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Hehehehe...yea, well...I've seen it about a million times, too. Let's just say you're not the only slow one, sister.

Oscar Wilde once said that a pun was the odor given off by a diseased mind.

Just an observation.

Bob

His name was Oscar Wilde?!! Imagine growing up with that name. No wonder he had an aversion to puns.

I am, of course, assuming the masculine gender.

Stew (former Punning world record holder -- 36 hours without a straight answer)

Ok so I still don't get it. Help.

LOLLLLL!

Guess who ELSE just got it? ;o)

There once lived a man named Oedipus Rex;
You may have heard about his odd complex.
His name appears in Freud's index
'Cause he loved his mother.

*laughing like a titillated schoolgirl*

Just got it myself and only because I did some googling on Oedipus.
I'm slower than snails snot. So don't be embarassed at least you got it without help.

One of my favorite movies. I didn't get that bit the first couple of time either. I was probably laughing at something else and missed it.

There was a cross-cultural study which casts doubt upon the jealousy component of Freud's Oedipus theory. Seems there is this tribe where the mother's brother has responsibility for disciplining her sons, but does not have any sexual interaction with her. Boys direct the "Oedipal" hostility at the uncle, not the father.

I've never seen the movie, but I nearly wet my pants reading it on your blog.

I love puns...much to Bob Baird's dismay.

But it's all good...much of the time I am resigned to my little corner of the world...

Lyrics > T > Tom Lehrer Lyrics > Oedipus rex Song Lyrics

From the Bible to the popular song,
There's one theme that we find right along.
Of all ideals they hail as good,
The most sublime is Motherhood.

There was a man, oh, who it seems,
Once carried this ideal to extremes.
He loved his mother and she loved him,
And yet his story is rather grim.

There once lived a man named Oedipus Rex.
You may have heard about his odd complex.
His name appears in Freud's index
'Cause he loved his mother.

His rivals used to say quite a bit,
That as a monarch he was most unfit.
But still in all they had to admit
That he loved his mother.

Yes he loved his mother like no other.
His daughter was his sister and his son was his brother.
One thing on which you can depend is,
He sure knew who a boy's best friend is!

When he found what he had done,
He tore his eyes out one by one.
A tragic end to a loyal son
Who loved his mother.

So be sweet and kind to Mother,
Now and then have a chat.
Buy her candy or some flowers or a brand new hat.
But maybe you had better let it go at that!

Or you may find yourself with a quite complex complex,
And you may end up like Oedipus.
I'd rather marry a duck-billed platypus,
Than end up like old Oedipus Rex.
The out-patients are out in force tonight, I see.