel free to step up onto a riser!
[13:01] Bixyl Shuftan: Welcome Soup, where's the crackers?

[13:01] Now playing: OK Go and The Muppets - Muppet Show Theme Song
[13:01] Dream Wrexan moves far away from the risers
[13:01] Soup Jonson: I carry saltines

[13:02] Soup Jonson: yes if you would like you too can participate
[13:02] Soup Jonson: it is life changing
[13:02] Bixyl Shuftan: I'll let others go first. I'm kind of over qualified. :p

[13:02] Dream Wrexan: Too bad Ktahdn can't be here - he'd love this

[13:03] Bixyl Shuftan: And well, with the Emerald Level avatar challenge, I'll be remind people of Lauren Weyland :p
[13:03] Soup Jonson: Oh no breaking news...

 

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[13:03] Soup Jonson: A cartoonist was found dead in his home. Details are sketchy.
[13:03] Soup Jonson: TY
[13:03] Bixyl Shuftan: ha ha Soup
[13:03] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander) snorts.
[13:03] Liz Wilner: lol
[13:03] KayCooper Resident: XD
[13:03] Soup Jonson: That is the power of pun.
[13:03] Soup Jonson: Pauses for mild applauds
[13:03] Ɲαηi throws tomatoes at Soup Jonson

[13:04] Liz Wilner: hi Kara :)
[13:04] Wildstar Beaumont applauds mildly
[13:04] Dream Wrexan offers obligatory mild applause
[13:04] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): A polar bear walks into a bar and says to the bartender “I’ll have a rum …………………. and coke.”
[13:04] KayCooper Resident: Hi Kara
[13:04] Tender Dragon (TndrDrgon Resident): lol
[13:04] Soup Jonson: It is what we have come to love!
[13:04] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): The bartender asks, “What’s with the big pause?”
The bear shrugs. “I was born with them.”
[13:04] Ɲαηi (Nani Harmony): for your crackers soup
[13:04] Bixyl Shuftan: Yeah, breaking news was when someone slammed a wrecking ball into the Newser office by mistake. :p
[13:04] Soup Jonson Thuds
[13:04] OldeSoul Fairelander is online.
[13:04] Dream Wrexan: :-) Kara

[13:04] Tender Dragon (TndrDrgon Resident): lol
[13:04] Bixyl Shuftan: and ha ha Magda
[13:05] Ťöсђö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (Tocho Cortes) is offline.
[13:05] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): What do you call an alligator in a vest? An investigator.
[13:05] Now playing: Squirrel Nut Zippers - Lugubrious Whing Whang
[13:05] Bixyl Shuftan: ho ho
[13:05] Dream Wrexan: LOL
[13:05] Liz Wilner: lol
[13:05] Dream Wrexan: So the winner is the one who gets the loudest groan? :-)

[13:06] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Something like that!
[13:06] Liz Wilner: c'mon Bixyl...go on up on a riser and be over qualified...LOL
[13:06] Liz Wilner: hi Jorge! :)
[13:06] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): You can pay the kiosk to get me to continue ... or to get me to stop!
[13:06] Bixyl Shuftan: I imagien Dream, that is when you know a pun has matured
[13:06] Bixyl Shuftan: when it's fully groan
[13:06] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Good luck figuring out which!
[13:06] Dream Wrexan: :-)
[13:06] Ɲαηi (Nani Harmony): have you heard the rumor about butter? I don't think I want to spread it
[13:06] Liz Wilner: haha
[13:06] Dream Wrexan: definite groan in that one, Nani

[13:07] Soup Jonson: When the contestants battle you show linden love to the RELAY board behind them. The contestant with the most wins.
[13:07] Ɲαηi (Nani Harmony): hehe
[13:07] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Oh heavens, that was ... lugubrious, Nani ...
[13:07] Bixyl Shuftan: Ha ha, and I have. The rumor was someone dropped his tied rope into the margarine, "I can't believe it's knot butter."
[13:07] Soup Jonson: The winner will receive bad puns from me in im for a month.
[13:07] Now playing: The Arrogant Worms - History Is Made By Stupid People
[13:07] Dream Wrexan: LOL
[13:07] Liz Wilner: hi Mari :)
[13:07] Soup Jonson: Fogive my punctuation i am usually a voice host
[13:07] Ťöсђö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (Tocho Cortes) is offline.
[13:07] Jorge Serapis: The problem with telling jokes about the French Revolution is the execution.
[13:08] Bixyl Shuftan: Hey Mari, Kara
[13:08] Liz Wilner: lol
[13:08] Bixyl Shuftan: just don't lose your head over it, Jorge
[13:08] Soup Jonson: Jorge is here now we can do this correctly!
[13:08] Ravelli Ormstein: Hello Jorge and Olde, great to see you
[13:08] Soup Jonson: More pun facts
[13:08] Eleanor Medier is online.
[13:08] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Jorge! Mari! Olde!
[13:09] Liz Wilner: hi Olde :)
[13:09] Soup Jonson: Today, social media platforms have transformed puns into a viral form of expression, with memes and hashtags that leverage wordplay to engage audiences. This evolution reflects changes in language, culture, and communication methods over time.
[13:09] Agath Aconitum (Agath Littlepaws) is offline.
[13:09] OldeSoul Fairelander: Thanks Magda
[13:09] OldeSoul Fairelander: Hello Jorge
[13:09] OldeSoul Fairelander: Hello Nani
[13:09] լeυÏ Đeşαηtö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (LeviRawlings Resident): waves hello to Olde.
[13:09] OldeSoul Fairelander: hello   Tender
[13:09] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): A photon checks into a hotel. The front desk asks if it has any luggage. It replies “no, I’m traveling light”
[13:09] OldeSoul Fairelander: hey there Levi
[13:09] Bixyl Shuftan: A viral form of expression? I take it plenty of bed rest afterwards?
[13:09] Ɲαηi (Nani Harmony): hello OldeSoul
[13:09] Bixyl Shuftan: ha ha Magda
[13:09] Soup Jonson: “Romeo and Juliet,” Mercutio’s line “Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man” plays on the dual meanings of “grave,” referring both to seriousness and death,
[13:10] Now playing: Frank Zappa - Dancin' Fool
[13:10] Soup Jonson: I love you all responding to the boring stuff with puns

[13:10] KayCooper Resident: Hi Jan :)
[13:10] OldeSoul Fairelander: they should join you  !
[13:10] Soup Jonson: As your host i have been given no powers
[13:10] Dream Wrexan: oh!  I'm donating already :-)
[13:10] Liz Wilner: hi Jan :)
[13:10] Soup Jonson: which hurts
[13:10] Jan Stroikavskoi: Hi Kay and everyone :)
[13:10] Liz Wilner: hi Journey :)
[13:10] Bixyl Shuftan: It's what my community does, Soup. We're kind of known for our hijinks ... everyone forgets the low jinks
[13:10] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): You have all powers, Soup.

13:11] Journey Texan: Hi Liz! Hi everyone
[13:11] Bixyl Shuftan: Hey Journey
[13:11] Endy. A. Ninetails (Endymion Avalira) is online.
[13:11] Soup Jonson: What
[13:11] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Why couldn’t the pony sing in the choir? He was a little hoarse.

[13:11] Liz Wilner: haha
[13:11] OldeSoul Fairelander: hi Journey
[13:11] Ravelli Ormstein: Hello Jan
[13:11] OldeSoul Fairelander: hi Ms. Jan
[13:11] Dream Wrexan: :-) Jan
[13:11] Jan Stroikavskoi: Hi Ravelli :)
[13:11] Soup Jonson: Hamlet uses the pun “I am too much in the sun,” which plays on the word “sun” to imply both being in sunlight and being the “son” of King Hamlet.
[13:11] Journey Texan: Hi Olde. Hi Bixyl
[13:11] Jan Stroikavskoi: Hi Olde :))
[13:11] OldeSoul Fairelander: Hello Blithe
[13:11] OldeSoul Fairelander: hey there Bixyl
[13:11] Blithe Lorefield: Hello
[13:12] Bixyl Shuftan: ha ha Magda ,,,, guess the horse jokes are back in the saddle again

[13:12] Soup Jonson: What a turn out we love you all
[13:12] OldeSoul Fairelander: hey there Wild
[13:12] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander) giggles.
[13:12] Jan Stroikavskoi: Hi Blithe :))
[13:12] OldeSoul Fairelander: hi Liz
[13:12] լeυÏ Đeşαηtö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (LeviRawlings Resident): time to rein in the horse jokes...
[13:12] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Rein it in, Bixyl.
[13:12] OldeSoul Fairelander: hi Cynthia
[13:12] Jan Stroikavskoi: Dream!
[13:12] Liz Wilner: lol
[13:12] Ɲαηi (Nani Harmony): I love you more soup
[13:12] ღڰۣ: KaRa ღڰۣ: (Takara Nightfire) is online.
[13:12] OldeSoul Fairelander: hi Kara - of the bright smile
[13:12] Ťöсђö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (Tocho Cortes) is online.
[13:12] Soup Jonson: Jan talked me down from nerves earlier, mild applauds for Jan please
[13:12] Mixed Pixelinks (Reorganizer Resident) is online.
[13:13] Kara of the bright smile (Kara2016 Resident): Greetings Old Soul
[13:13] OldeSoul Fairelander: hello   Ms. Kay
[13:13] OldeSoul Fairelander: Hello Ravelli
[13:13] Journey Texan: ♩♪♫♬  APPAWS! ♩♪♫♬
[13:13] Kara of the bright smile (Kara2016 Resident): *OldeSoul
[13:13] Jan Stroikavskoi: Hi Liz and Wild :)
[13:13] KayCooper Resident: Hello Olde
[13:13] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): You mean Jan got you out of a jam?
[13:13] Ravelli Ormstein: Hello Olde :-)
[13:13] Jan Stroikavskoi: haha
[13:13] Wildstar Beaumont: hi Jan :)
[13:13] Jan Stroikavskoi: I spread the word Magz ;)
[13:13] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Hi, Jan!
[13:13] OldeSoul Fairelander: hi Ori
[13:13] Now playing: Weird Al Yankovic - Babalu Music!
[13:13] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Thanks for getting Soup out of hot water!
[13:13] OldeSoul Fairelander: if I missed ya - well hey  there !
[13:13] Jan Stroikavskoi: yw :)
[13:14] Soup Jonson: Todays event is sponsored by Caledon, and Rolos
[13:14] Soup Jonson: The candy
[13:14] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Ewww.
[13:14] Kara of the bright smile (Kara2016 Resident): the word was butter?
[13:14] Jorge Serapis: butter emails..?
[13:14] լeυÏ Đeşαηtö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (LeviRawlings Resident): yes, but don't spread that around
[13:14] Soup Jonson: Oh no breaking news; A man died today when a pile of books fell on him. He only had his shelf to blame.
[13:14] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander) groans.
[13:14] KayCooper Resident: XD

[13:14] Cynthia Farshore: Some of you know I'm a jokester myself but I seem to be a bit silent, please excuse me I had a friend die of a heat attack last friday I been cleaning and returning Ren Flows stuff and rather teared up right now, rather than give I need to receive a laugh.
[13:15] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): If you see an Apple Store get robbed, does that make you an iWitness?
[13:15] Liz Wilner: hugs Cynthia
[13:15] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander) offers Cynthia a hug.
[13:15] OldeSoul Fairelander: *hugs*  Cynthia
[13:15] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Did you hear about the woman who loved making archery supplies? Every day she went to work, she quivered with joy!
[13:15] Dream Wrexan: *hugs* Cynthia - glad you are here
[13:15] Kara of the bright smile (Kara2016 Resident): Hugs Cynthia
[13:15] Soup Jonson: Cynthia my sincere sympathy. I hope we can bring you some comfort. Glad you are with us.
[13:15] KayCooper Resident: So sorry to hear that Cynthia
[13:16] Jan Stroikavskoi: So sorry Cynthia, hugs
[13:16] Bixyl Shuftan: Yes, Ren was quite a trooper. She quite litterally kept things up for her team to the end
[13:16] Soup Jonson: This place, this world is so beloved because of its people.
[13:16] Liz Wilner: nods
[13:16] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Thank you ever so much for your donations and your time here.
[13:16] Jorge Serapis: Descartes walks into a bar. Bartender asks "the usual?" Descartes says "I think not", then disappears.
[13:16] Dream Wrexan: LOL
[13:16] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): What’s the body temperature of a Tauntaun? Luke Warm.
[13:16] Liz Wilner: lol

[13:17] Soup Jonson: Jorge my intellectual giant. You would have a Descartes line.
[13:17] Dream Wrexan: Jorge, you should have a kiosk
[13:17] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Oh, I see, a bunch of Star Trek fans ...
[13:17] Jorge Serapis: Show any linden love to me in the vendor of your choice. :_0
[13:17] KayCooper Resident: "Luke Warm" grins
[13:17] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Why does Waldo (from Where’s Waldo) always wear a striped shirt? He doesn’t want to be spotted.
[13:17] Soup Jonson: The Pun Also Rises: How the Humble Pun Revolutionized Language, Changed History, and Made Wordplay More Than Some Antics Paperback – April 3, 2012
[13:18] Soup Jonson: A delightful read
[13:18] Now playing: Sara Ramirez - Diva's Lament (Whatever Happened To My Part?) (Whatever Happened To My Part)
[13:18] Liz Wilner: To the guy who invented zero, thanks for nothing.

