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"MARTIN HAMMOND, a speech therapist from New York, spoke for half an hour on the `The psychological ontogeny of sibilant speech impediments' before anyone reali
by Pseudothink 8y ago
"MARTIN HAMMOND, a speech therapist from New York, spoke for half an hour on the `The psychological ontogeny of sibilant speech impediments' before anyone realized that he was talking about the psychological reality of a different type of lisp; whereupon he was removed from the workshop by the security guards."
- zaarn 8y agoProbably one of the rare instances of a real-life joke/pun happening without any of the involved realizing it's happening until it's over.
- tmpmov 8y agoInteresting note. I immediately looked at the Martin Hammond entry and raised an eyebrow... didn't realize this was a joke!
- kazinator 8y agoThink about coming up with the phrase "the psychological ontogeny of sibilant speech impediments" in an era with no world wide web! Today if you just search for speech impediments, you instantly gain access to the vocabulary without leaving your seat, so you can slap together lines like this without that much effort.