Monday :: Punday

Below is part of the group message with the amis from a week ago. I thought it was amusing. Maybe some of you will too.

Ami L: I feel so poplar (like the tree) when I pick up my phone and have to look through ten messages to see what's up. Really spruces (like the tree) me up.

Me: Um... Where did the tree references come from?

Amie M: These tree puns are terrible.

Ami M: I hope they stoplar and don't go on forevergreen because they are giving me a head-oak.

Me: You both need to stop being pain-in-the-aspens  :P

Ami M: You should've said pine-in-the-aspens!

Me: Ommggggg!

Ami M: That failure makes me fir-ious.

Me: Maybe one day I'll suc-seed

Ami M: You should be redwood in the face from embarrassment. Maybe branch out from puns to other things you might be better at?

Me: If this was a pun battle... I think I lost :/

Ami M: Maybe try again when you're alder

Ami S: Elm

Me: ...

Ami M: Honestly better than your pitiful attempts Erin.

Me: I thought they were oak-ay... I guess I'll leaf now.

Yup. You're free to roll your eyes now, I guess.

( Image via here ) 

Dumb Ways To Die

While in the 1000 Islands a few weeks ago, my two 8 year old cousins wouldn't stop singing this song. I had never heard it despite it's 80+ million YouTube views (that shows how old I am...), but it is so funny, cute, and a bit educational (as it turns out, the video was originally used as a public service announcement in Australia). I've seriously been humming on the reg since the trip. It's so catchy!

The two cousins loved it so much that I heard at least three or four parodies of it during the week. The most popular being "Dumb Ways To Die With The Elements" and (the parent-encouraged) "Smart Ways To Live" (haha).  Below is a little clip of one of the cousins singing his element version of the song. It was crazy how obsessed he is with them. He knows tons of the symbols and atomic numbers and spent the week asking every member of the family what their favorite elements were over and over and over again. I had to say carbon, although I like iron too (insert vegetarian joke here or something).

Take your toast out with lead indeed.
(Sorry for the lame video quality :|)

Headline Puns

Do any of you watch the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest that takes place every 4th of July at Coney Island? I don't get around to watching it every year as I'm not always by a television or even home every 4th of July, but I love watching it when I can (even if I am a vegetarian). This morning, they were talking about it on the Today Show and this was the headline. Could it really get any more punny? The pun-lover in me thought it was hysterical! I will actually be around tomorrow, so I'm thinking of tuning in. Maybe history will be made (although 70 hot dogs is such a ridiculous quantity)!