[13:18] Soup Jonson: And the type of bantor this host is required to give.
[13:18] Kara of the bright smile (Kara2016 Resident): giggles.

[13:18] Bixyl Shuftan: ha ha Liz
[13:18] Liz Wilner: :D
[13:18] Goddess Witch is online.
[13:18] Dream Wrexan *laughs*
[13:19] Journey Texan: Nice one, Liz
[13:19] Dream Wrexan: good one, Liz
[13:19] Liz Wilner: hi Caleb :)
[13:19] Caleb Kit: Hi Lz

[13:19] Jorge Serapis: Guy walks into a funeral. Asks the widow if he can say something. She agrees. He goes up and says "plethora." Widow says "thank you. That means a lot."
[13:19] Kara of the bright smile (Kara2016 Resident): seems i got over my addiction too ATMs in time..
[13:19] Kara of the bright smile (Kara2016 Resident): but i had too go through a lot of withdraw
[13:19] Bixyl Shuftan: ha ha Jorge
[13:20] KayCooper Resident: very nice Jorge
[13:20] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Why did the scarecrow get an award? He was outstanding in his field.
[13:20] Liz Wilner: hehe
[13:20] KayCooper Resident: lol Kara
[13:20] Bixyl Shuftan: and ha ha Magda

[13:20] Liz Wilner: Ladies, if he can't appreciate your fruit jokes, you need to let that mango.
[13:20] Now playing: Max Raabe & Palast Orchester - Lady Marmalade
[13:20] Rheia Silvercloud is online.
[13:20] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): This is tailor made for Soup: I did a theatrical performance about puns. It was really just a play on words.
[13:20] Bixyl Shuftan: ho ho Liz ....
[13:20] Caleb Kit: lolol
[13:20] Dream Wrexan: Liz you're cracking me up here :-)
[13:20] Soup Jonson: Your donations make a difference. They help. Your puns on the other hand

13:21] Liz Wilner: :D
[13:21] Soup Jonson: sorry...This joke is beneath you.
I wrote a book about basements
[13:21] Liz Wilner: lol
[13:21] Jan Stroikavskoi: lol
[13:21] Dream Wrexan: a groaner!  wtg Soup
[13:21] Jorge Serapis: Heard bout the aetheist charity? It's a non prophet organisation.
[13:21] Jan Stroikavskoi: Im surprised Katie isn't here!
[13:22] Dream Wrexan *laughs*
[13:22] Caleb Kit: omg
[13:22] Soup Jonson: I know. I think I may lose my hosting contract.
[13:22] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Why did the can crusher quit her job? It was soda-pressing.
[13:22] Grace (Matriarch Mermaid) is offline.
[13:22] Bixyl Shuftan: Looks like someone in Relay chat found a lost item for dinkies. He wasn't sweating the small stuff
[13:22] Ravelli Ormstein: Hello Caleb
[13:22] Bixyl Shuftan: and ha ha Magda
[13:22] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander) snorts.
[13:22] Dream Wrexan: heh
[13:22] Liz Wilner: What was Forrest Gump's email password? 1forrest1.
[13:22] Bixyl Shuftan: Ho ho Liz
[13:22] Caleb Kit: Hi Ravell
[13:22] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): What do you call a broken can opener? A can’t opener.
[13:22] Liz Wilner: hehe
[13:22] Soup Jonson: Liz!!
[13:22] Dream Wrexan: lol

[13:22] Soup Jonson: That was awful
[13:23] Liz Wilner: laughs
[13:23] Soup Jonson: Now a fun learning moment.
[13:23] Soup Jonson flexes
[13:23] Bixyl Shuftan: I can't say that one at Club Cutlass Magda, I'd get canned
[13:23] Soup Jonson: Malapropisms and puns are both forms of wordplay that involve the misuse of words, but they differ in their intent and the way they achieve humor. Malapropisms are usually unintentional errors that occur when a person mistakenly uses a word that sounds like another word but has a different meaning.
[13:23] Jorge Serapis: Don't ask Magz about infinity: she can go on forever about it.
[13:23] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Why did the baby refuse the mashed banana? Because it lacked appeal ...
[13:23] Liz Wilner: haha
[13:23] Dream Wrexan: <bada boom>
[13:24] Bixyl Shuftan: Ha ha Magda, but careful about the banana jokes, that's a slippery slope to go down
[13:24] Now playing: Rasputina - Bad Moon Rising
[13:24] Dream Wrexan: doh!  lol
[13:24] Soup Jonson: During the Renaissance, Shakespeare popularized puns in his plays, using them to add layers of meaning and wit.
[13:24] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): But the crowd is ripe for banana jokes!

[13:25] Soup Jonson: John Pollack-a former World Pun Champion and presidential speechwriter for Bill Clinton-explains why puns matter: They revolutionized language and played a pivotal role in making the modern world possible
[13:25] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Becoming vegetarian was a huge missed steak.

[13:25] Bixyl Shuftan: ha ha Magda
[13:25] Wildstar Beaumont: LOL
[13:26] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Did you hear that the Devil is going bald? Yeah, there’s gonna be hell toupee.
[13:26] Soup Jonson: Puns are why we brew tea!
[13:26] Bixyl Shuftan: Yeah, going vegetarian, hard to meat people at the restaraunt
[13:26] Soup Jonson: How does Moses make his tea? Hebrews it.
[13:26] Wildstar Beaumont: hehe
[13:26] Bixyl Shuftan: and ho ho Magda
[13:26] Kara of the bright smile (Kara2016 Resident): Laughing.
[13:26] Journey Texan: nice one
[13:26] Dream Wrexan: groan #2 for soup
[13:26] OldeSoul Fairelander: laughs
[13:27] Soup Jonson: TY Dream Im here all week
[13:27] Dream Wrexan: :-)
[13:27] Bixyl Shuftan: There actually was a show about a demonically possesed hairpeice named that :p
[13:27] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Why is Peter Pan always flying? He Neverlands.
[13:27] Now playing: "Weird Al" Yankovic - Word Crimes
[13:27] Bixyl Shuftan: The writer had to get the idea out of his hair
[13:27] Ɲαηi (Nani Harmony): lol
[13:27] Bixyl Shuftan: and ha ha Magda
[13:27] OldeSoul Fairelander: cha ching

[13:27] լeυÏ Đeşαηtö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (LeviRawlings Resident): Why do melons get married in a church? Because they cantaloupe
[13:28] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander) snickers.
[13:28] KayCooper Resident: :D
[13:28] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): What do you call a dog magician? A Labracadabrador Retriever.
[13:28] OldeSoul Fairelander: laughs-
[13:28] Kara of the bright smile (Kara2016 Resident): ow
[13:28] Bixyl Shuftan: ho ho Levi, Magda
[13:28] KayCooper Resident: try saying Labracadabrador three times fast
[13:28] Bixyl Shuftan: well, dogs are very good at making food left around disappear
[13:28] Soup Jonson: so we gather, we pun, we laugh and we fund-raise. But we are also being geeky.
[13:28] Now playing: "Weird Al" Yankovic - Word Crimes
[13:28] Jorge Serapis: I don't like computer jokes. Not one bit.
[13:29] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Equal time for Star Trek: How many ears does Captain Kirk have? Three, the right, the left, and the final front ear.
[13:29] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Well-played, Jorge ...
[13:29] Soup Jonson: I see some Uk here, waves
[13:29] Soup Jonson: England has no kidney bank, but it does have a Liverpool
[13:29] Liz Wilner: .LOL
[13:30] Bixyl Shuftan: Ha ha Jorge. Magda ..... about Star Trek, there was when the men's rest room broke, and the guys had to use the ladies one. They went where no man had gone before.
[13:30] Ɲαηi (Nani Harmony): lol
[13:30] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander) giggles.
[13:30] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): What do you call a lawyer who can cook? A sue chef
[13:30] Bixyl Shuftan: ho ho Soup, Magda
[13:30] Jorge Serapis: Hear about the psychic little person who escaped from prison? He's a small medium at large.
[13:30] Liz Wilner: lol!
[13:30] Bixyl Shuftan: Ha ha Jorge, guess for the paper, that was a short story
[13:30] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Why do Buddhist monks not like sending PDFs? They’re supposed to avoid attachments.
[13:31] Soup Jonson: Actually, I honestly didn't grow up wanting to host. It is a second path for me. 
I used to be a banker, but then I lost interest
[13:31] Now playing: Sir Reginald Pikedevant, Esquire - Just Glue Some Gears On It (And Call It Steampunk)
[13:31] Dream Wrexan: Unfortunately RL is interfering with my fun again. Enjoy the laughs (and groans) everyone!   <poof>
[13:31] Bixyl Shuftan: ho ho Magda, Soup.
[13:31] Bixyl Shuftan: SOrry Dream
[13:31] Liz Wilner: tc Dream :)
[13:31] Liz Wilner: If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving is not for you.
[13:31] Lanai Jarrico is offline.
[13:31] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): What did the Dalai Lama say to the hot dog vendor? Make me one with everything!
[13:32] Bixyl Shuftan: ha ha Magda.
[13:32] Wildstar Beaumont: LOL
[13:32] Oriella Charik:  °͜°
[13:32] Jorge Serapis: I was gonna make a joke abut sodium, but then thought.." Na.."
[13:32] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Heee!
[13:32] Liz Wilner: lol
[13:32] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): This girl said she recognized me from the vegetarian club, but I’d never met herbivore.
[13:32] Liz Wilner: oy

 

It was then it was brought up things at the event weren't going quite according to plan. 

