I: Current Puns

Strange noises are coming from Uranus. The boffins decide they want a very close look at Uranus. Because no-one has ever seen Uranus before. But it turns out that Uranus is being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's, yet as mortal as our own. 

I don’t think I got the joke when I first read First Contact? There was zero sex-education at primary school: I don’t think I even knew words like “anus” or “penis”. There were the words that were used at home and the words that were used in the playground. And if anyone had laughed I would have priggishly pretended not to understand, because science fiction was very serious and important and grown up.

It’s a very silly joke, because the correct pronunciation isn’t Your Anus; it’s Urine Us.

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