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Hyper-literal humour I keep coming up with

Maja

- My local bus service has an advertisement currently running that basically reads "kids travel free all August"

*I need to check if there's a limit on the number of young goats I can bring with me on a given journey. 

- Outside an opticians, they've a sign that states: "free eye test with purchase".

*Does the purchase need to be from this company?

*I'd like to buy a lens cleaning cloth please... And may I book the free eye test?

*(If it turns out there's a minimum £££): I'd like to buy these £300 designer frames please, and have my free eye test. ... I'd like a refund on these frames please"

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  • I also have a thing where when speech isn't clear I lack what most people seem able to do: decipher it from context. This is especially prevalent with song lyrics. 

    A song I love about someone going through struggles has a line "would you take me out for lunch" ... Or so I thought. And I also wondered why that would be a request from someone in crisis. Turns out it wasn't. ('Would you talk me off the ledge', as it turns out)

    Another song has the title and lyric "Death Power Icing". But I finally realised when seeing the title written that it was 'Dead but Rising'

  • in reply to Maja

    Got a long list starbucks lovers but it's actually got a long list of ex lovers 

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