Many seniors remember that special era and how bright that light shone, creating a renaissance that inspired and, for a while and with wonder, changed the world. Except in our memories, and hopefully recordings, gone. Fortunately listening to an old vinyl, those feelings can still be replenished and unfurled.
PUN-ISH-MENT
I’ve always found puns to be fascinating and thought provoking. Others find them pun-ish-ing. Nevertheless, the following bit of rhyme might provide some food for thought.
THE LAST STRAW
It’s time to ‘ketchup’ on a few food puns. Like, if you become addicted to spreading too much mayo on a submarine sandwich you might end up a patient at the Mayo Clinic. When you bite into the English lan-guage, the food puns available are tons. Its adjectives, verbs and especially nouns can provide a delicious grammatical unorthodox picnic. Others with different tastes end up having the biscuit. Shakespeare, the great bard, occasionally incorporated this lowest form of humour. However, any dedicated punster, whatever the consequences, has no choice but to simply risk it, regardless whether they reside in the Big Apple, LA, Toronto or Vancouver. A portrait photographer from Montreal might think "c’est fromage" but nevertheless in English say "smile and say cheese".
Speaking of culture did you know that some surmise the most successful is the yogurt. Somehow after that last one I can almost hear a reader think enough pun-ish-ment please. Perhaps the last example is the last straw, the proof is in the pudding, that too many puns can actually hurt. Guess it’s time to cut the mustard even though some relish puns because puns can provide a morsel of food for thought. Perhaps, for local seniors puns can be a pathway to remembering the heavenly taste of a huge bowl of baked custard for only twenty-five cents at Vancouver’s White Lunch Restaurant.
Squeezing out a show at a seniors home with an accordion and bellowing songs from Jolson to Elvis can be instrumental to all kinds of reactions.