The Pfilzerplatz Pun - it's so bad!
There's a small German town near Munich called Pfilzerplatz, and the town is
known around the world for producing the finest stationery and paper
anywhere. You want wine, you go to France; you want big waves to surf, you
go to southern California; you want good paper, you go to Pfilzerplatz.
Anyway, nearby Munich had a growing problem -- the thousands of stray dogs
in the city were breeding with one another and were beginning to overrun the
city. So the higher-ups of Munich organized a new department to get rid of
the dogs. Soon enough, they had chased all of the dogs out of the city. No
one knew where they went -- they just went away.
A couple of days after the dogs disappeared from Munich, they appeared in
Pfilzerplatz. And because Pfilzerplatz is so much smaller than Munich, the
town was soon totally overrun with the dogs. So the town's mayor decided
that the town should be evacuated.
Everyone left the town, thus shutting down the paper mills. Well, a couple
of days later, the townsfolk were watching the town from the hills, and they
saw smoke rising from the smokestacks at the paper mills. Knowing that there
weren't any humans left in the town, they knew it was the dogs running the
factories. And so the mayor rushed off to Munich, found Munich's mayor and
announced:
"You've got to help us! The mills are alive with the hounds of Munich!"
Originally published November 02, 2003.
