>be in ancient athens 5th century bc >be a bard at a popular joint >be playing my lyre and rocking those sweet tunes >some asshole keeps telling me to play some homer like a sellout >mainstream.vaseart >try to ignore him but he keeps shouting >finally give up and tell him that i’ll do him one better and play him the tale of bophades and his testicles >man looks at me like i’ve just spoken the sphinx’s riddle >asks me who in hades bophades is and why his testicles are important >’you mean you haven’t heard about bophades’ nuts?’ >man breaks my lyre and goes on a rampage >city of athens votes for me to be ritually ostracized for 10 years for causing chaos >mfw
The second best pun I’ve ever encountered in the wild was when I was walking down the street in a “hip” part of Seattle and saw a couple of Budweiser cans thrown into a bush. And I said to a random stranger walking nearby “damn, the local beer harvest is really poor this year”. And the random stranger responded “give it time, they’re only buds”.
why is this the second what the fuck could top that