[13:33] Cynthia Farshore: OK I have no idea how this works I thought there would be contestants seated and throwing barbs at each other and we load the kiosk to the one we thought made the best. This just seems stand around and crack jokes like normal conversation
[13:33] Now playing: MC Elemental - Cup of Brown Joy
[13:33] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): It was supposed to be that, Cynthia, but there were several conflicts for contestants.
[13:33] լeυÏ Đeşαηtö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (LeviRawlings Resident): I was reading a book all about helium. I couldn’t put it down.
[13:34] Liz Wilner: LOL
[13:34] Jan Stroikavskoi: lol
[13:34] Jorge Serapis: I hate my job at the bakery, but i really knead the dough.
[13:34] Jan Stroikavskoi: lol
[13:34] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): I stayed up all night to see where the sun went. Then it dawned on me.
[13:34] Jan Stroikavskoi: lol
[13:34] Soup Jonson: Yes the contestants haven't arrived. So we are enjoying one another and punning.
[13:34] Soup Jonson: And oddly it has worked out
[13:34] Tender Dragon (TndrDrgon Resident): and raising money
[13:34] Bixyl Shuftan: Did you hear about when someone opened a glue factory near a horse track. The horses never ran so fast after that.  ..... well, no one's standing here. I could be here for the event
[13:34] Soup Jonson: i love Caledon
[13:35] Jan Stroikavskoi: I believe you donate to the board next to the contestant you find funny!
[13:35] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Feel free to take a riser, Bixyl!
[13:35] Soup Jonson: Now for a short fiction very controversial.
[13:35] Bixyl Shuftan: Guess we're all naturals at this. I certainly use my share of puns for the cartoons.
[13:35] Soup Jonson: I was feeding a Duck when it turned to me and said,"Duck food yuck, what did you have for lunch?"
I shrugged and said, "Honestly I can't remember but,the first word was Peking."
He swam away angrily.
[13:36] Jan Stroikavskoi: I think there's a little competition to see who raises the most, but this is working out nicely!
[13:36] Now playing: Hossier Hot Shots - I Like Bananas Because They Have No Bones
[13:36] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Anyone else want to step up or come down ...
[13:36] լeυÏ Đeşαηtö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (LeviRawlings Resident): I was out walking earlier today, it was raining cats and dogs - I almost stepped in a poodle.
[13:36] Bixyl Shuftan: ha ha Levi
[13:36] Soup Jonson: Levi!
[13:36] Soup Jonson: Welcome
[13:36] Bixyl Shuftan: and ho ho Soup That was quacked up
[13:36] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander) laughs.
[13:36] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Broken pencils are pointless.
[13:36] Bixyl Shuftan: ha ha Magda
[13:36] Liz Wilner: I had a taser once. It was stunning.
[13:37] OldeSoul Fairelander: we need a kiosk for the audience
[13:37] Bixyl Shuftan: Taser puns are shocking
[13:37] Liz Wilner: LOL
[13:37] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): We can do that.
[13:37] Bixyl Shuftan: touch the wrong end, it's a shocking experience
[13:37] Soup Jonson: Bixyl I tip my hat
[13:37] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): The people's Kiosk!
[13:38] Liz Wilner: woot!

[13:38] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): What do you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary? A thesaurus.
[13:38] Soup Jonson: lol
[13:38] Bixyl Shuftan: Ha ha Magda
[13:38] Jorge Serapis: From a movie: "Oedipus, Schmedipus.. as long as he loves his mother.."
[13:38] Cynthia Farshore: well right now my apathy is at an all time whatever.
[13:39] Bixyl Shuftan: ho ho Cynthia
[13:39] Now playing: Ronald Frankau & Monte Crick - Everyones Got Sex Appeal For Someone
[13:39] Soup Jonson: Magda with a literary pun, followed by Jorge's complex reference
[13:39] Kikas Babenco is online.
[13:40] Liz Wilner: Today a man knocked on my door and asked for a small donation towards the local swimming pool, so I gave him a glass of water.
[13:40] Bixyl Shuftan: I notice Kamilliah's not here. Hope she didn't run into a cat-astrophe.
[13:40] լeυÏ Đeşαηtö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (LeviRawlings Resident): I won a 'best looking pumpkin'  contest last halloween - it really was Gourd-geous
[13:40] Liz Wilner: LOL
[13:40] Soup Jonson: Cynthia we cling too thee,  surrounded by puns is never a bad thing
[13:40] Bixyl Shuftan: Hah ha Levi, Liz
[13:40] Kyle W. Forrester (KyleWForrester Resident) is offline.
[13:40] Cynthia Farshore: Magda you shouldn't you argue with a dinosaur You'll get jurasskicked.

[13:41] Soup Jonson: ha!!
[13:41] Bixyl Shuftan: ha ha Cynthia
[13:41] Oriella Charik:  °͜°
[13:41] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): If Henry VIII was alive today, what sort of car would he drive? A Tudor ...
[13:41] OldeSoul Fairelander: haha Cynthia
[13:41] Soup Jonson throws rolos at cynthia
[13:41] Jorge Serapis: Heard about the werewolf author with a youtube channel? He's a lycansubscribe.
[13:41] Bixyl Shuftan: ho ho Magda
[13:41] Soup Jonson: Ive lost contol
[13:41] OldeSoul Fairelander: laughs Soup
[13:41] Now playing: Tom Lehrer - Poisoning Pigeons In The Park (Orchestrated Version)
[13:42] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): I changed my phone’s name to Titanic. It’s syncing now.
[13:42] Bixyl Shuftan: Ha ha Jorge ... well, Steelhead has a lycan Sherrif. The bad guys never know "were" he will show up.
[13:42] Liz Wilner: lol
[13:42] Liz Wilner: Can February March? No, but April May.
[13:42] Bixyl Shuftan: ho ho Madga
[13:42] Mixed Pixelinks (Reorganizer Resident) is online.
[13:43] Merryjest Starchild-Fairelander (Merryjest Starchild) is offline.
[13:43] Bixyl Shuftan: Throwing rolos? Don't you care-mel about wasting candy? :p
[13:43] Cynthia Farshore: speaking of canines did you know that dogs can't operate MRI machine but catscan
[13:43] Bixyl Shuftan: Ha ha Cynthia
[13:43] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): So, what did the werewolf say when he found the hair removal cream in the drugstore? "Oh ... Neet!"
[13:43] Liz Wilner: LOL
[13:44] Now playing: Les Triplettes de Belleville - Belleville Rendez-Vous (Maquette)
[13:44] Bixyl Shuftan: Ha ha Magda, and when he avoided a haircut, it was a close shave
[13:44] լeυÏ Đeşαηtö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (LeviRawlings Resident): I went to buy some camouflage pants, but I couldn't find any.
[13:44] Bixyl Shuftan: Ha ha Levi
[13:44] Soup Jonson: If you spell Chuck Norris in Scrabble, you win. Forever.
[13:44] Liz Wilner: lol
[13:44] Soup Jonson: oh this is puns
[13:44] Liz Wilner: I had a crazy dream last night! I was swimming in an ocean of orange soda. Turns out it was just a Fanta sea.
[13:44] KayCooper Resident: hehe
[13:44] Soup Jonson: wrong event
[13:44] Bixyl Shuftan: A friend tried to understand the concept of chamoflauge, but he couldn't quite see it
[13:44] Bixyl Shuftan: Ha ha Liz
[13:45] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Jokes about german sausage are the wurst.
[13:45] լeυÏ Đeşαηtö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (LeviRawlings Resident): Two sheep walk into a—baaaa
[13:45] Liz Wilner: LOL
[13:45] Bianca Charming is offline.
[13:45] Soup Jonson motions for security and points at magda
[13:45] Bixyl Shuftan: Ha ha Magda, guess they Hamburg it up
[13:45] Charlize Bellic is offline.
[13:45] Soup Jonson: and bixyl
[13:45] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander) giggles.
[13:46] Jorge Serapis: The priest's wife as her husband what the weather looks like outside. He looks out the window an tells her "Hail, Mary."
[13:46] Bixyl Shuftan: ha ha Levi, guess the ba-a-a-a-ad jokes are starting
[13:46] OldeSoul Fairelander: oh dear!
[13:46] Cynthia Farshore: Once there was almost a merger between Youtube Twitter and Facebook was going to be called Youtwitface
[13:46] OldeSoul Fairelander: hahahahhaha
[13:46] Bixyl Shuftan: and ha ha Jorge. You had to throw that one in at the last minute
[13:46] Liz Wilner: LOLOL
[13:46] Ƙoէα Լίσɲɧҽαrէ (DakotaCheyenne Resident) is offline.
[13:46] Bixyl Shuftan: *chuckles at Cynthia*
[13:47] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): So, some grave robbers find the final resting place of Beethoven and open the coffin, to find him furiously erasing his famous works. "What do you think you're doing??" "What does it look like I'm doing," Beethoven said. "I'm de-composing!"
[13:47] Now playing: They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse In Your Soul
[13:47] Bixyl Shuftan: And there was the proposed Merger between Second Life and World of Warcradt, Second Life of Warcraft, but it was rejected as the lag made it SLOW
[13:47] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Ha!
[13:48] Soup Jonson: My father loved puns. He once said to me, "I like to think about puns when Im working it makes me happy." And that was it for me he was a janitor. If puns have that power Im in.
[13:48] Bixyl Shuftan: and ha ha Madga
[13:48] լeυÏ Đeşαηtö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (LeviRawlings Resident): I've gotten so good at sleeping that I can do it with my eyes closed
[13:48] Soup Jonson: Levi
[13:48] Cynthia Farshore: I think there should be one kiosk for all of us
[13:48] Liz Wilner: LOL
[13:48] Soup Jonson: haha Cynthia
[13:48] Bixyl Shuftan: I heard about the stockbroker who used to be a janitor. He could really clean up
[13:49] Soup Jonson: oh my
[13:49] Liz Wilner: there is, Cynthia...the one in the center
[13:49] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): The one is the middle of the floor is for everyone.
 

[13:49] Soup Jonson: wow
[13:49] Soup Jonson Thuds
[13:49] Bixyl Shuftan: (snerks*
[13:49] KayCooper Resident: lol Soup
[13:49] Liz Wilner: Did you hear about the restaurant on the Moon? I heard the food was good, but it had no atmosphere.
[13:49] OldeSoul Fairelander: hhah Soup
[13:49] Bixyl Shuftan: Ha ha, try that again Soup :D
[13:49] Tantrica Banana is offline.
[13:49] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander) giggles at Liz.
[13:49] Soup Jonson: heh you'll get me there
[13:49] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): How do you measure the quality of my puns? A sighsmograph!
[13:49] Bixyl Shuftan: Ha ha Liz, that's our Moon Dance
[13:49] Liz Wilner: lol :)
[13:50] Bixyl Shuftan: ha ha Magda, I'll have to remember that pun, I mean one
[13:50] OldeSoul Fairelander: so true  Bix - I love it
[13:50] Soup Jonson: Puns matter because they are a form of wordplay that can elicit laughter and smiles, often with just a single clever twist of language.
[13:50] Now playing: Electro Swingers - Tesla Is Knockin' At My Door
[13:50] Soup Jonson continues his serious lecture raising an arm

