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Registration Is Full! – Position is nine tense of the law!

Update May 12: Cold Feats & Corn Flix : Although registration for both Punniest of Show and Punslingers is full, as expected, we’ve flushed out a few pairs of cold feet and conflicted schedules. A number of contestants have dropped off both of our confirmed lists and the “stand-bys” are moving up. In fact, we have an even 32 pre-registered in Punniest of Show with NOBODY on that waiting list. If you have the urge and the nerve there’s still a full week before you’ll be expected to prove your mettle to claim that medal. Feel lucky, punk! Well, do you? Sign up here. You might be surprised!   Continue reading

Bid at the Live Auction

We Kneed Your Dough!

The Friends of the O. Henry and Dickinson Museums is raising money for future programs with their Book Sale and Auction during the Pun-Off.  It’s all JEST for a WORDY cause.  Read all about the 18 fabulous items up for bid. Continue reading

Yummy Food At The Pun-Off

Peached TortillaPeached Tortilla (http://thepeachedtortilla.com/) will be our exclusive food trailer at the Pun-off on May 19. Eric, the owner, has generously offered to make a contribution from his sales to the Friends of the O. Henry and Dickinson Museums. We are so looking forward to Eric’s  tongue foo Asian eclectic cooking!

“Flavors know no boundaries at the peached tortilla.  There are no rules.  We start and stop with putting out innovative, great tasting food for the masses.  It’s time to join the flavor revolution and unzip your taste buds.  Austin, allow yourself to get peached.” Continue reading

2012 T-Shirt Design

2012 T-shirtGive your stamp of approval to the 2012 Pun-Off T-shirt design!! Artist Quinn Argall played off the new US postal stamp design that commemorates the 150th anniversary of O. Henry’s birthday on September 11, 2012. He replaced the urban NYC city skyline of the official stamp with Austin’s marked by the Texas capitol and UT Tower. The image of young O. Henry (William Sydney Porter) with handle bar mustache is based upon an 1880′s photo when he lived in Austin.  Continue reading

Third Warm-Up Friday, May 11

The third of our weakly FRIDAY PUNSTER WARM-UP sessions will be held  Friday, May 11, 2012 from 6:30 to 9:30 pm at Joe’s Place, 1814 East Martin Luther King Drive, Austin, Texas (that’s the corner of MLK and Chicon.)  Continue reading

Second Punster Warm-Up

Join in on Friday, May 4,  6:30 – 9:30 pm

The second of our weakly FRIDAY PUNSTER WARM-UP sessions will gather in this week at THE NEW WORLD DELI, 4101 GUADALUPE, Austin, TX. These gatherings are designed to put everyone in the mood for the upcoming competition at the 35th Annual O.Henry Pun-Off World Championships on May 19th.  Continue reading

Pun-Off Warm Up Practice

Friday, April 27, 2012. 6:30-9:30pm

The first of our weakly FRIDAY PUNSTER WARM-UP sessions will gather in this week at THE POURHOUSE PUB at 6701 BURNET Road, Austin, TX. These gatherings are designed to put everyone in the mood for the upcoming competition at the 35th Annual O.Henry Pun-Off World Championships on May 19th.  Continue reading

The Shirts Offer Back!

We are shirts important to you to have an O.Henry Pun-Off with a souvenir T-shirt to help you cherish the mammaries. We are still working on the art for this year’s addition. The shirt will be celebrating the 150th Anniversary of O. Henry’s birth on September 11, 1862. The USPS is issuing a commemorative stamp this year and we expect to push that envelope a bit further.

We do still have some tease laughed-over from 2011 which should be able for purchase at the event this jeer.

2011 Pun-Off t-shirt design

When and Where?

What is the date for the 2012 O.Henry Pun-Off World Championships?  I’m so glad you asked! Its 11 AM to 6 PM, Saturday, May 19, 2012 at the O.Henry and Dickinson Museums in downtown Austin, Texas (409 E. Fifth Street.)  The contestant registration form is open, but only for stand-by sign-up.  If you’re itching for more inflammation, sign-up now for your P.U.N.Y. dinner/roast reservation. (There’s a separate form just for that!) 

Hello PunPunPun

Welcome to Our New Web Site!

After the Internet cloud vaporized punpunpun.com’s old hosting service at the end of 2011, it has taken some time to wrangle up technical cowboys who could help rebuild. But we are PLANE folk and will HAMMER away at the task until we NAIL perfection. In short, we are UNDER CONSTRUCTION for the next week.