Phonetic Anagrams ....

[fearfaoin]

Once there was a man who drove a Sesame Street bus. On his first
stop, he picked up two large women named Patty. At his second
stop, he picked up a man wearing a helmet who said "My name's
Ross, and I'm special!" At the third stop, he picked up a cowboy
who introduced himself as Lester Reese and took off his boot so
he could pick at his bunions. Not long after, the man lost control
of that bus, and it hurtled into the sea, killing all aboard.

The next day, headlines read: "Two Obese Patties, Special Ross,
Lester Reese (picking bunions) on a Sesame Street Bus!"

[talasiga]

..... do they have a name?
......

I am not aware of a noun for that.
Applying the precedent of "anagram" we could
argue for a new word, "anaphon".

[Wombat]

The next day, headlines read: "Two Obese Patties, Special Ross,
Lester Reese (picking bunions) on a Sesame Street Bus!"

I know a similar joke with the following punchline:

Knicknack, Patty Whack, give the frog a loan. His old man's a Rolling Stone.

OK, now you make up the story.

[crookedtune]

Reminds me of an old Army Intelligence joke.

Wrong thread, Wombat. Oxymoron is down a couple'a pages.

(Kidding folks. I fully support our troops, if not their mission.)

[fearfaoin]

OK, now you make up the story.

James Knicknack was a having a tough day. The bank which had put
bread on his family's table for nearly 40 years was now forcing him
into retirement. All he had known of life outside the house was that
bank, and tomorrow he would be out in the cold (well, his house was
warm, of course, but the same couldn't be said about his spouse).

And now, the guys were playing a "going-away" prank on him. He
didn't know how they had rigged this frog with audio, but he knew
he wasn't going crazy. A crazy person would've made the frog life-
sized, right? This was just an ordinary frog, green and glistening
and ... bloody speaking to him from his guest chair.

The frog, of course, wanted a second mortgage on his lilly pad. He
had some sort of business plan (probably a dried fly store, James
didn't really want to look at the documents too hard, lest they
start talking, as well).

"Well, might as well get this over with," James thought as he called
his manager over. He suspected that Mr. Whack was in on the joke and
would start laughing when he arrived, but instead he approached to
James' desk with his hand extended and his attention elsewhere.

"Hullo-I'm-Paddy-Whack-Senior-Loan-Officer-welcome-to-"
It was then that Mr. Whack stopped in his tracks to stare at the
customer... "Is this a joke, Knicknack???!"

"I expect so, sir, some of the boys must be playing--"

"There's a bloody reptile on your chair, Knicknack!", Mr. Whack
interjected.

James remained calm. "It's an amphibian, sir. The form says his
name is Jason Jagger, son of Mick and ... uh... Miss... Piggy.
Uh... sir."

"I don't have time for this, Knicknack, do you know how busy I am?
Of all the ridiculous--" Mr. Whack suddenly cut off as the branch
manager passed by. To the James' surprise, the branch manager shook
the frog's flipper, greeting him like an old family friend. The frog
exchanged a few pleasantries with the old man, asked after his
grandkids... what was going on here? Surely such an august gentleman
wouldn't be in on such a silly prank?

At that point, the branch manager looked up with consternation at his
two employees, and said:

Knicknack, Patty Whack, give the frog a loan. His old man's a Rolling Stone.

[fyffer]

The next day, headlines read: "Two Obese Patties, Special Ross,
Lester Reese (picking bunions) on a Sesame Street Bus!"

I know a similar joke with the following punchline:

Knicknack, Patty Whack, give the frog a loan. His old man's a Rolling Stone.

OK, now you make up the story.

OK Wombat, here's the rest of the story-less pun-endings:

PUNS

[Wombat]

..... do they have a name?
......

I am not aware of a noun for that.
Applying the precedent of "anagram" we could
argue for a new word, "anaphon".

Good suggestion. Works for me.

Funny isn't it? Although, judging from this thread, near anaphons are more common than the real thing, along with it's more or less remote brothers and sisters, the anaphon plays a much bigger role in humour than the anagram. I suppose we have cryptic crosswords to blame for anagrams getting all the attention.

[djm]

I met a salesman who had red hair. This salesman told me he did his best business down at the Sunset Grill. His two boys also had red hair. The boys were quite keen on going sailing with their friends.

djm

[alurker]

Yet another fine example of a non-anaphon: A guy is running to catch the last train home when the heel comes off his shoe. He trips, falls and misses the train. He gets up and starts singing that old Kenny Rogers number: You Picked A Fine Time. . .