[13:50] Ɲαηi gently kisses Soup Jonson
[13:51] Cynthia Farshore: well if tired of puns I could sing, I can sing like a bird myself, well ok a Screech Owl but it's a bird right?
[13:51] լeυÏ Đeşαηtö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (LeviRawlings Resident): I told my doctor I keep hearing a buzzing noise, but she said it's just a bug that's going around
[13:51] Ɲαηi (Nani Harmony): you are top shelf soup
[13:51] Bixyl Shuftan: Ha ha Cynthia
[13:51] Liz Wilner: lol Levi
[13:51] Bixyl Shuftan: and ha ha Levi
[13:51] Tender Dragon (TndrDrgon Resident): awe
[13:51] Kara of the bright smile (Kara2016 Resident): Giggles for Cynthia..
[13:51] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): A little person who made a living telling fortunes decided to rob a bank and go on the lam. The headline in the newspaper read, "Small Medium at Large!"
[13:51] Liz Wilner: LOL
[13:52] Soup Jonson: The appreciation of puns involves both linguistic creativity and the ability to recognize multiple meanings, activating areas of the brain associated with language processing. Stop Google now
[13:52] Liz Wilner: What did the grape say when it got crushed? Nothing, it just let out a little wine.
[13:52] Soup Jonson: oops
[13:52] Bixyl Shuftan: ha ha Magda , Liz
[13:52] Oriella Charik:  °͜°
[13:52] OldeSoul Fairelander: hahah Magda
[13:52] Soup Jonson: Puns become more than just jokes; they become tools for building relationships, reducing stress, boosting mood, and strengthening the immune system.
[13:52] Soup Jonson: +*✰*+*'*•.¸ APPLAUSE APPLAUSE ¸.•*'+*✰*+
[13:52] Soup Jonson: TY
[13:53] KayCooper Resident claps
[13:53] Tender Dragon (TndrDrgon Resident): “Brevity is the soul of lingerie.”
[13:53] KayCooper Resident: Excellent report Soup
[13:53] լeυÏ Đeşαηtö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (LeviRawlings Resident): My sister asked me "Did you get a haircut?" I said "No, I got them all cut."
[13:53] Soup Jonson: I'd like to build a relationship with puns
[13:53] Cynthia Farshore: can someone answer something for me please, If actions speak louder than words then how come I can't hear mimes?
[13:53] Liz Wilner: LOL
[13:53] Ťöсђö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (Tocho Cortes) is offline.
[13:53] Soup Jonson: lol
[13:53] Bixyl Shuftan: Ha ha Cynthia
[13:53] KayCooper Resident: lol
[13:53] Now playing: Daft Punk, Charles Butler, Beats Antique - Get Lucky
[13:53] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander) giggles.
[13:53] Tender Dragon (TndrDrgon Resident): “Did you hear about the chicken who walked out of a production of Hamlet? He heard somebody threaten to murder most fowl.”
[13:53] Kara of the bright smile (Kara2016 Resident): giggles.
[13:54] Liz Wilner: hehe
[13:54] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Did you hear about the exorcist who offers a payment plan? Apparently if people fall behind on payments, they’ll get repossessed!
[13:54] Liz Wilner: LOL
[13:54] Cynthia Farshore: I have a chicken proof lawn, it's impeccable.
[13:54] Liz Wilner: hehe
[13:54] Bixyl Shuftan: I can't bring a coconut to Paris when someone's playing Caribean music. It I toss it, "I'll hit the mime with the coconut"
[13:54] լeυÏ Đeşαηtö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (LeviRawlings Resident): What do you call someone who tells dad jokes but isn't a dad? A faux pa.
[13:54] Liz Wilner: LOL
[13:55] Cynthia Farshore: I been wondering why Humming birds are called that so I asked one, , cause he didn't know the words
[13:55] Bixyl Shuftan: and ha ha Tender, Levi
[13:55] Liz Wilner: Two antennas met on a roof, fell in love, and got married. The ceremony wasn't much, but the reception was excellent.
[13:55] Soup Jonson: oh my
[13:55] Bixyl Shuftan: Well, in my usual avie, I suppose I end up doing all kinds of fox paws :p
[13:55] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): My friend fell into an upholstery machine. He’s fully recovered now.
[13:55] Soup Jonson: Liz
[13:55] Soup Jonson Thuds
[13:55] Bixyl Shuftan: ha ha
[13:55] Liz Wilner: groans @ Magda
[13:55] Cynthia Farshore: Did you hear about the guy who lost his job at the blanket factory? Apparently, it folded.
[13:56] Bixyl Shuftan: ho ho CYnthia
[13:56] լeυÏ Đeşαηtö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (LeviRawlings Resident): I really need to buy a book on procrastination, but I keep putting it off.
[13:56] Liz Wilner: lol
[13:56] Soup Jonson: Over time, your pun persona becomes part of how people remember you. Friends may anticipate your twists. Colleagues may rely on you to diffuse difficult meetings with a well-placed line. Audiences may expect a clever turn in your writing. In each case, your identity grows from consistent yet thoughtful use of wordplay.
[13:56] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): That's my life, Levi.
[13:56] Bixyl Shuftan: don't think I did CYnthia. Maybe they kept the story under wraps
[13:56] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Cynthia, are you sure they didn't just pull the wool over his eyes?
[13:57] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): A clown held the door open for me. What a nice jester!
[13:57] Cynthia Farshore: I have another news flash for you my friend’s bakery burned down last night. Now his business is toast.
[13:57] Soup Jonson: Puns! I tell you. Puns. How can you have an event on such a topic? How can't we?
[13:57] Bixyl Shuftan: ha ha Magda
[13:57] Now playing: Beats Antique - Battle
[13:57] Soup Jonson: Listen to these giants the magic, the flow
[13:57] 亗ღ Twstd ღ亗™  (Twstd Ruggles) is online.
[13:57] Soup Jonson: now the business is toast
[13:57] Soup Jonson: +*✰*+*'*•.¸ APPLAUSE APPLAUSE ¸.•*'+*✰*+
[13:57] OldeSoul Fairelander: well Cynthia - things should sort ou
[13:58] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Why don’t chemists like puns? All the best ones argon.
[13:58] Bixyl Shuftan: ho ho Cynthia. I did hear about how the barbecuer was honored, they had a roast for him
[13:58] Soup Jonson: oh my
[13:58] Bixyl Shuftan: ha ha Magda
[13:58] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): But if he puts enough yeast on the ground, will the business rise from the ashes?
[13:58] Bixyl Shuftan: If you have enough dough to invest
[13:59] Liz Wilner: A cross-eyed teacher couldn’t control his pupils.
[13:59] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): To re-stock baking supplies, he may need a sugar mama.
[13:59] Cynthia Farshore: Why is bread so lazy? It's always loafin' around.
[13:59] Bixyl Shuftan: ha ha Liz, Cynthia, that one crackered me up
[13:59] Soup Jonson: Venison for dinner again? Oh deer
[13:59] Cynthia Farshore: bread go bad when you yeast expect it.
[14:00] լeυÏ Đeşαηtö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (LeviRawlings Resident): There was a huge explosion at our local cheese factory - when the dust cleared there was nothing but de brie
[14:00] Cesar Lighthouse is offline.
[14:00] Tender Dragon (TndrDrgon Resident): lol
[14:00] KayCooper Resident: lol
[14:00] Oriella Charik:  °͜°
[14:00] Bixyl Shuftan: ha ha Levi
[14:00] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander) snorts.
[14:00] Bixyl Shuftan: cheesy puns are always welcome
[14:00] Chantal Harvey is offline.
[14:00] Soup Jonson: he approached her and whispered: They told me I had type-A blood, but it was a Type-O. They never married.

[14:01] Cynthia Farshore: I was going to tell you a pizza joke, but it's too cheesy.
[14:01] Bixyl Shuftan: Ha ha Cynthia.
[14:01] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): My friend just installed ethernet in his home in Sydney. I can’t wait to visit the LAN down under.
[14:01] Soup Jonson: 1 hour in to the pun event and I must ask Why.
[14:01] Bixyl Shuftan: ha ha Magda
[14:01] Now playing: The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing - Brunel
[14:01] Jan Stroikavskoi: haha
[14:01] OldeSoul Fairelander: Your back is like Wi-Fi—you don’t notice it until it stops working, and then suddenly it’s the most important thing in your life.  - therefore I must leave you fine folks
[14:01] Soup Jonson: Yet here you all are you crazy people
[14:01] ღ๖̶̶̶ۣۣۜۜ͜ζ.Juana Shirikiღ (juana SecretSpy) is online.
[14:01] Liz Wilner: What do you get when you mix alcohol and literature? Tequila mockingbird.
[14:01] Cynthia Farshore: Going to have to see about starting an action group to help buffalo, Stop killing buffalo for their wings!
[14:02] Liz Wilner: tc Olde :)
[14:02] Bixyl Shuftan: See yo soon Olde, and ha ha Cynthia
[14:02] Journey Texan: tc Olde
[14:02] KayCooper Resident: Bye Olde
[14:02] Cynthia Farshore: Guess ran Olde off
[14:02] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander) hugs Olde.
[14:02] Soup Jonson: Oh no breaking news: Weight loss pills stolen this morning - police say suspects are still at large.
[14:02] OldeSoul Fairelander is offline.
[14:02] Journey Texan: heh
[14:02] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): My local Renaissance Festival is casting Knights tomorrow at 4pm. Be there or be Squire.
[14:02] Bixyl Shuftan: I've noticed Tiny commonities never seem to have any drama. I guess they don't sweat the small stuff.
[14:03] Liz Wilner: lol
[14:03] Bixyl Shuftan: And ha ha Magda
[14:03] լeυÏ Đeşαηtö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (LeviRawlings Resident): I got to a restaurant early, the waiter asked if I minded waiting a bit, I said "No", he replied "Good, take these drinks to table three"
[14:03] Now playing: Tom Lehrer - The Periodic Table Song
[14:03] Journey Texan: hahaha
[14:03] Bixyl Shuftan: ha ha Levi
[14:03] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Hee, Levi ...
[14:03] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): My friend David just had his ID stolen. We just call him Dav now.
[14:03] Liz Wilner: LOL

[14:03] Soup Jonson: Your donations are heart warming your puns are frightening
[14:03] Liz Wilner: The guy who invented the door knocker got a no-bell prize.
[14:03] Soup Jonson: A criminals best asset is his lie ability.
[14:04] Journey Texan: ha, Liz

[14:04] Soup Jonson: What on earth!
[14:04] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Fiction always talks about the drama and mystery surrounding a departed relative’s will. But most of the time, it’s a dead giveaway.
[14:04] Bixyl Shuftan: Levi, I heard the people in your family live a long time. I guess you have good jeans.
[14:04] Liz Wilner: LOL
[14:04] KayCooper Resident: XD
[14:04] Bevan Whitfield is offline.
[14:04] Bixyl Shuftan: And ha ha Magda
[14:05] Soup Jonson contacts the Guvnah. Yes at your mansion sir. Pun after Pun. Of course some are cheesy. I lost control 5 minutes in....
[14:05] Bixyl Shuftan: I'd say whose pun was the cheesiest, but Im nacho sure
[14:05] Liz Wilner: lool
[14:05] Now playing: Monty Python - The Lumberjack Song
[14:05] Soup Jonson Thuds
[14:05] Journey Texan: I need to head out for now, friends. You are the PUNNIEST!
[14:05] Jorge Serapis: Some can be a-brie-sive.
[14:05] Liz Wilner: :D
[14:05] Soup Jonson: Journey TY for coming
[14:05] Bixyl Shuftan: ha ha
[14:05] լeυÏ Đeşαηtö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (LeviRawlings Resident): A pirate walked into a bar wearing a paper towel on his head.  The bartender asked "what's with the paper hat"?  The pirate replied "Arrrrr, there be a bounty on me head"
[14:06] Liz Wilner: tc Journey :)
[14:06] Bixyl Shuftan: and ho ho Levi
[14:06] Journey Texan: Bye-bye for now!
[14:06] Liz Wilner: LOL Levi!
[14:06] KayCooper Resident: Bye Journey
[14:06] Bixyl Shuftan: I guess you can't arrrrrr gue the pirate pun was good
[14:06] Soup Jonson: Incongruity significantly contributes to the enjoyment of puns by creating a surprising twist that challenges expectations.
[14:06] Bixyl Shuftan: see you soon Journey
[14:06] Soup Jonson opens the floor for questions
[14:07] Soup Jonson: TY
[14:07] Soup Jonson closes the floor
[14:07] Caleb Kit: Thank you everyone.   bye
[14:07] Jorge Serapis: *looks under the floor for questions*

[14:07] Liz Wilner: tc Caleb :)
[14:07] Soup Jonson: Caleb we TY
[14:07] Liz Wilner: What do you call the ghost of a chicken? A poultry-geist.
[14:07] Bixyl Shuftan: ha ha Liz
[14:07] Bixyl Shuftan: that would be fowl
[14:07] Soup Jonson: i should of thought through my name
[14:07] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): I do enjoy turning a prophet," said Torquemada, as he roasted the heretic seer on a spit.
[14:08] Cynthia Farshore: Had to do my taxes last week and have you notice "THE" & "IRS" spells THEIRS?
[14:08] Liz Wilner: LOL
[14:08] լeυÏ Đeşαηtö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (LeviRawlings Resident): I can't take my dog to the park anymore, the ducks keep pecking him. Not surprising really, he's a pure bred
[14:08] Liz Wilner: LOL
[14:08] Soup Jonson: Soup who would say, I love Soup and mean a person
[14:08] Jorge Serapis: That's Torquemda for you.. you can't Torquemada anything.
[14:08] լeυÏ Đeşαηtö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (LeviRawlings Resident): ok, I know that was a bad pun. I shih-tzu not
[14:08] Liz Wilner: laughs
[14:08] Bixyl Shuftan: Oh that reminds me Soup, I heard you TPed on someone's giant bug the other day ....

