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[challenge entry] Is this too literal?

From the Dogs With Amusing Noses challenge. See all 461 entries (closed)

(I helped save b3ta! diyjoe, Fri 14 Feb 2003, 20:16, archived)
# No
Just very 'woo'
(Danabnormal, Fri 14 Feb 2003, 20:17, archived)
# i agree completely
but whats the punchline
(I helped save b3ta! Or is it?, Fri 14 Feb 2003, 20:19, archived)
# I don't know,
why don't we open that one up to the group
(I helped save b3ta! diyjoe, Fri 14 Feb 2003, 20:20, archived)
# The barman said
"yes mate, what can i get ya?"
(Danabnormal, Fri 14 Feb 2003, 20:21, archived)
# Actually
he said "why the long face?"
(I helped save b3ta! diyjoe, Fri 14 Feb 2003, 20:26, archived)
# he tried to buy a drink
but horses can't speak, and don't carry money anyway, so the barstaff struggled for a while but finally managed to get him back out of the pub, tied him up securely and then called the police to trace his owner?
(I helped save b3ta! Jadeviper was still alive on, Fri 14 Feb 2003, 20:22, archived)
# A fish swam into a bar and ordered a new name.
you see, it was a handlebar.
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Fri 14 Feb 2003, 20:27, archived)
# aaarghhh!
(I helped save b3ta! freshlegs, Fri 14 Feb 2003, 20:29, archived)
# hatstand
totally
(I helped save b3ta! Jadeviper was still alive on, Fri 14 Feb 2003, 20:29, archived)
# how does
this usage of 'hatstand' get its meaning?
(I helped save b3ta! freshlegs, Fri 14 Feb 2003, 20:31, archived)
# I know the origin...
...of 'Mad as a hatter', but 'hatstand' is a bit of a mystery.

Could they be related?
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Fri 14 Feb 2003, 20:32, archived)
# I dunno...
I've just seen it used and liked it.
(I helped save b3ta! Jadeviper was still alive on, Fri 14 Feb 2003, 20:37, archived)
# i've always liked
the usage of 'hatstand'. for me it's always been akin to shopping trolley, and mad as a bag of spiders.
(I helped save b3ta! zerolicious, Fri 14 Feb 2003, 20:39, archived)
# I laughed out loud with that one.
woo yay for clever punnage!
(Monkeypuppet, Fri 14 Feb 2003, 20:20, archived)
# .
woo to the yay, houpla...
(nogber, Fri 14 Feb 2003, 20:24, archived)