Arts: Small Businesses Keep the Pun Alive

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Brow Beat Small Businesses Keep the Pun Alive By David Haglund Posted Wednesday, Mar 06, 2013, at 07:09 PM ET Today in Slate, Simon Akam laments the decline of the American pun (or as I prefer to think of it, the closing of the American front ear). But HyperVocal reminds us that small businesses have been keeping the pun alive—from Lawn Order, with its Special Sprinkler Unit ("Where we lay down the lawn"), to Lino Ritchie flooring, to the frame store telling you to "Shoot the Kids Hang the Family Frame the Wife," punning is alive and well on Main Street, U.S.A. HyperVocal doesn't even mention the many, many salons that go by the name Curl Up & Dye. What other wordplay-loving small businesses did they miss? To continue reading, click here. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Eric Holder to Senate Judiciary Committee: Aaron Swartz Case Was "A Good Use of Prosecutorial Discretion" What We Really Learn From Deleted Scenes Can You Get In Trouble for Performing CPR?	Advertisement
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