PUNishment

My friend C. has a way with words. Puns, in particular. Now, my father being the big joker that he is raised me to be a pun connoisseur, so I have a rather educated palate when it comes to sampling these humorous delicacies. Case in point:

Me: Dad, um, I think you're using the wrong fork. You should be using your salad fork for the salad course [and, no, I don't really care if someone uses the wrong fork. I was just being a snarky teenager].

Dad: Well, fork you!!

Anyway, C. has certainly been filled with the puns since arriving here in Bangkok. I thought I would go ahead and share some that made me groan with alacrity:

Me: So this is an old historic fort.
C: We should come back at night.
Me: Why?
C: So we can have a fortnight
C: And if the King lived there when he was younger, would that make him a fort-teen?

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Me: Do you think there are any other wats [the Thai word for "temple"] that you would like to visit?
C: Sup Dock.
Me: Hmmm....I don't think I've heart of Wat Sup Dock......oh.......

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.....and my favorite thus far:

We have been talking a lot about durian, which is a fruit that you either love or hate. I happen to love it, C. happens to hate it. It is frequently pronounced several different ways, but most commonly dur-ee-ON, or DOR-ee-an.

C: Durian [DOR-ee-an] turns a gray-ish color when it starts to go bad. It would be nice to find some right now and get a picture of it.
Me: Why is that?
C: So we can have a Picture of Dorian Gray.

I'm sure there will be plenty more where that came from :)

In other news, I think this is the funniest thing ever (this entire website makes me want to simultaneously die laughing and claw my face off). There's a small part of me that would like to be like this when I'm older. Most likely, though, I'll probably just spend time in broomstick skirts dusting my crystals and Buddhas, humming Dar Williams songs to myself, and crocheting enough scarves to outfit the entire globe.