Anaxandridas Ii Puns

The assignment was to write the history of a word. I chose the word laconic which ties directly back to Sparta.

Laconic

la*con*ic \lə-ˈkä-nik\ adj**:** using or involving the use of a minimum of words (1)

There is a rich history in the words we use every day. We use them to communicate thoughts and ideas, to persuade or reason with those around us, or just to tell jokes to provide humor for the moment. Some words have simple origins such as onomatopoeia words, or words that come from sounds such as moo for the voice of a cow, or boom for the word to convey an explosion. Other words can come from technical jargon or technological sources. The word Google, is a number, then became the name of an internet search engine, and now has evolved into a verb to mean to look for information on the internet. There is a rich history to the words we use every day, and in this paper I will show the deep history of the word laconic.

My methodology for researching this paper was to trace the root of laconic back to the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta. I have read the writings of three of the world’s foremost historians from antiquity and will reference their records for this paper. Herodotus (484-425 BC) is called the Father of History and lived in the era when Sparta was at its peak. Xenophon (430-354 BC) was a Greek historian who lived in Sparta and his accounts can be considered eye witness information. Plutarch (46-120 AD) was a Greek historian who was awarded Roman citizenship. His collection of Spartan sayings was paramount to my research.

The result of my research was to find that the Spartan reputation for shortness of speech was not accidental; it was as much a part of the Spartan persona as was their reputation as warriors. The Spartan, or laconic, style of speaking was used in interpersonal speech, such as Spartan mothers sending their sons off to war with the farewell of "Either with this or upon this” (2) in reference to the son’s shield. The son was to either carry his shield home in victory, or be carried upon it in death, for to abandon one’s shield in Sparta was a grave offense. All members of Spartan society were imbued with this terse style of speaking.

My research also shows that the Spartans also engaged in this manner of speaking at the highest levels of diplomacy. When addressing allies or foes, the Spartan style of speaking remained the same. If it was refugees from Samos in need, or threats from Philip II of Macedon the Spartans

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

Do your worst!

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

They’re on standbi

Pilot on me!!

Nothing, he was gladiator.

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

When I got home, they were still there.

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

I won't be doing that today!

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This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

Where ever you left it 🤷‍♀️🤭

There hasn't been a post all year!

You take away their little brooms

It was about a weak back.

Why

It’s pronounced “Noel.”

After all his first name is No-vac

What, then, is Chinese rap?

Edit:

Notable mentions from the comments:

• Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits

• French/Finnish art

• Country/Canadian rap

• Chinese/Country/Canadian rock

• Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap

There hasn't been a single post this year!

(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)

Nothing, it just waved

Him: I can explain everything!

(It's his best joke yet I think)

Bob

So that I could frequently say, "I am going to walk 5 miles now."

Edit: My most popular post on Reddit! 😀 Thank you for the awards.

Just to clarify, 12345678

Me grabbing a soda from my (what I thought was) half full 12pk...

Notices there's only 2;

Me: "Awe man... This is a damn bird box!" Her: "What the hell does that mean?!" Me: (Pulls both cans out & shows them to her) "It's only got Toucans."

I'm not ashamed to admit the look on her face was glorious.

I was just sitting there doing nothing.

But nobody ever mentions his sister, Onya, who invented the starter pistol.