That last post reminded me of another recent msn conversation. It didn't take long to progress (or is it regress?) into puns...

I'd been chatting with Scott Peacock, a fellow MK I knew from my Ghana years. Earlier in the conversation, I'd mentioned that I saw a resemblance between Scott as I'd last seen him, and the character Gibson Praise from the X-Files. Discussion of our hair/beards led us to the following...

Glenn: friend of my parents occasionally called me Colin by mistake
Scott: That kid does look like me..
Glenn: ha ha
Scott: People at funerals come up to tim and say, "You're wes's son."
Scott: All three Peacock males also sound similar on the phone.
Glenn: i get confused for dad all the time on the phone...
Glenn: at my grandfather's funeral, there were strangers who knew who I was from the "family nose"...
Scott: Yeah, these are things that we don't really control.
Glenn: not unless we have friends in either the gene-splicing or plastic-surgery fields...
Scott: I don't really want friends in those fields. Eww!
Glenn: he he...
Glenn: my face is fine the way it is... although i lost weight in norway .... my baggy jeans could do with a bit of splicing
Scott: Well, I shouldn't speak hastily.
Scott: A lot of girls study science and stuff like that.
Glenn: da dum ching! first pun of the evening...
Scott: ooh, you better zip it quick.
Glenn: great rejoinder
Glenn: i bow to your mastery of the witty repartee
Scott: Well, it's not witty, really.
Scott: But it is off the cuff so it has some merit.
Glenn: just thinking about meeting a plastic surgeon... or if you got the phone # of the (probably) female receptionist...
Glenn: lol at your last remark...
Glenn: how would that receptionist recognise you on your date?... with a new face and all...
Scott: That's true.
Glenn: i'm not quite at the stage where i need to book myself into hospital to meet people...
Scott: You'd have to give your last name, and tell her to look you up sometime.
Scott: That's true. I'm still not at the level of the ambulance chasers.
Glenn: i'm just patiently waiting...
Glenn: not a patient-in-waiting...
Scott: Arghhh! It burns, it burns!
Glenn: i'm going to go get some sleep now...
Scott: A wise idea.
Glenn: it's been good catching up
Scott: Yes, definiately. I may write an e-mail...
Scott: Is it still glenn_in_japan?
Glenn: yes.
Glenn: i'm not in japan but my email account is in denial...
Scott: I thought so.
Glenn: denial? but that's in Egypt.....
Scott: Boo!
Glenn: sorry...
Scott: I bet you get a torrent of spam that flood your in box
Glenn: the inundation of denial...
Glenn: and one day on my way back to the sunny land of oz i will pass through the northern land of canada
Glenn: thou art in edmonton?
Scott: I never knew that Canada was on the way to Australia.
Scott: Yeah, verily.
Scott: oops yea
Glenn: UK - Canada - USA - Australia... i get more baggage
Scott: Ahh...A canny wanderer.
Glenn: and I get to see all my Canadian and American MKs...
Glenn: and finally get to meet some Gomers (Third Day fans) in person...
Glenn: so i know people in NB, ON, AB, BC...
Scott: Sounds good..
Glenn: WA, CA, KA, WV...
Scott: NWT?
Glenn: NWT... who lives there?
Glenn: I know one person from saskatchewan
Scott: Ummm... Don't ask difficult questions.
Glenn: lol
Scott: One of these days I'll have to go travelling.
Glenn: I tried to make puns about Canada... but they were having none of it...
Scott: No? Why not?
Glenn: reread those last three words...
Scott: Yeah, I should have figured.
Glenn: :)
Glenn: think my canadian visa will get revoked now?
Scott: Problem is that pun is just too provincial for my taste.
Glenn: nice one...
Scott: Well, it is my home turf...
Glenn: yu kon talk...
Scott: Boo!
Scott: If you continue like this, Alaskya ta leave
Glenn: I guess I'll have to skip the North and visit South America... ON TA RIO!
Scott: Dang! You're sucking me dry!
Glenn: couldn't fit Saskatchwan or Newfoundland into puns...
Scott: Nah, theyre tough.
Scott: You could probably fit PEI into one though.
Scott: Yes, it really is that small ;)
Glenn: You know, man, a 'tober baby I am
Scott: Boo!! Boo!!
Glenn: sorry... that was well worth boos...
Glenn: I should get a prize... do I win a peg?
Scott: I'm citying out now.
Glenn: OUGHTA WArn ya, I can go on all night...
Scott: Yes, at this point you can claim victoria

I was in England. He was in Canada. Ah, the fun you can have via modern technology these days.