Loose Parts by Dave Blazek for December 11, 2020

No Gnus is Good Gnus.

Hugh was a blue gnu. His wife’s name was Sue. Sue was a blue gnu too.

if he tries to cut in he’ll get kneed in the gnards…

I knew that was coming.

Gno way.

If the “O” was an “A”, believe me, you would know a gnu was there.

“Start spreadin’ the gnus…”

Maybe S could cut in, but you got to the back. We’d all be snug…

Silent ‘G’ can get away with just about anything, so long as he can find an ‘N’ as a willing accomplice.

S should be e

don’t get it

If an “E” cuts in as well, then everyone will be gossiping about it…

grasping, better luck tomorrow

The “O” at the front of the line makes it confusing—but if there hadn’t been another letter there, the “N” would already be buying its ticket, and there’d be no way for the “G” to “cut in.”

I give Mr. Blazek credit for a good bit of wordplay, but it was very hard to execute successfully.

Obviously a case of fake gnus.

But I can see you RIGHT THERE!

Time to renew my crusade against the ignoring of silent letters. For your edification, I’m referring to words such as “doubt”, “rhyme”, and obviously, “gnu”. You can support the cause by pronouncing those silent letters when they appear in speech and writing. Try it yourself. Equal rights for all letters!

Better hope the n and u don’t switch places with each other.

That initial O screws up the joke. He should have used a word with an interior silent G like phlegm or campaign or align.

My son likes to spell his name “Jamesninja” – it’s pronounced “James”, the ninja is silent.

The G is silent in GNUS

To be polite you gneed to ask everyone that you will be ahead of, not just the first one.

“Everybody line up in alphabetical order by height.” – Casey Stengel

Often, when I’m asked to spell a proper name that begins with a K over the phone, I’ll start out by saying: “K as in knife.”