Capaill Uisce Puns

It is the last day of November and I finished The Scorpio Races.

I wanted to write a quick follow-up post to this one I made when I started it.

Once again Stiefvater amazes me with her ability to write a plotless story. It’s about a small secluded island named Thisby on which inhabitants catch and race the capaill uisce, dangerous water-horses from the sea inspired by creatures from Irish and Scottish mythology.

The race is the culminating event in the last quarter of the book, the event that the characters are preparing for the whole time but the book isn’t really about the race at all (just as TRC isn’t really about the search for a dead Welsh king). Rather, it’s about the island and the atmosphere, the relationships and character motivations, and most of all the bond between a horse and rider; it’s this bond so beautifully portrayed throughout the book and in a final scene and final sentence that made me cry (even though I don’t particularly care for horses at all lol).

Something Stiefvater addressed in the Q + A in the back is how timeless the setting is. We know the island is off a nameless “Mainland” somewhere across the Atlantic (likely a fictional Ireland). There are cars and radios but no mention of cellphones or modern technology. And lots of bowler hats. It’s a small fictional location set in our world, just as the town of Henrietta in TRC.

I did not love this one as much as The Raven Cycle nor was I as attached to the characters, but TRC is four books whereas this is a standalone so that is totally understandable to me.

Also, I really enjoyed the “deleted scenes” in the back, a few moments that didn’t make it into the actual final book. I love that and wish more authors would do it.

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.

Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB

Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"

I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual

So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes

r/unclejokes for dirty jokes

r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC

r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes

Punchline !

Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub

Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat

Today, I will be sharing my love for one of the most influential and underrated YA books that I have ever read. I first picked up the Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater when I was in the fourth grade, and at the time was fascinated by witchy magic and fearsome capaill uisce. Ever since that first read in elementary school, I have read this book dozens and dozens of times. The characters are so familiar to me that they seem real, and the setting hardly seems secondary to our own. Although it is fiction, this book has changed my perspectives on life. The Scorpio Races is not a unanimously loved book. In fact, many readers find it slow and tedious. But, it spoke to me. It was the anthem of my soul and the setting of my dreams. I have only read a handful of other books that have ever had that much of a lasting effect on me. Alice Hoffman was right when she said that books may be the only true magic. I’ve felt it. How about you? Are there any books that have shaped who you are? What book “speaks” to you?

Do your worst!

How the hell am I suppose to know when it’s raining in Sweden?

Mathematical puns makes me number

Ants don’t even have the concept fathers, let alone a good dad joke. Keep r/ants out of my r/dadjokes.

But no, seriously. I understand rule 7 is great to have intelligent discussion, but sometimes it feels like 1 in 10 posts here is someone getting upset about the jokes on this sub. Let the mods deal with it, they regulate the sub.

We told her she can lean on us for support. Although, we are going to have to change her driver's license, her height is going down by a foot. I don't want to go too far out on a limb here but it better not be a hack job.

They were cooked in Greece.

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

He lost May

Now that I listen to albums, I hardly ever leave the house.

Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?

Two muffins are in an oven, one muffin looks at the other and says "is it just me, or is it hot in here?"

Then the other muffin says "AHH, TALKING MUFFIN!!!"

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!

And now I’m cannelloni

Because she wanted to see the task manager.

But that’s comparing apples to oranges

And boy are my arms legs.

Put it on my bill

Heard they've been doing some shady business.

but then I remembered it was ground this morning.

Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me that my jokes aren't stale

Edit 2: I have already been made aware that Men In Black 3 has told a version of this joke before. If the joke is not new to you, please enjoy any of the single origin puns in the comments

BamBOO!

They’re on standbi

A play on words.

Calcium, nickel, neon

My daughter, Chewbecca, not so much.

Pilot on me!!

Christopher Walken

The bartender says, "Sorry, no minors”

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.

Or would that be too forward thinking?