Irving Puns

Would he have written ‘Poutine on the Ritz?’

The man orders a grasshopper. On the way home he notices a grasshopper on the ground and says: you know there is a drink named after you? The grasshopper responds: There is a drink named Irving?

In walking through a park and observing the signs, ‘All dogs found on these grounds without their owners, will be shot,’ a friend of mine exclaimed, ‘That’s a hard case for dogs that can’t read.’

— Irving Browne, Humorous Phases of the Law, 1876

Due credit: Futility Closet

Me: Do you think Irving will score a three pointer in the last couple minutes?

Dad: I don't know, that's quite a long shot.