[14:08] Now playing: Voltaire - When You're Evil
[14:08] Bixyl Shuftan: "There's some SOup on my fly"
[14:09] Soup Jonson: Context plays a crucial role in pun appreciation by providing the necessary background and situational cues that enhance understanding and enjoyment.

[14:09] Cynthia Farshore: Can yall please not do any Insect puns those really bug me
[14:09] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Minnie was a short order cook who wanted to impress with her signature dish, a succulent filet mignon, but the meat was stored on the top shelf of the massive walk-in freezer and, in the end, the steaks were just too high.
[14:09] Soup Jonson: That was brilliant Bixyl, content, wit,, flight!
[14:09] Bixyl Shuftan: ha ha Cynthia
[14:09] Bixyl Shuftan: ho ho Magda
[14:09] լeυÏ Đeşαηtö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (LeviRawlings Resident): lol Magda
[14:10] Bixyl Shuftan: *heard the music* "I'm the fly in your soup"   this hit close to home Soup? ;-)
[14:10] Soup Jonson: Cultural background significantly influences pun understanding by shaping language familiarity, humor appreciation, and contextual knowledge. Individuals from different cultures may interpret puns differently due to variations in language structure, idiomatic expressions, and cultural references.
[14:10] Bixyl Shuftan: and thank you Soup
[14:10] Cynthia Farshore: walk-in freezer huh, I got a new frig, Boy did my face light up when I opened it
[14:10] Bixyl Shuftan: ha ha Cynthia
[14:10] Liz Wilner: LOL
[14:10] Soup Jonson: I love soup references
[14:11] լeυÏ Đeşαηtö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (LeviRawlings Resident): I wish I could get paid for sleeping - that would be a dream job...
[14:11] Cynthia Farshore: I bet you doo
[14:11] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Having attended Oktoberfest, taken in the beautiful foliage of New England, gone apple-picking, roamed through a corn maze, and visited a pumpkin patch, one thing was certain—Humpty Dumpty had a great Fall.
[14:11] fluffyFoxy364 Resident is online.
[14:11] Soup Jonson: I'd now as host like to take compliments from the audience
[14:11] Bixyl Shuftan: ho ho Levi, Magda
[14:11] Cynthia Farshore: ok that didn't work out
[14:11] Taree Tashwood (TeslarShadaree Resident) is offline.
[14:11] Soup Jonson: TY
[14:11] Cynthia Farshore: I was gonna tell a time travelling joke but yall didn’t like it
[14:11] Soup Jonson: ...
[14:11] Liz Wilner: What did the sushi say to the bee? Wasabee!
[14:12] Bixyl Shuftan: They're kind of hard to get the timing right
[14:12] Bixyl Shuftan: ha ha Liz
[14:12] Ťöсђö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (Tocho Cortes) is online.
[14:12] Cynthia Farshore: I once had a psychic boyfriend, he left me before we met.
[14:12] Soup Jonson: Puns enhance social interactions by fostering humor and creating a sense of camaraderie among individuals.
[14:12] Bixyl Shuftan: ha ha
[14:13] լeυÏ Đeşαηtö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (LeviRawlings Resident): I've written a book about my first car - its an autobiography
[14:13] Cynthia Farshore: well we sure came together here!
[14:13] Soup Jonson: This is why we will now enter the word Caledon into Puns!
[14:13] Liz Wilner: haha

[14:13] Now playing: Raul Julia & Christopher Lloyd - Mamushka
[14:13] Bixyl Shuftan: and the dog is crying, I'll be back in a moment ... ha ha Levi
[14:13] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): While she had no regrets about throwing the lever to douse her husband's mistress in molten gold, Blanche did feel a pang of conscience for the innocent bystanders whose proximity had caused them to suffer gilt by association.
[14:13] Cynthia Farshore: So who won the battle of wits? ,,all of us :)
[14:14] Ťöсђö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (Tocho Cortes) is offline.
[14:14] KayCooper Resident: :D
[14:14] Kara of the bright smile (Kara2016 Resident): Smiles brightly.
[14:14] Cynthia Farshore: I saw a Microbiologist today and he was much bigger than I expected.
[14:14] Kara of the bright smile (Kara2016 Resident): Giggles
[14:14] Wildstar Beaumont: hehehe
[14:14] Jan Stroikavskoi: lol
[14:14] Liz Wilner: lol
[14:14] Soup Jonson: the battle of wits winner will be announced by Magda
[14:15] Liz Wilner: What should a lawyer always wear to a court? A good lawsuit!
[14:15] Soup Jonson: magda
[14:15] Soup Jonson: m
[14:15] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): I think we all win.
[14:15] Soup Jonson: YES
[14:15] Soup Jonson: +*✰*+*'*•.¸ APPLAUSE APPLAUSE ¸.•*'+*✰*+
[14:15] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Yes, that.
[14:15] Soup Jonson: Look at you winners
[14:15] Oriella Charik: ♪♫♥ Applauds!!! ♥♫♪
[14:15] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Noah decided to pursue his  lifelong dream of making wine and during his first delivery to a campground’s 1970s-themed nightclub, was introduced with "Noah’s the vintner of our disco tent."
[14:15] Jan Stroikavskoi: applauds wildly!
[14:15] Cynthia Farshore: yeah it's too hard to even figurwe out who is even a contestant!
[14:15] Kara of the bright smile (Kara2016 Resident): YYaayy!!
[14:15] Soup Jonson: And now for the difficult part
[14:16] Liam Metaluna is offline.
[14:16] Soup Jonson: The prizes are missing
[14:16] Jan Stroikavskoi: lol
[14:16] Jorge Serapis: Wait.. this was a contest..?
[14:16] Ɲαηi (Nani Harmony): Soup I love you from my head tomatoes
[14:16] Liz Wilner: The past, the present and the future walk into a bar. It was tense!
[14:16] Liam Metaluna is online.
[14:16] լeυÏ Đeşαηtö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (LeviRawlings Resident): I was hired to organize Dwayne Johnston's craft room but I lost his cutting tool... I lost Rock;s pater scissors...
[14:16] լeυÏ Đeşαηtö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (LeviRawlings Resident): *paper
[14:16] Liz Wilner: LOL
[14:16] Ťöсђö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (Tocho Cortes) is online.
[14:16] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): It was supposed to be a contest, but the contestants went missing, Jorge.
[14:16] Now playing: Blue Swede - Hooked on a Feeling
[14:17] Soup Jonson: i'll be preparing a freestyle rap for you all at my next voice event
[14:17] Liz Wilner: !!
[14:17] ::..  º DʆȻLϤ º  ƁȻΔƲMOƝƬ..::  (BAFANA Beaumont) is offline.
[14:17] KayCooper Resident: yessss
[14:17] Soup Jonson: An event entitled: What are you Reading
[14:17] Soup Jonson: Starts in may
[14:17] Cynthia Farshore: darn if I can see who is missing
[14:17] KayCooper Resident: \0/
[14:17] Soup Jonson: Shameless plug complete
[14:18] լeυÏ Đeşαηtö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (LeviRawlings Resident): For my next trick, I will push a bunch of percussion instruments down a hill.   Drum roll please...
[14:18] KayCooper Resident: XD
[14:18] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Merlin was weary of spell-checkers after having to come up quickly with a plausible explanation for why the royal baby arrived on a large white spork.
[14:18] Cynthia Farshore: hey that reminds me, How do you make a good egg-roll? You push it down a hill
[14:18] Jan Stroikavskoi: lol
[14:18] Liz Wilner: haha
[14:19] Liz Wilner: Coffee has a rough time in our house. It gets mugged every single morning!
[14:19] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): He wasn't superficial; in fact, he couldn't even swim.
[14:19] Cynthia Farshore: I worried about how to properly cook egg but finally got out of my shell
[14:19] Now playing: Weird Al Yankovic - Angry White Boy Polka
[14:19] KayCooper Resident: aww the pour coffee...
[14:19] Kara of the bright smile (Kara2016 Resident): The missing contestants should be punished for not showing up..but how?
[14:19] Jorge Serapis: The fishing boat was so laden with frozen fish, I couldn't get a ride. I watched it sink under the weight. There but for the crates of cod, went I.
[14:20] Liz Wilner: public flogging will do, Kara ;)  LOL
[14:20] Soup Jonson: You know as a host this is one of those events
[14:20] Liz Wilner: is there a stockade near here?
[14:20] Soup Jonson: Where you the audience taught me something
[14:20] լeυÏ Đeşαηtö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (LeviRawlings Resident): My cell phone accidently took a ten minute video of my shoes this morning, It was actually some pretty good footage...
[14:20] Liz Wilner: LOL
[14:20] Liz Wilner: good one
[14:20] Jan Stroikavskoi: lol
[14:20] Soup Jonson: How to live. How to love again

[14:21] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): And so the two pachyderms with the same first name met, and they formed the jazz duo legend known as the Elephants Gerald.
[14:21] Soup Jonson bursts into song
[14:21] Liz Wilner: groans
[14:21] Honor Woodget is offline.
[14:21] Kara of the bright smile (Kara2016 Resident): giggles.
[14:21] Cynthia Farshore: speaking of song, If I paid 50 cents to download a tune from Nickleback shouldn't it only cost me 45 cents?
[14:22] Soup Jonson: lol
[14:22] Soup Jonson: Research indicates that humor, including puns, can strengthen interpersonal relationships by promoting positive emotions and reducing tension in conversations. Additionally, the use of puns showcases a speaker’s wit and intelligence, which can elevate their social status within a group.
[14:22] Liz Wilner: lol
[14:22] Liz Wilner: What does a clock do when it’s hungry? It goes back for seconds.
[14:22] Jan Stroikavskoi: lol
[14:22] Soup Jonson: You all may have elevated your social status today
[14:22] Safra Nitely is online.
[14:23] լeυÏ Đeşαηtö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (LeviRawlings Resident): the urge to sing "The lion sleeps tonight" is always just a whim away.  A whim away, a whim away,, a whim away, a whim away...
[14:23] Cynthia Farshore: Can't get amy lower
[14:23] Soup Jonson: Zaida has arrived at the end smart girl!
[14:23] Liz Wilner: What did the buffalo say to his son? Bison.
[14:23] Jan Stroikavskoi: Thanks for the laughs :))
[14:23] Jan Stroikavskoi: lol
[14:23] Soup Jonson: Jan
[14:23] Soup Jonson: TY
[14:23] Jan Stroikavskoi: anytime :)
[14:24] Liz Wilner: tc Jan :)
[14:24] Jan Stroikavskoi: Bye for now!
[14:24] Ɲαηi presents a pile of diamonds to Zaida Gearbox
[14:24] KayCooper Resident: Bye Jan
[14:24] Liz Wilner: hi Zaida :)
[14:24] KayCooper Resident: Hi Zaida
[14:24] Now playing: Professor Elemental - Fighting Trousers
[14:24] Serina Juran is offline.
[14:24] Soup Jonson: i'd say it is a good time to compliment magda
[14:24] Soup Jonson: Magda you are nice.
[14:24] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Wolf Blitzer once inquired of Hugh Grant’s then-wife, Liz Hurley, why he had never been in a film with Virginia Madsen, to which she replied, “Hugh’s afraid of Virginia, Wolf.”
[14:25] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Lies!
[14:25] Cynthia Farshore: for putting up with us
[14:25] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): All lies!
[14:25] լeυÏ Đeşαηtö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (LeviRawlings Resident): I asked our local librarian if they had any books on Paranoia.  She whispered "they're right behind you..."
[14:25] Soup Jonson: yes cynthia lol
[14:25] Liam Metaluna is offline.
[14:25] Liz Wilner: LOL Levi!
[14:25] Soup Jonson: A librarian pun
[14:25] Kristaki Hudson is online.
[14:25] KayCooper Resident: lol
[14:25] Soup Jonson: Im a librarian my typist
[14:25] Cynthia Farshore: Soup you have the heart of the lion... and a lifetime ban from the zoo.
[14:26] Ɲαηi gives a ring to Magda Kameneva
[14:26] Soup Jonson: ty i love when you all put me in the puns
[14:26] Rita Mariner is online.
[14:26] Cynthia Farshore: To some marriage is a word to others it's a sentence
[14:26] Liz Wilner: lol
[14:26] Wildstar Beaumont: LOL
[14:26] լeυÏ Đeşαηtö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (LeviRawlings Resident): I heard that two slices of bread got married - it all went well until the best man toasted the bride and groom
[14:26] Soup Jonson: TY for giving today and for supporting Caledon events
[14:27] Liz Wilner: LOL
[14:27] Mixed Pixelinks (Reorganizer Resident) is offline.
[14:27] Soup Jonson: ty for ACTS and relay
[14:27] Now playing: David Bowie - The Laughing Gnome
[14:27] Tender Dragon (TndrDrgon Resident): Hi Stitches :)
[14:27] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Little Timmy suffered from Claustraphobia: the fear of being trapped in a closet with Santa Claus.
[14:27] Ɲαηi (Nani Harmony): bravo to all
[14:27] Liz Wilner: hi Stitches :)
[14:27] Kara of the bright smile (Kara2016 Resident): GO Relay!!
[14:27] Soup Jonson: stiches my odd yet peaceful friend
[14:27] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Hi, Stitches ...
[14:27] KayCooper Resident: Hi Stitches
[14:27] Stitches (AngryNoob Resident): Hey
[14:28] Cynthia Farshore: Also , thanks all of you for raising my spirits and giving me a smile

