{"id":327,"date":"2020-10-16T04:28:47","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T04:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/minimoog.net\/daphne\/?p=327"},"modified":"2023-06-27T02:42:38","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T02:42:38","slug":"surviving-amour-fou-4-the-worst-pun-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minimoog.net\/daphne\/surviving-amour-fou-4-the-worst-pun-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Surviving Amour Fou #4: The Worst Pun In The World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kevin came up with the following joke. Most people agree it&#8217;s the worst pun in the world.  \ud83d\ude42  This is by no means the &#8220;gospel version&#8221; of this joke, but as close to Kevin&#8217;s version as I can remember.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eddie Van Halen had a little dog who loved to watch him play guitar.  The dog would run around happily, which soon presented a problem.  Eddie would get immersed in his playing and almost step on the dog, who would not stop getting underfoot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If Eddie put this dog in another room while he practiced, the dog would howl.  So, he thought about the problem for a bit, and came up with an idea.  What if he could find a temporary adhesive so the dog would stay in one place while he practiced?  He thought about it some more, and came up with the correct mixture that was not harmful to the floor or the dog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He tested it, and it worked!  He wanted to share this with the world, so he decided to sell it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The name of the product?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rock and Roll Poochie Glue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>RIP Mr. Edward Van Halen, a fine example of The American Dream.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin came up with the following joke. Most people agree it&#8217;s the worst pun in the world. \ud83d\ude42 This is by no means the &#8220;gospel version&#8221; of this joke, but as close to Kevin&#8217;s version as I can remember. Eddie Van Halen had a little dog who loved to watch him play guitar. The dog&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/minimoog.net\/daphne\/surviving-amour-fou-4-the-worst-pun-in-the-world\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Surviving Amour Fou #4: The Worst Pun In The World<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[51,52,53],"class_list":["post-327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-journal","tag-eddie-van-halen","tag-pun","tag-terrible-pun"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8fVx5-5h","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":513,"url":"https:\/\/minimoog.net\/daphne\/widowhood-season-8-12-all-the-pathos-you-can-keep\/","url_meta":{"origin":327,"position":0},"title":"Widowhood Season 8.12: All the pathos you can keep","author":"Daphne Lightner","date":"July 13, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The King of Rock and Roll, Prefab Sprout, Two Weels Good\/Steve McQueen Ah, yes, Prefab Sprout, some rather find britpop, if I may say so. 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