Welcome to Punday Monday!

If you’re new here, pull up a stool, order a spiked PUNch, and get to know some of the regulars! I’m your puntender, @improv.
You can jump in any time, and if you aren’t sure how to make a pun, here’s a handy dandy guide:
@improv/puns-and-prizes-learn-to-pun-easy-fun-anybody-can-be-a-hit-at-parties

(Please note, to be eligible to win a prize, your pun must be your original work - coincidentally making the same joke as someone else is tolerated, but you should really read the other puns here before making your joke and see if someone else has already made it ;D. To be eligible for prizes, puns must be on-topic!)

If you’re an oldtimer, welcome back! Get to know some of the whippersnappers, here, we have a special mixed drink for you on the house:
(Why do fisherman use sheep as bait on election day? They’re making sure to cast their baa a lot!)

And since you’re an oldtimer, you might be interested in the results of our first annual best pun contest:
@freewritehouse/punday-monday-year-one-day-awards-ceremony

If you’re an any-timer, old or whipper, make sure you visit @freewritehouse! There you can meet fellow lovers of goofiness and find even more contests every week! We’re also now featured in the @steembasicincome contest round-up! Find more opportunities to win SBI there!

Hang on to your punderwear...

There’s no business like show business, so let’s show you the business we’re dealing with today!

Here’s last week’s post, and all the puns that were eligible to win this week are in the comments!
@improv/punday-monday-71-giving-out-sbi-like-it-s-candy

Rookie of the Week

@joeyarnoldvn! I’m not 100% sure you haven’t been here before, because you got STYLE, my friend. Regardless, I hope now that you’ve won Rookie of the Week, you’ll become a regular!

Pocket Choice awards

Every Friday, I put up a post to solicit audience favorites! They can vote on their favorites by sending POCKET to whomever they want to win. This week’s post is here:
@improv/439thv-pocket-friday-for-punday-monday

This week’s winner will win 3 #steembasicincome units. The first comes courtesy of @freedomshift and #ccc. He sponsors an SBI award for our #ccc qualified contest posts, and he asked me to post this:
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AND
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The second comes courtesy of @curie (and is sent by me, @improv) and the third comes courtesy of me, @improv.

Yes, @paul.atreides made it a tie, but he knew what he was doing, the booger, so I’ve decided that a tie goes to the whichever of the two accounts received POCKET first in that round.

Therefore, @heroic15397 won because @coinsandchains chose him first! You could be breaking these ties! You can get some POCKET to vote with, easy peasy! @paul.atreides has accepted his task! If you want to vote on your favorite pun, but you don’t have any POCKET to do it with, he’ll send you some. Just ask in a memo or message!

The folks in the POCKET Choice winner's circle Season One were @aloha-creations, @professorbromide, @tcpolymath, @miniature-tiger, @lilygolightly, @chrisroberts, @stinawog, @f3nix, @doctorcrypto, @heroic15397, @littlescribe, @diebitch, @acolucky, @ablaze, and @paul.atreides.

Season Two POCKET Choice Winner’s Circle:
@ablaze, @coinsandchains, @dollarsandsense, @doctorcrypto, @heroic15397

and our grand prize…

The prize for best pun

Best pun of the entire week

Best Overall Pun

DRUMROLL, PLEASE

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@paul.atreides, this is such a tight pun. It uses both meanings so seamlessly. It must win.

But by golly, all the punsters had an incredible week, and so you know what that means…

PRIZES FOR EVERYONE!

And what prizes do they win, you ask?

Why, as usual, all the punsters got full strength upvotes on their submissions (and SBI this time!). (WORTH $0.004! So much value!)

Our category winners will each get to choose a post (of their own or someone else's) and I will give that post a fully powered upvote -let me know in a comment here- and a @tipu tip!

And they all get big, exciting SBI prizes!

(@heroic15397, you’ll get your one more SBI for the POCKET Choice award from @freedomshift!)

This week's pun topic is...

Politics!

As in,
When two like-minded single people finally go out, they have to see a dentist shortly thereafter… Why? Because they keep agreeing on candy dates.

Perfect,

I'm so good at puns....

If you've never punned before, it might seem like magic! You can do it, too! Learn how in My Free How-To Guide on Punning!

Who do I nominate for @comedyopenmic’s comedy challenge? This past week’s winners, @heroic15397, @paul.atreides, and @joeyarnoldvn...

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