[14:28] Soup Jonson: hugs cynthia
[14:28] Liz Wilner: hugs Cynthia
[14:28] Cynthia Farshore: your a big family
[14:28] Kara of the bright smile (Kara2016 Resident): Hugs Cynthia
[14:28] KayCooper Resident: I've never been in a room with so many puns before
[14:28] Jorge Serapis: Good nigt, all.. and three cheers to Mags for this. :)
[14:28] լeυÏ Đeşαηtö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (LeviRawlings Resident): I have started investing in stocks.  Beef, Chicken and Vegetable.  One day I will be a Bouilloniare...
[14:28] Liz Wilner: LOL
[14:28] KayCooper Resident: Night Jorge
[14:28] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander) hugs Cynthia.
[14:28] Now playing: David Bowie - The Laughing Gnome
[14:28] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Night, Jorges ...
[14:29] Liz Wilner: tc Jorge :)
[14:29] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Thank you!
[14:29] Zaida Gearbox (zaida Gearbox): bye jorge
[14:29] Zaida Gearbox (zaida Gearbox): nice almost seeing you
[14:29] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): The police officers raised his service pistol and pointed it at the suspect, a master of disguise hiding in plain sight as a living statue in central park: “Freeze!” he called out.
[14:29] Zaida Gearbox (zaida Gearbox) waves to liz
[14:29] Cynthia Farshore: One day I will have to pass away myself, I want to be cremated as it is my last hope for a smoking hot body.
[14:29] Liz Wilner: LOL
[14:29] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Ha!
[14:30] լeυÏ Đeşαηtö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (LeviRawlings Resident): Our local bridge was closed permanently today, without warning.  I just cant get over it...
[14:30] Zaida Gearbox (zaida Gearbox): i plan on being a worm feast

[14:30] Now playing: Balkan Hotsteppers - Let's Go Trippin' (Klezmer Circus Stylee)
[14:30] Liz Wilner: lol
[14:30] Liz Wilner: What do you call a girl with one leg that’s shorter than the other? Ilene.
[14:30] Sun Yin Qi (Xhebhrautas Chakrabarti) is offline.
[14:30] Zaida Gearbox (zaida Gearbox): i've told my kid i want the worms crawl in sung at my funeral
[14:30] Zaida Gearbox (zaida Gearbox): ahahahahahaw
[14:31] Fox McCloud (foxx46 Resident) is online.
[14:31] Cynthia Farshore: that's why they put fences around cementeries because people are dying to get in.
[14:31] Liz Wilner: lol
[14:31] լeυÏ Đeşαηtö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (LeviRawlings Resident): I always get asked why I only sing when I;m driving in reverse - its because I'm a backup singer...
[14:31] Zaida Gearbox (zaida Gearbox): bwhahaha
[14:31] Liz Wilner: LOL
[14:31] Zaida Gearbox (zaida Gearbox): there's actually a big cemetery with no fence near here
[14:31] Zaida Gearbox (zaida Gearbox): and people really do die to get in - someone killed himself in there last year
[14:32] Liz Wilner: !!
[14:32] Tender Dragon (TndrDrgon Resident): lol
[14:32] JardenAlexis Resident is online.
[14:32] Wildstar Beaumont: I am putting 500 L in each kiosk. Anybody matching me ? we will make each of them reach 20k
[14:32] Liz Wilner: ooo
[14:32] Soup Jonson: I want to thank all of you for today.
[14:32] Liz Wilner: A cabbage and celery walk into a bar and the cabbage gets served first because he was a head.
[14:33] լeυÏ Đeşαηtö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (LeviRawlings Resident): Coffee was just voted the best drink in the nation!  Of course, there was the usual complaint that there were too many absent tea ballots...
[14:33] Zaida Gearbox (zaida Gearbox): bwhahahaha
[14:33] KayCooper Resident: XD
[14:33] Cynthia Farshore: well better than the guy who jumped in a septic tank to drown to commit sewercide
[14:33] Soup Jonson: We wind down the formal event but we can chat and pun away. Ms Magda TY she of course is here until 3
[14:33] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): One time at the hoagie shop a woman I knew asked what the tiny pimiento-stuffed thing in my cheddar-bread sandwich was and I had to respond: "Wee olive in a yellow sub, Maureen."
[14:33] Kara of the bright smile (Kara2016 Resident): giggles
[14:34] Miss Karlie Cobalt (karliekarliekarlie Resident) is offline.
[14:34] Soup Jonson: thank you to everyone and yes i too wanna feed these kiosks
[14:34] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Wow, $60K! Thank you all so much for your generosity and love of wordplay!
[14:34] KayCooper Resident: Thank you for the amazing puns everybody!
[14:34] Bixyl Shuftan: back, sorry
[14:34] Soup Jonson: +*✰*+*'*•.¸ APPLAUSE APPLAUSE ¸.•*'+*✰*+
[14:34] KayCooper Resident: wb
[14:34] լeυÏ Đeşαηtö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (LeviRawlings Resident): Thank you for a fun time everyone!
[14:35] Liz Wilner: ♪♫♥ Applauds!!! ♥♫♪
[14:35] Zaida Gearbox (zaida Gearbox): a camel with one hump had a baby with two humps - the baby had no humps so what did they name him?
[14:35] KayCooper Resident:        *•.¸'*•.¸ ★ ¸.•*´¸.•*
[14:35] KayCooper Resident: .•*★¨`•  Aρρlɑuѕɛ  •¨`★*•.
[14:35] KayCooper Resident:     ¸.•*`¸.•*´  ★  `*•.¸`*•.¸
[14:35] Zaida Gearbox (zaida Gearbox): humpfree
[14:35] Kara of the bright smile (Kara2016 Resident): YYYaayy!!
[14:35] Cynthia Farshore: Yeah Bix it ok lots of people have sory backs
[14:35] Soup Jonson: Bixyl you missed the formal finale we are in light chat now and puns
[14:35] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Have a lovely evening - feel free to stick around to the bitter end and listen to silly music and tell more puns!
[14:35] Bixyl Shuftan: ha ha Zaida
[14:35] Ɲαηi (Nani Harmony): BRAVOOOOOO
[14:35] Coche Hazelnut is offline.
[14:35] Oriella Charik: ♪♫♥ Applauds!!! ♥♫♪
[14:35] Mixed Pixelinks (Reorganizer Resident) is offline.
[14:35] KayCooper Resident: I need to be going for now, great job hosting, Soup :)
[14:36] KayCooper Resident: Take care everyone
[14:36] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Thank you, Soup!
[14:36] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Nice to see you, Kay!
[14:36] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Take care ...
[14:36] Kristaki Hudson is offline.
[14:36] Liz Wilner: tc Kay :)
[14:36] Christi Maeterlinck is offline.
[14:36] Cynthia Farshore: hosting what?
[14:36] Christi Maeterlinck is online.
[14:36] Now playing: Mashup-Germany - Everybody Speaks No Americano (Yolanda be Cool vs. Backstreet Boys vs. Phantom of the Opera vs. Bob Sinclair vs. Benny Benassi mashup)
[14:36] Kara of the bright smile (Kara2016 Resident): Thank you, Magda and Soup. It was a wonderful event.
[14:36] Cynthia Farshore: free for all
[14:36] Tender Dragon (TndrDrgon Resident): Soup was the host today Cynthia
[14:36] լeυÏ Đeşαηtö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (LeviRawlings Resident): One last one from me...  Bono and The Edge walk into a bar...  the barman groans and says oh no, not U2 again...
[14:36] Bixyl Shuftan: A little surprised no one tried making a pun out of me being Cynthia's clone today
[14:37] Bixyl Shuftan: Yeah, he was a Soup-er host
[14:37] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Heee.
[14:37] Tender Dragon (TndrDrgon Resident): he prepared all sorts of interesting facts about word play
[14:37] Ɲαηi (Nani Harmony): indeed
[14:37] Tender Dragon (TndrDrgon Resident): didn't you notice?
[14:37] Liz Wilner: LOL Levi :)
[14:37] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Post-game cake, long a clubhouse tradition for the Mudville Nine, was taken off the menu when new manager Sperb Farquhar made it clear that everybody, including the team's sluggers, would be called on to sacrifice bundt.
[14:37] Cynthia Farshore: he was SUPPOSE to be :)

[14:37] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Soup is a my Souperstar today!
[14:37] Bixyl Shuftan: heh heh
[14:37] Wildstar Beaumont: :))
[14:37] Tender Dragon (TndrDrgon Resident): Yes he sure was Magda :)
[14:37] Liz Wilner: Soup...great hosting!!!
[14:38] Bixyl Shuftan: Yeah, I was going to make a clone joke, but I'd figured you'd seen that one before.
[14:38] Soup Jonson: TY this was fun
[14:38] Liz Wilner: haha
[14:38] Tender Dragon (TndrDrgon Resident): Thank you Soup
[14:38] Cynthia Farshore: yeah great fun
[14:38] Tender Dragon (TndrDrgon Resident): you did a great job
[14:38] Liz Wilner: and Thank you Magda for putting this together!!
[14:38] Zaida Gearbox (zaida Gearbox): i can't find my popcorn chair?
[14:38] Bixyl Shuftan: Yeah, I guess Soup did this event "on the fly"
[14:38] լeυÏ Đeşαηtö Cöгţeş đe βeﾒαг (LeviRawlings Resident): take care everyone!  See you all next time.
[14:38] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Take care, Levi, and thank you.
[14:38] Liz Wilner: tc Levi :)
[14:39] Soup Jonson: haha
[14:39] Soup Jonson: Bix!
[14:39] Bixyl Shuftan: see you Levi
[14:39] Eleanor Medier is offline.
[14:39] Liz Wilner: tc Kara :)
[14:39] Cynthia Farshore: I'm not so sure how to go about flying so guess I'll just have to Wing it
[14:39] Soup Jonson: Wild!!!
[14:39] Oriella Charik: Good night all

