I once read an old cookbook that, at the end, had a recipe for saint. I want to find it again. Any clues? [more inside]
posted by kenko on Oct 4, 2009 - 3 answers

Could someone explain to me two references I don't get? In Dr. Horrible's Sing-A-Long Blog, Billy receives a letter from "Dead, Not Sleeping" (clip). Is that a reference to something? Also, in the Total Eclipse of the Heart "literal" video I posted to Mefi, there's a lyric that says: "And I've joined the Glee Club of the Damned (reference joke!)" (clip). What's "Glee Club of the Damned" a reference to? I presume it's a reference to something since they outright say it is ...
posted by WCityMike on Jul 4, 2009 - 19 answers

How do I send this bunny home? [more inside]
posted by shesbookish on Jun 1, 2009 - 18 answers

My SO and I have completely opposite work schedules, so often the only way we can communicate for days at a time is through notes and text messages. I'm looking for cute and unique little poems and phrases to send him throughout the day to send him. My favorite examples are inside: [more inside]
posted by chara on Apr 18, 2009 - 12 answers

A man wants to enter a city, but only knights can enter the city, so he decides to see how the knights do it. ...What's the punchline? [more inside]
posted by specialagentwebb on Apr 8, 2009 - 8 answers

Can anyone remember a silly "poem" that has the line: "and then they fell from the floor up to the balcony and broke the front side of their back" [more inside]
posted by mbatch on Mar 26, 2009 - 5 answers

Is there a name for this style of joking? Set-up: Person A asks a question. Punchline: Person B -- by pretending to misunderstand the question -- gives an unexpected response. The Marx Bros used this style a lot, and I see it over and over on "Flight of the Conchords. " ALSO: Can anyone offer further examples of this? Thank you so much! :-)
posted by coizero on Apr 19, 2008 - 15 answers

What is this joke? ('concept of an apple'?) [more inside]
posted by theiconoclast31 on Aug 7, 2007 - 6 answers