I understand you all will hate me for this. I'm prepared to live with that. But after seeing Calibasco and rgf exchange punfire on a certain other thread on this board, I can't help myself. I have fired the first shot in my subject line above, and I hereby challenge one and all to a (Spain-related, naturally) punning free-for-all...and may the gods have mercy on us!

fire those punzaway! they are highly aphra-dysiac at this time of night.

Oh, rgf, is it just you and me here, then? You know, my all-time favorite Aphra pun came from my friend Karl-Erik in Stockholm--"aphracadabra". Which of course reminds me that when I take my last breath I will be transformed into an aphracadaver. But I said Spanish puns! So tell me, rgf--if there were Spanish Buddhists, would their favorite book be Zen And The Art Of Dali Lama?

Too many bad puns can be a real (s)pain in the neck, Aphra. Be careful what you wish for....

aphra-- esta bien que lama, el budista teorico de quien hablas.....

Sorry I just joined in...I was making paella when I realized I'd run out of S-aphra-n (or is it az-a(f)rá-n?) ... At the risk of making you Madr, I'd say the puns are just the ticket to "led" on to bigger, more obnoxious things. Right up my D-alí. Can't a Brian get a break on this board? It seems that every time I-rún from puns, they catch up with me. By the way, don't borrow money in the outskirts of Cataluña's capital, you might get a Badalona.

Ay, CaliBasco, you made me laff with the Badalona one... Well, I heard that was a new McDonalds opening up in a certain city in Spain... they sell McBurgos....

[This message has been edited by rgf (edited 02-08-2001).]

CaliBasco--it's about time you got here! I was Sevilla-ly disappointed by your absence. I-rún from puns? Don't go--you have a good ir for them! As for your warning, Kurt, you clearly (mat)ador puns yourself and are in fact Prado your skill at being pun-itivo. A (S)pain, indeed--I wish I had a dolor for every time I'd heard a protest like that!

[This message has been edited by aphra (edited 02-05-2001).]

Aphra upped the steaks (mad cow thread?!). But ya'll don't have to be so aragon tabout your punabilities, castille there are others as good as you. Navarre fear, there's more where this came from (desgraciadamente!)

Fear, rgf? Over mere puns? As Shakespeare might have said, that would be Much Miedo About Nothing...