After reading about Daring Do's failed attempt to secure an ancient artifact, Twilight and Rainbow Dash take it upon themselves to find it in her place. Unfortunately, not only do they find it, but by reading a passage from the book, Rainbow Dash accidentally unleashes a curse which causes everyone in Ponyville to speak in puns. This, of course, drives Twilight up the wall, especially since she's the only one who seems to notice.
I guess you could say they were... Mandatory Puns.
What a cruel and unusual punishment
I apologize for this, but I just barely started reading, and I noticed something that slightly annoys me: Stalagmites are the ones that grow up from the ground, while stalactites are the ones that hang from the ceiling.
Here is a paraphrased idiom that might help you remember: Stalagmites MIGHT grow up someday, while stalactites hang on TIGHTLY to the ceiling.
I only mention this because it is a minor pet peeve of mine.
Oh my GOD
4706840 I always remembered it as stalagmites has a g, for ground, while stalactites has a c, for ceiling
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Yes, heh, some others pointed that out to me as well. I knew I was gonna get that wrong, even though I waffled back and forth like a dozen times. But it's fixed now, so we should be good.
Whoops!
Thank goodness for geographically-blessed Equestria, huh?
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All the likes. Take all of them.
Five out of five moustaches, and one trollestia for a bonus
Stalagmites are on the ground, stalactites are on the celing. If they're bumping over small stalactites, gravity is seriously buggered up.
almost
Do you really need that capitalization?
were
being
Alas, it appears Twilight is not especially fond of euclidean geometry. Not suprising, considering her skill with Blink.
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Yep, all fixed now, thanks. This is what I get for using my phone to type while my laptop was out of commission...
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Ah. Almost. I spent a good 5 minutes staring at it trying to figure out what "am lost" was.
4707024 Guess the book wasn't the only thing lost then.
That nasty little comma, mate.
A double negative, eh? So she could fathom a guess.
After reading this very wordful story, I would like to conclude that this is very punny. At first, I was caved in at the fact of the first part of the story. It got me rock hard. After the pun-ful exchange later on, I couldn't help but feel hoarse. The volcanic explosion from Twilight really got me fired up. It was also daring of Rainbow Dash to do such a thing.
wood bang 11/10
4706870 Alright, I managed to finish reading this. And let me just say - I laughed.
Although, I noticed a couple of errors where you doubled a word:
But I did enjoy reading this. Have a fave, thumb, 'stache, and a troll.
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Derp... fixed now. Thanks.
Okay then! Moving on.
At first I was like: Hmmmmmmmmmm... Did he just make this due to an over abundance of puns in his head?
Later
... Wait.... Did he just do this to kill Daring Do? If so I approve!
Sadly, this means no more Scootaloo Dies a Bunch.
This fanfic was quite Punny, good job!
Now.
And remind me to slap you next time we meet...
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Fixed, and will do. Or won't, whichever.
Well, you can't expect to go on an archeological expedition without a little bit of sacrifice. Still, it's a good thing all the Punronomicon's curse needed to burn out was just one murder. Celestia knows what would have happened if Yearling kept it in her possession. If everypony had to speak in puns forever, all of Equestria would have gone down in flames.
Well, that could've gone better. Really, after Star Swirl's journal, you'd think Twilight would know to treat mysterious old books with more respect. And magma.
An amusing diversion. Thank you for it.
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I guess Daring Do met her Mount Doom!
The rest of the ponies at the Author Killers Anonymous meeting all greet her, and introduce themselves in turn.
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You mean her Doom?
4706839 Except it's not. It's just puns...I like puns.
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lol
It'd be just precious to see Twilight shaking her head like a maniac just to get her horn lit. Spice it up with some Tex Avery SFX and we've got the meme of the week.
Even the narrator got in on the action, I see.
But here's something the narrator shouldn't have done: it always sounds odd when people type "exploded outwards". If something exploded in any other direction, it would be imploding. Because dictioneighry.
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omg... i wish i never looked at the picture cuz dis happened....
Me: What's this?
*clicks*
... ._.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!!!
Me: Ugh, my stomach...
Heh, lol
This book...I need it! I NEED IT SO EVERYONE SPEAKS IN PUNS!!!
W00T! Living sacrifices FTW! That really is the best way to end a curse.
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Scootaloo Dies a Bunch? Why'd that have anything to do with Daring Doo?
4711476 Because it hasn't been updated anytime recently and this confirms he wasn't working on anything new for it.
Twilight Sparkle Wins!
Multality!
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SDAB is on a two-week hiatus. alex made a blog post about it. It won't be updated until tomorrow at the earliest.
I NEED THIS BOOK I REALLY DO EVERYONE MUST SPEAK IN PUNS!!!
Yes... it'll be very PUNNY. What, no love?
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Ah! So that was a fic of this author? I'll try reading it, and hopefully it gets new content. That'd be interesting.
4711573 Oh. Then that's cool.
I'll bet that Ms. Yearling was pretty burned up over that.
Also the easiest way to tell the difference between stalagmites and stalactites is that the mites go up and the tites go down.
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I wouldn't suggest it, that book is bound to be trouble. But if it does show up, page me and we can take cover.
Personally I get the feeling that Twilight and RD were channeling Church and Tucker...
Most people would take this as a divine suggestion that maybe they need new friends. Preferably smart, rational ones.
Also, Golum A.K. Yearling. Why.
The jokes were un-BEAR-able! And was such a PUN-ishment to my lungs and sides! I'm just simply GEL-lous of you right now
OK I'll stop now, All punny stuff aside, This was simply amazing! Not great I tell you but close! If anything from 1-10 I would give this at least a nine, really I wanted to put an eight but the jokes were to much for me to handle so I gave it a nine.
Where are the dark clouds? This story doesn't feel complete without a proper punderstorm.
Oh Faust, my face hurts!
I can't even...
This was too funny..
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I was contemplating that or this one:
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Personally I think I made the right choice.
Okay this WAS rather amusing in some of the worst ways possible. I hope you produce some more awesome stuff in the future!
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Sigh, I expected this much coming here...
DAMMIT BARB!!!!
I... Don't know how to react to this...