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Pluns? Fabio? What's a Plun?

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Apr 21, 2008 by Brett H.

Fabio is a Web Producer. Fabio's brain works in a special way....and, because of this fact, he (allegedly) invented, Pluns.

*A plun, in this reporter's terms, is free association within a normal
conversation that barely threads together two objects, subjects,
vegetables, primates, lamps, etc. (Fabio loves lamp) that don't
actually have any reality-based association, but only a semantic
relation.*
Confusing enough? Here is Fabio's example of a Plun:

Person 1: "Don't put product on that page!"
Person 2: "Not unless it's 2-in-1."
+*Why it's funny: *
Product in the context of hair care should not be applied to a webpage unless it's of the 2-in-1 variety.+
*The cue: *The initial statement should correctly read "Don't put the product on that page!"
+*Explanation: *Because the speaker left out the word "the",
product can be taken as referring to product, as in hair product (gel,
conditioner, etc.).+
+*The plun: *2-in-1 is more efficient than simple product,
so if you're going to put product on a page, you may as well be more
efficient and use 2-in-1.+


Confused yet? Yeah, I am too.
Fabio is one of our favorite elements of the Web Production team. If
web production was a chicken pot pie, he would be the carrots and peas.
I'm telling you that he is the vegetable element of our favorite
poultry/pastry combination....that's an important part of any meal. And
make no mistake, the pot pie is a meal in and of itself.....and
secondly..um...what was I talking about? Oh yeah...
Fabio will be back next week to give you the Plun of thy Week with his dancer friend, Vubbles Van Pancake.

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Fabio, we salute you....thanks for being in our pot pie.
Good Day, Fine Citizens.

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