Help, please
Mar. 26th, 2005 05:07 amOkay, mecha and I are having a disagreement over something. Therefore, I turn to the LJ community for help.
Apparently there was an episode of Buffy where the characters went to a Halloween party. One of the characters went as Joan of Arc, and commented on similarities between herself and said historical figure -- she nearly got burned at the stake, for instance, and they both had/have "a close relationship with God". Then another character, her boyfriend, who appears to be dressed merely in street clothes, is asked what his costume is. He pulls the collar of his overshirt aside to reveal a nametag reading "Hi, my name is God".
The question is whether the above is a pun, or not a pun. Please keep in mind that while puns are plays on words, all plays on words are not puns.
[Poll #462063]
Thank you.
Apparently there was an episode of Buffy where the characters went to a Halloween party. One of the characters went as Joan of Arc, and commented on similarities between herself and said historical figure -- she nearly got burned at the stake, for instance, and they both had/have "a close relationship with God". Then another character, her boyfriend, who appears to be dressed merely in street clothes, is asked what his costume is. He pulls the collar of his overshirt aside to reveal a nametag reading "Hi, my name is God".
The question is whether the above is a pun, or not a pun. Please keep in mind that while puns are plays on words, all plays on words are not puns.
[Poll #462063]
Thank you.