[14:39] Bixyl Shuftan: ha ha Cynthia
[14:39] Soup Jonson: I love when you are around
[14:39] Cynthia Farshore: Getting the ability to fly would be so uplifting.
[14:39] Bixyl Shuftan: good night Oriella
[14:39] Bixyl Shuftan: ha ha
[14:40] Liz Wilner: nite Ori :)
[14:40] Zaida Gearbox (zaida Gearbox): what did the girl mushroom say to the boy mushroom? gee your a fungi
[14:40] Liz Wilner: haha!
[14:40] Bain Finch (bainfinch Resident) is online.
[14:40] Cynthia Farshore: We are in search of fresh vegetable puns, lettuce know.
[14:40] Tender Dragon (TndrDrgon Resident): lol Zaida
[14:40] Bixyl Shuftan: One of my avies has that ability in no fly zones with scripts enabled. Drives the landowners batty

[14:40] Now playing: The Arrogant Worms - Carrot Juice is Murder
[14:40] Liz Wilner: lol
[14:41] Lissena Wisdomseeker (Lissena Resident) is online.
[14:42] Hayden Cerise is offline.
[14:42] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): After purchasing an oval Chinese frying pan at the diminutive British aristocrat’s yard sale, Nigel realized that he’d just taken a long wok off a short Peer.
[14:42] Liz Wilner: LOL
[14:42] Tender Dragon (TndrDrgon Resident): rofl
[14:42] Ɲαηi (Nani Harmony): howdy Stitches
[14:42] Bixyl Shuftan: ha ha
[14:43] Stitches (AngryNoob Resident): Hey
[14:43] Bixyl Shuftan: "Stitches" appropriate name for this event
[14:43] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): As Freddie donned his mercurial black waistcoat, trimmed his mustache, and helped his younger brother tie his ascot in preparation for the 22nd annual Ravencon he could not help but reflect how happy he was to be a Poe boy from a Poe family.
[14:43] Liz Wilner: laughs

[14:43] Bixyl Shuftan: ha ha Magda
[14:43] Drewski Northman is online.
[14:44] Soup Jonson: you all are beautiful ty for coming

[14:44] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): After almost twenty years of baldness, Harry finally decided to splurge on an expensive, human-hair wig—after all, four hundred dollars to look twenty years younger was a small price toupée.
[14:44] Soup Jonson: Stiches lovely outfit as always
[14:44] Now playing: Max Raabe & Palast Orchester - Tainted Love
[14:44] Wesley Regenbogen is offline.
[14:44] Stitches (AngryNoob Resident): I got it just for this occasion, having no idea I was coming
[14:45] Soup Jonson: lol
[14:45] Ɲαηi (Nani Harmony): you know bishes get.........
[14:45] Bixyl Shuftan: ha ha Magda
[14:45] Stitches (AngryNoob Resident): I don't think these jokes are putting anyone in stitches
[14:46] Ɲαηi (Nani Harmony): i mean dishes
[14:46] Soup Jonson: Heading home peeps!
[14:46] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Did you hear about the oil spill relief workers who cleaned 15 dolphins with a single box of borax? Turns out that, just like it says on the box, it’s a great multi-porpoise cleanser.
[14:46] Bixyl Shuftan: heh heh
[14:46] Soup Jonson: Goodbye all111
[14:46] Bixyl Shuftan: see you soup, and ha haMagda
[14:46] Cynthia Farshore: laters Soup
[14:46] Charlize Bellic is online.
[14:46] Soup Jonson: bye bye1
[14:46] Soup Jonson: :0
[14:46] Wildstar Beaumont: take care Soup
[14:47] Cynthia Farshore: first the appetizers
[14:47] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Although I do sometimes make terrible puns, I think if you were to look at all the puns I make, the good would outweigh the bad, and it’d average out OK. Put differently, although I may make terrible jokes, I mean well.
[14:47] Liz Wilner: tc Soup :)
[14:47] Liz Wilner: ty again!
[14:47] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Did you hear about all the hidden meanings in the Lion King? Yeah, it’s full of Simbalism.
[14:47] Now playing: Rocky Horror Picture Show Cast - The Time Warp
[14:47] Bixyl Shuftan: No problem Madga. there was a time I told ten puns hoping one would be a good one.
[14:47] Zaida Gearbox (zaida Gearbox): where's soup going?
[14:47] Wildstar Beaumont: need to get bac to RL for a short while . This was great fun! Good bye everyone
[14:48] Bixyl Shuftan: But no pun in ten did.
[14:48] Liz Wilner: see you soon, Wild :)
[14:48] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Take care, Wild ...
[14:48] Bixyl Shuftan: see you soon WIlde
[14:48] Cynthia Farshore: well it's hard to gauge Magda as a pun to one is funny but to another it's not so don't worry about it
[14:48] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Did you hear about the guy who ate six cans of alphabet soup? He had the biggest vowel movement ever.
[14:49] Zaida Gearbox (zaida Gearbox): ewwwwww lol
[14:49] Netera Landar is online.
[14:49] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Also relevant for our host: If you’re considering working in a prison library, you’ll need to consider both the prose and the cons.
[14:49] Soup Jonson: hahahaha
[14:49] Cynthia Farshore: cheaper too I guess as An expensive laxative will give you a run for your money.
[14:49] Zaida Gearbox (zaida Gearbox): ahahahahahah
[14:50] Safra Nitely is offline.
[14:50] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Today at my local grocery store, they were playing the 80’s “I bless the rains down in Africa” song, which is now ruthlessly stuck in my head. At least they had good bread, so it wasn’t a Toto loss.
[14:50] Now playing: Slim Gaillard Quartet - Dunkin' Bagel

 

It was then discoered just how much was raised at this event.

[14:51] Cynthia Farshore: ssoooo these are three separate kiosk right each with it's own total?
[14:51] Bixyl Shuftan: youre right
[14:51] Bixyl Shuftan: 60K
[14:52] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): I have developed a terrible speed bump addiction. But I’m slowly getting over them.
[14:52] Kylee Gracemount is online.
[14:52] Cynthia Farshore: yes 61k

[14:52] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): I have developed a terrible speed bump addiction. But I’m slowly getting over them.
[14:52] Cynthia Farshore: yes 61k
[14:52] Bixyl Shuftan: ha ha Magda
[14:52] Darkefur Fraker is online.
[14:52] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Not a bad total for more than 90 minutes of punnery.
[14:52] Cynthia Farshore: GOOD JOB Magda!
[14:52] DeniseUnicorn Toonie is online.
[14:52] Bixyl Shuftan: spent a moment copy-pasting. Trying to save all these puns
[14:52] Liz Wilner: Great job, Magda!!
[14:52] Bixyl Shuftan: For two reasons
[14:53] Cynthia Farshore: copy and pasting? you save them?
[14:53] Now playing: Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy
[14:53] Bixyl Shuftan: Oh, was going to do an article about this event ....
[14:53] Cynthia Farshore: ooohhh jezzz *nose pinch*
[14:54] Bixyl Shuftan: *chuckles*
[14:54] Cynthia Farshore: yes he's still a reporter
[14:54] Liz Wilner: that would be good, Bixyl :)

[14:54] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Did you hear about the man who swallowed six small plastic horses? Doctors described his condition as “Stable”.
[14:54] Bixyl Shuftan: And yeah, the puns  some of them, would make for punchlines for cartoons
[14:54] Liz Wilner: lol Magda
[14:54] Bixyl Shuftan: ha ha Magda
[14:54] Nena Anetani (Renamon Yazimoto) is online.
[14:54] Fox McCloud (foxx46 Resident) is offline.
[14:54] Bixyl Shuftan: I heard one lodged in his throat
[14:54] Bixyl Shuftan: he was a little hoarse

[14:54] Liz Wilner: haha
[14:55] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Heee.
[14:55] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): I keep trying to start exercising, but it just isn’t working out.
[14:55] Liz Wilner: hehe
[14:55] Bixyl Shuftan: ha ha Magda

[14:56] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): A woman walks into the ER and sits down in chairs. After a moment of silence, she shouts “Shouldn’t!”. A minute passes. “Can’t! Wouldn’t!” Another minute. “Oughtn’t! Could’ve! Won’t!”. A doctor hears her shouts and dashes over to her. “Somebody call the maternity ward! This woman’s having contractions!”

[14:56] Now playing: Vermillion Lies - The Astronomer
[14:56] Bixyl Shuftan: ha ha Magda
[14:56] Cynthia Farshore: Today a man knocked on my door and asked for a small donation towards the local swimming pool, so I gave him a glass of water, and a note with https://www.cancer.org written on it
[14:57] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander) laughs.
[14:57] Cynthia Farshore: ok that was bad
[14:57] Liz Wilner: lol

[14:58] Tara (ArtemisFlidais Resident) is offline.
[14:58] Bixyl Shuftan: ha ha Cynthia

[14:58] Now playing: Bart & Baker - Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
[14:58] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): And this is my last song.
[14:58] Bixyl Shuftan: By the way who here hasn't seen Nydia Tungsten's pun tribute video?
[14:58] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): Thank you for being here and sharing your wonderful humor.
[14:59] Magda Kameneva (Magda Fairelander): I have not.
[14:59] Bixyl Shuftan: welcome Magda
[14:59] Bixyl Shuftan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pOzTFKjQGw

[15:00] Liz Wilner: I need to dash...ty so much, Magda!

[15:00] Cynthia Farshore: I need to go too I have a computer to work on, I used to love to work on computers then I lost my drive
[15:00] Bixyl Shuftan: ha ha Cynthia
[15:00] Liz Wilner: have a great rest of the day you 3! :)
[15:00] Cynthia Farshore: parting pun
[15:00] Bixyl Shuftan: you too Liz
[15:01] Cynthia Farshore curtsies elegantly.
[15:01] Bixyl Shuftan: *attempts to do the same* 

 

And so ended Caledon's "Battle of Wits." If nothing else, the event raised 61,000 Linden dollars, about $244 USD. But it also provided two ours of practivally non-stop puns from good to bad. And yours truly leanred a few new ones.

 

And I leanred a few of mine had matured. They were fully groan. 

 

And even as the Cynthia clone, there was no need to skirt around the issue. 

 

Go Relay!

 

Bixyl Shuftan 

 

Linden Lab Answers Questions and Concerns About Gaeta 1, Other Issues, At Town Hall

 

By Bixyl Shuftan

 

 

 

From Zada Bury

 On Monday at 11 AM SL time, there was a meeting at Linden Lab's Town Hall building. The main reason was for residents to get answers to questions and concerns about The Lab announcing that the smaller of two unfinished Mainland continents, Gaeta 1, will be closed down and it's residents relocated while the other unfinished continent, Zindra, will be completed. But other issues could be brought up as well. 

 

 I was a little late for the meeting, and regretfully as far as pictures are concerned, my viewer went into "safe mode," with much of the scenery around me not showing much of what was in two nearby sims, including the Linden avatars on stage. 

 

from Zada Bury

 Patch Linden was among the Lab staff there. But most of the questions would be answered by Derrick Linden.

 

From Zada Bury

Behind the audience, someone had put up a huge sign, "SAVE GATEA 1 !!!" 

 

 

 Pantera Polnocy would make a video (click here if it fails to load).

 

There was a considerable amount of chatter. Fortunately someone, Neon Lyter, had done some editing, separating the big questions. 

 

[11:09 AM] Tay Doll: How will the actual moving process take place? Is the land owner responsible for actually moving their own items?

Yes, however we’re planning to work with each individual person and give them time to move the content they need or want to move over, and pick up anything they don’t plan on carrying over.

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[11:14:12 AM] Derrick (derrick.linden): [11:09 AM] Fieri Bloodrose (infierna.bloodrose): will small areas of protected land possibly be opened?

Currently we don’t have any plans to open any existing protected areas, and the new regions that are being created in Zindra will have protected roads and waterways.

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[11:16:35 AM] Derrick (derrick.linden): [11:09 AM] Neon Lyter: Why not finish Gaeta 1?

This was certainly an option that we had considered, however, there are large swaths of land available here, especially those that are not along any waterways or nearby roads, that is unoccupied and unutilized. As mentioned in the blog, we’re wanting to shift this land into more desirable adult mainland, and use it as an opportunity to finish out the Zindra continent.

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[11:19:40 AM] Derrick (derrick.linden): [11:11 AM] Neon Lyter: Lots of people are about preserving the history of SL. This move is going to destroy a lot of history.

