I liked the ones linked as "good." But the one with spam smeared along the side of the computer. What is that supposed to be? posted by jeremy b at 10:35 PM on May 29, 2010
As you can tell by the 'watermark', many of them were lifted from Worth1000 contests... fortunately, it doesn't take much googling to find the original source: One, Two, Three, Four, Five and BonusRounds! posted by oneswellfoop at 10:58 PM on May 29, 2010 [2 favorites]
(I think it's just 'computer spam', jeremy b; they all can't be good...)
It was part of the ones linked as "good", so in this case I expect no less. ;) posted by jeremy b at 11:19 PM on May 29, 2010
What about visual portmanteau? This seems a good a time as any to bring out my latter-day masterpiece: Jurassic Parkour inspiration from Boo-Radley via twitter. Color by Guinness. Do you know how hard it is to draw a T-rex running up a wall?! posted by hellojed at 11:37 PM on May 29, 2010
"Oh, the huge manatee!" and "Now is the winter of our discount tent" are probably some of the best images the Internet has created ever, for my money. posted by Joakim Ziegler at 11:37 PM on May 29, 2010
"Non-Stick Plans" (the second link) has a treasure trove of visual puns and other artistic/cartoony delights, by the blogger and many others. He even has some postcards even older than the ones from the recent "Bad Postcards" post... posted by oneswellfoop at 11:44 PM on May 29, 2010
The UK had a longrunning TV show called Catchphrase where two contestants would compete to solve visual puns. Sometimes it was quite funny. posted by MuffinMan at 12:24 AM on May 30, 2010
cmgonzalez: "A lot of those weren't very obvious. Some sort of captions would've helped."
I agree. The ones under the 'goofy' link have captions, and I found them much more enjoyable that way. posted by Gordafarin at 12:38 AM on May 30, 2010
I wanted to enjoy them – really I did – but these things seem to fill me with a blinding, incoherent rage. posted by koeselitz at 1:09 AM on May 30, 2010
I don't understand the huge manatee one. Also, I thought it was a walrus and an oilspill... somehow related to BP. posted by Netzapper at 1:50 AM on May 30, 2010
Oh, wait, I just got it. Not funny. posted by Netzapper at 1:51 AM on May 30, 2010
The bread slippers seen in the good links, which as already pointed out is mainly stuff ripped from Worth1000, aren't a photoshop image, they're for sale at dadadastudio and created by R&E Praspaliauskas. Shame these compilations so often never link to source (probably because they don't know the source). posted by dabitch at 3:10 AM on May 30, 2010
okay... but the "bread shoes" are really "loafers," right? Because the place that's selling them is selling them simply as Bread Shoes, which sort of surprises me. Maybe they weren't the first to come up with the idea, I'm thinking. o_0
Aaaaanyway. Putin on the Ritz. DAMMIT. I did not get that. I was all like, Ritz Putin = Rasputin????? Yeah, I thought it was "Rasputin." D'oh. posted by taz at 3:54 AM on May 30, 2010
I believe that was a spam filter, Jeremy B. posted by kyrademon at 4:13 AM on May 30, 2010
Also, can y'all help me out on this one? (also here) I thought maybe it was possibly "Raisin(g) Arizona" since the caption is "Are You Mad at Me for Some Raisin?" (referring to the AZ immigration enforcement law, maybe??)... but that's quite a ridiculous stretch.
Tell me!! posted by taz at 4:14 AM on May 30, 2010
AHAHA BECOME A FAN!
Enjoyed that because that's what I think every time I see it.
In any case, this post reminded me of Photoshop Phriday, where visual puns are a staple, and where I haven't visited for 5 or so years, so there goes my early night. posted by doublehappy at 5:08 AM on May 30, 2010
Yep taz, they're loafers. They never call them that though, which makes it even funnier. Designers aye? Nutty. posted by dabitch at 5:47 AM on May 30, 2010
Also, can y'all help me out on this one? (also here) I thought maybe it was possibly "Raisin(g) Arizona" since the caption is "Are You Mad at Me for Some Raisin?"
Unfortunately, Taz, that is it: "Are you made at me for some raisin" is the punny answer (in this case very punny) just like the "These boots were made for Walken" and "Become a fan" entries. posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 7:10 AM on May 30, 2010
aaah. Tx, SLoG! :) posted by taz at 8:48 AM on May 30, 2010
After seeing Dr. Pepper, I searched for something for TV's Current Favorite Doctor with a Visual Punnable Name and all I found was this. posted by oneswellfoop at 3:04 PM on May 30, 2010
The Spam one might be something about word processing (processed meat)... not jumping out to me as a known phrase, though. posted by ecsh at 6:56 PM on May 30, 2010
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