WARNING! PG Rating (Pun & Groan content)

In a Perfect World (first draft of Mr. Darcy Takes the Plunge) was posted at the DWG as a work-in-progress story.  The second version, Upun My Word, Mr. Darcy!, later appeared at AHA.  Feedback was complimentary and encouraging, such as:  

• ... my sides hurt,  my cheeks hurt,  Thank you for such a good laugh! (marg)
• My goodness gracious, I am totally in awe of your talent for word play, puns and alliterations. I am certainly enjoying this. I do love funny fluff! My sides hurt from all my laughing. I also like all your Bennets, especially Robert and Lydia.  Darcy is very endearing. (PatM)
• GROAN!!!!!!!!!  This may be the punniest story I've ever read (more so even then Robert Asprin's Myth series, which I read as a kid - and that's going some!). I love it! This is absolutely brilliant and quite engaging, not only for its humor and divergence from canon, but also in that I am very curious where you're going with it.  Thank you!  (RachelP)
• What an amazing piece of writing! I have never read anything like it. I can't imagine how you kept up such a steady stream of puns and humorous situations. Your characters (including the animals) were so engaging. I'm in awe of your talent. Thank you for sharing. (Mary Simonsen)
• I laughed, snorted, smiled, and groaned.  What a delightful story! I love the way you have changed all the Bennets esp. Mrs. B. She is a hoot!  Thanks for re-posting this, I missed it the first time.  Excellent writing! Can't wait for more.  (Karen A)
• I still cannot wipe the smile off my face! ... (rascal)
• ... I could not stop laughing throughout this chapter. ... (milhistbuff1)
• Oh my gosh, laughing out loud.  This was hilarious ... (honuangel)

You may notice a trend.  Readers appeared to be suffering from certain ailments - such as hurting cheeks, painful sides, sustained smiling or laughing.  Groaning, moaning, snorting, sighing, and crying were also noted as side-effects from my story.  Therefore, it behooves me to forewarn unsuspecting readers of the dangers inherent in partaking of such frivolity.

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WARNING:
Readers of 
Mr. Darcy Takes the Plunge
are strongly cautioned
that certain scenes contain material considered

(pun and groan)

Such content may result in side effects including but not limited to the following: 

- hurting cheeks  (facial kind)
- painful sides
- groaning and moaning
- snorting, sighing, and sustained smiling
- crying (as in "Oh, for crying out loud!")
- laughing out loud
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As a firm believer in the adage ‘Laughter is the best medicine’, I’m at a loss to prescribe anything for one’s relief when laughter caused the above-noted symptoms.  My advice is to keep reading.  No one has ever died from laughing.  ...  Have they?  ...  Um ...  Excuse me now, please.  I, ah, have to go Google something.