A dozen 'Sap' puns

[Yino]

I couldn't think of a single one. Maybe because I'm not a native and I don't know what a 'Sap' pun is.
So I want to see a dozen 'Sap' puns, or at least an explanation of what that is .

[MadCat]

Heh heh. Well, basically, she's teasing about 'sap' as in tree sap, the 'blood' of trees, meeting 'sap' as in 'being a sap/being sappy' - extra sweet and sentimental, very emotional, etc.
It's a very sweet, emotional idea that Rissa is communicating (sap) and she's like a tree (sap). That would be the basis for possible puns.

[Yino]

Ah, so the word for tree blood is sap. (This is me being foreigner) Good to know. Thanks!

[MadCat]

Ah, hehe, that explains it. What is it called in Chile, out of curiosity?

[Yino]

The word in spanish is 'savia'. If it's ever needed for a pun it has to be with 'sabia' wich is the femenine form for wise. But I doubt it .

[Panda S. H.]

MadCat, you should do a Spanish strip on some holiday celebrated by many Spanish speakers. It should have Rissa in it.

[MadCat]

That would be pretty cool, actually! Any suggestions on what a good holiday would be?

(I'd have to have Yino and Dave help me with the translations, my Spanish is quite rusty and basic, as much as I wish I were fluent.)

[Yino]

If you need help with the translation that's no problem for me. About the date, I suggest October 12th, as it's a common holiday for Latin American Countries.

[MadCat]

Cool! Thanks, Yino!

October 12th is an interesting day, according to Wikipedia:

* Christian Feast Day:
o Heribert of Cologne (private feast day)
o Wilfrid of York
o October 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
* Children's Day or Feast of Our Lady of Aparecida (Brazil)
* Discovery of America by Columbus-related observances:
o Descubrimiento de América (Mexico)
o Día de la Hispanidad or Fiesta Nacional de España (Spain)
o Día de la Raza, "Day of the Race" (Latin America)
o Día de la Resistencia Indígena, "Day of Indigenous Resistance" (Venezuela)
o Día de las Américas, "Day of the Americas" (Uruguay)
o Día de las Culturas, "Day of the Cultures" (Costa Rica)
o Discovery Day (the Bahamas)
* Freethought Day (United States)
* Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Equatorial Guinea from Spain in 1968.
* Mother's Day (Malawi)
* National Coming Out Day (United Kingdom)

The more you know...

[Panda S. H.]

I'd mix Columbus Day with the GB's National Coming Out Day. Hilarity. :3 Like... say... Rissa is trying to explain this complicated sexuality/gender classification with her plant analogies and Xerise chimes in with a "Rissa, you're so smart!" but instead of "sabia" she says "savia".

Of course... this has nothing to do with Columbus Day and you'll think of something much better.