November 8 – National Abet and Aid Punsters Day

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nHorses are generally stable animals.

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n> In case you don’t get it: A stable is a building meant to house horses, and stable also means steady and secure.

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nTime flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

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n> In the first sentence, “flies” is a verb, and the word “like” sets up a comparison between time and an arrow – and in the second sentence, “flies” is a noun, and the word “like” is a verb.

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n> A famous song from the 1980s is Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Want to Have Fun.”

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nDo you know why kleptomaniacs have a hard time understanding puns? Because they take things literally.

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n> Kleptomaniacs are people who steal (take things). Literally can mean “really,” so we can say that kleptomaniacs literally take things (in other words, really steal things); however, usually when we say that someone “takes things literally,” we mean that he or she doesn’t understand sarcasm, hidden meanings, or word play such as puns.

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nAlso on this date:

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nInkblot test creator Hermann Rorschach’s birthday 

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nDomino Day

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nParents as Teachers Day

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nAnniversary of the Louvre opening

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nConstitution Day in Pohnpei, Micronesia

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nAnniversary of Montana becoming a state

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nWorld Town Planning Day

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nPlan ahead:

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