I absolutely hear you and it is something that we had to consider very closely and carefully. However, we feel as though this puts us in a more ideal position as we look toward the future and positive future for both Second Life the mainland especially.

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[11:12 AM] Timo Daehlie: Sharp next ?

We have no plans or changes anticipated for Sharp or any other mainland continents at this time :)

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[11:12 AM] Jelly Doll: @Derrick (derrick.linden)  will residents be able to hold Gaeta1 land and the replacement land without additional costs during the move to allow for builds to be more easily moved? or will they have to drop one and start over on another (as it was during the last forced move) ?

This is something we anticipate some users needing, and we will absolutely be working with them to the best ability the we can to make this transition as smooth as possible. And that does include possibly assisting them in this exact manner.

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[11:24:00 AM] Derrick (derrick.linden): [11:12 AM] SarahKB7 Koskinen: Four older (Nascera) Linden Homes continents were deleted last year. What has happened to those regions (and the financial savings they created) and why have those Nascera regions not been redistributed to complete both Zindra and Gaeta 1, while also connecting Gaeta 1 to the remainder of mainland?

Those four continents of old Linden Home regions were brought down and the redistribution of those regions is a slower phased process, and are being released with new style Linden Homes over the longer period of time. Those regions were earmarked for Linden Homes, and not Mainland.

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[11:26:24 AM] Derrick (derrick.linden): [11:13 AM] Zurí L McGlockin (pucci): will there be any water regions along the protected waters opening for purchase? most of the ones that are here have already be purchased up by land companies.

Yes, there will be some water regions that will be resident occupied. However, the first priority is the individuals that are impacted on Gaeta 1 and those are getting first dibs on the new land being made available on Zindra. We will not make any of the new land available for anyone else to purchase or claim until those individuals are sorted through.

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[11:13:15 AM] Nibbles (skyler.pancake): Gaeta 1 was originally created in 2008. Why was the continent left unfinished? Is it not arguable that the continent would have been more popular and occupied if Linden Labs had finished the expansion of the continent?
Zindra meanwhile, was announced in June 2009 with work on the land starting shortly after, but then left uncomplete for 15 years. Why the change of heart? What has spurred Linden Labs to make this decision after over a decade of residents pleading with Linden Labs to provide additional adult mainland?

Why is Gaeta 1 being sacrificed for the prior decisions of Linden Labs and the incompetence in finishing the continent? At the time of the decision being announced, Gaeta 1 had 10.2% of land abandoned. This is in comparison to Jeogeot with 29.6% and Satori with 27%. Why should the residents of these continents not be concerned that their creations, their effort and time, might just be done away with?
If the decision was based on remoteness to other continents, do the residents of Heterocera,
which in comparison only has 10.7% abandoned land, need to worry that the land they own may be seized some day?

What about Bellissaria? Certain themes in Bellissaria are massively unpopulated. Alpinisseria has 69% of all available homes empty. Fantasseria is only 48% occupied. Overall, there are 10,000 plus homes available on Bellissaria to currently be claimed, meaning 39% of houses there are currently unoccupied. Why is more effort being put into expanding Bellissaria when there's this much product currently unused? Why are we not halting the expansion of Bellissaria or repurposing land from there instead?

[11:36:53 AM] Derrick (derrick.linden): @Nibbles (skyler.pancake) Your question was a bit long, so not-repasting it, but to follow up: 

So there’s a lot to unpack here, and I’m gonna try to make this quick because there’s a lot of questions being asked and we don’t have a WHOLE lot of time. I can’t speak to Gaeta 1’s creation or its unfinished state, this happened prior to my tenure here, and pretty much all of the individuals that were in decision-making positions at the time are no longer here. I totally understand this sentiment, but I unfortunately don’t have much I can answer on this front. However, I did see the figures on the forums that are being quoted here based on externally-collected data, and these numbers are not accurate to the information that we have. Gaeta 1’s occupancy on non-protected parcels was actually only 44%. And it being disconnected was a contributing factor, but not the primary reason.

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[11:38:14 AM] Derrick (derrick.linden): [11:14 AM] ϻ ᴀ ᴢ ᴛ ᴀ (maztadizazta): question : if we have a xx amount of land in Gaeta 1 we will be given choice for equal amount of land or we can also chosse to buy more than what we currently own for example if its a 1/2 sim can we get a full region in the expansion option too? and what will be the pricing on that

No, it will be same sized parcels for parcel placement.

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[11:42:11 AM] Derrick (derrick.linden): [11:15 AM] James Starling: What steps are you going to take to ensure that the new land in Zindra is not immediately bought up by land barons?

We are not making any parcels of land available there until everyone that is being moved from Gaeta 1 has been taken care of and have claimed parcels there, or elsewhere, as they desire and we work with them. That leaves us several months ahead that these regions will begin to be added to Zindra, but not made available to claim the land. The timeline for this whole process is through the end of this year, so realistically no land will be made publicly available until that time. After that, we’re currently discussing strategies for how to make the remainder of the new land available, and it will likely be some sort of mixture of auctions and/or a possible lottery system that we are discussing internally. However, if you have other thoughts, we’d love to hear about them.

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[11:43:32 AM] Derrick (derrick.linden): [11:16 AM] V (vivaria.nightingale): So, will us Gaetanss also get first dibs on scoopin up some additionall A class land before the land hoarderss that aren't Gaetanss? & If so how much we lookin at pricing wise? uhh?

Yeah, I’ve answered this already, but just to reconfirm - yes, Gaeta 1 landowners will get first dibs. Pricing will remain the same on your current tier structure as long as you’re just doing a like-for-like parcel switch.

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[11:45:25 AM] Derrick (derrick.linden): [11:19 AM] Zoé (zoee.yiyuan): people of general lands do not really like to move to a continent like Zindra that is openly and clearly made for sexual intentions. Why not make extra general / mature sims free at another continent ? Maybe a complete generall continent, not too big maybe, would attract serious investors again

Absolutely understood on that concern, so the good news is that you don’t need to move to Zindra. There is plenty of available General and Moderate rated land available, and our Land Operations team will be happy to help find somewhere for you to move based on your specific needs.

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[11:47:39 AM] Derrick (derrick.linden): [11:19 AM] ApplePieCheesecake: In terms of void edge land on Gaeta, what is considered comparable on Zindra? Is it ocean access?

This land is being considered as interior land and not water. However, the new land being spun up on Zindra has plenty of available water, and that doesn’t necessarily immediately disqualify you from owning water-adjacent parcels.

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[11:48:38 AM] Derrick (derrick.linden): [11:20 AM] ღ ɳყxιҽ ʋσιɗɓσυɳɗ ღ (punanidasani): What about people who have SL families with child avatars who are living on Gaeta I? They cant move to an adult continent.

My answers are slow, apologies, but also addressed - you don’t need to move to Zindra, we’ll help find you somewhere on a General rated region if that’s what you need.

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[11:51:08 AM] Derrick (derrick.linden): [11:21 AM] Feorie Frimon: Is this part of an over all 'resurgence' in a focus on mainland architecture? Or is this a 'one time' project'?

This is definitely one step in the direction of looking at working with our Mainland product, and we have several initiatives that we’re currently working on. For instance, we’ve been doing some stuff that I don’t really want to spill the beans on here, however, those of you that have been paying attention to New Bloom Mountain might have some indication on things to come :)

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[11:54:29 AM] Derrick (derrick.linden): [11:28 AM] Timo Daehlie: When managing relocations or land disputes on Gaeta, do you take into account how long someone has owned their land? Specifically, do long-term residents receive priority over those who purchased land just this week?

Overall, our priority is the largest impacted communities first. Afterwards, we’ll be working with individuals and smaller groups. However, we are giving priority to residents and groups who owned their land prior to April 15th when this blog was released.

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[11:28:37 AM] Aletta Mondragon (alettamondragon): I had this question in the forum discussion, rather a suggestion, since our questions weren't addressed there, could you share your opinion on this here, please?

What if you first tried to redesign Gaeta I and move it to Gaeta V, for example between the Northwestern part of Gaeta V and the Northeastern part of Corsica, roughly between Mya Mo and Imajin, reducing Gaeta I's size so that you get rid of the abandoned land but keep the Sandy Beach Trail, the coastline and the existing communities, moving the other regions as needed to reshape it? It cannot be more work than these planned relocation efforts, and if that doesn't bring you the desired results, you can still shut it down, but trying couldn't hurt more than keeping all the abandoned land online already has for so many years.

[12:00:00 PM] Derrick (derrick.linden): @alettamondragon

There were considerations put into this, but the primary concern that we’re attempting to work toward a resolution here is that there is an imbalance between A vs G/M regions. This opportunity allows us to help the land market on Zindra while also solving for lower occupancy numbers on Gaeta 1.

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[12:04:34 PM] Derrick (derrick.linden): [11:32 AM] Tay Doll: Will we see more projects like this in the future of land being recycled to for better purposes to be more efficient and progress SL forward?

We are entirely focused and only have plans currently for Gaeta 1. Afterwards, I can make no guarantees for what the future holds, but I want to make it clear that we understand how impactful this is and do not take decisions like this lightly. So this will continue to be evaluated for the future of the mainland and SL as a whole.

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[12:06:35 PM] Derrick (derrick.linden): [11:32 AM] Bahama Joe (joebahama): Can you set expecations as to how much land will be available to non-Gaeta residents?  97 regions are moving to 90.  What percent of those 97 were abandoned before the announcement?

We don’t have any clear indications yet just because we don’t know how many will opt for new land on Zindra vs existing G/M land. We anticipate having left over land on Zindra, we just can’t estimate exactly how much.

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[12:14:42 PM] Derrick (derrick.linden): [11:49 AM] Prokofy Neva: Did the Lindens already mention how many people this is estimated to actually affect who actually log on?

There were 349 unique land owners or groups as of April 15th that owned land on Gaeta 1

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[12:16:40 PM] Derrick (derrick.linden): [11:52 AM] Kristy Aurelia: Will the new Zindra regions have PBR terrain?

Oatmeal already answered, but just in case anyone missed it: not PBR, but we will be releasing new 2k textures on Zindra as we begin to roll out the new Zindra regions.

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[12:18:05 PM] Derrick (derrick.linden): [11:55 AM] Ayane Ueda (nalurimurai.lust): @Derrick (derrick.linden) - Will there be a possible chance in the future that Zindra might be connected to the rest of Mainland?

No, this is not possible. We do not place Adult and G/M rated regions adjacent to one another.

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[12:20:20 PM] Derrick (derrick.linden): [11:56 AM] James Starling: What is LL going to do to help residents with very strong memories attached to their land. For example, residents who still have things rezzed out from family and friends who have passed away in real life. Is there some way for Linden Lab to move these objects to the new land?

Unfortunately, we don’t have any options available to us to selectively relocate specific objects like this.

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[12:24:27 PM] Derrick (derrick.linden): [12:01 PM] Zoé (zoee.yiyuan): Can we have a meeting with just Gaeta 1 people, just to sort out things more in detail?

We’re currently planning to do a smaller town hall specifically as an invite-only to individuals and groups that have land on Gaeta 1. These will be sent as personal invitations, so keep an eye out for incoming communication over the coming couple of weeks. These will be sent via notecard from a Linden.

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[12:34:01 PM] Derrick (derrick.linden): [12:25 PM] Jelly Doll: @Derrick (derrick.linden) how is contact being handled in the case of group owned land ?

We’re balancing and weighing depending on if the founder still active, in lieu of that we prioritize the individuals that are contributing the tier to the groups.
 

At the end, the Lindens thanked us for taking part, Kit Linden saying, "Thank you all for coming to this town hall meeting!" 

 

Commentary: This will almost certainly not be the last we hear about Gaeta 1 being phased out. It is noteable that just about every Linden who was around when they stopped updating Mainland is no longer at the Lab.  And while there are no current plans to go further, many residents will certainly wonder if down the road other places will be on the chopping block. 

 

 More later on the issue as developments appear.

 

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