Language & Grammar discussion

Some consider it the lowest form of humor. I say it takes some creativity to pun well-- though in my family sometimes the worse the pun, the bigger the laugh (go figure). I've seen this word play in many posts and thought maybe we could dedicate a thread to it. Anybody with me?

I'll kick this off by PUNting this one out to you:
There was once a cross-eyed teacher who couldn't control his pupils.

Oh my God....as if NE needed any more encouragement!!!!!!!!! He IS the Punmeister Sarah.

Arrrrrrrrrgh. 2/3 of a pun, PU!

First, I'll give y'all this link:

http://www.punpunpun.com/

Then I'll give you this:

http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/parks/ohen...

Jim has attended the Pun-Off and we have a video of one year's event in the drawer in the family room. There are some pretty fast witted punsters around for certain.

Thanks for sharing, Dottie!

man, this is the first time i've EVER wanted to visit texas.

i will help the local frivolity by telling a joke i made up several years ago:

Q. Where do hippopotamuses go to school?

A. The hippocampus.

Hee.

R

To write with a broken pencil is pointless.

A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class because it was a weapon of math disruption.

The Buddhist refused pain-killers during the root canal because he wanted to transcend dental medication.

nice work, sarah!

Thanks, Heather-- but I cannot take the credit :) I pun best when my mother and I get on a roll about a certain topic. For example we'll be quilting-- we're always looking for good MATERIAL, she'll really STICK (as in pins) it to me, and leave me in STITCHES :) Some of my best memories of when I still lived at home were these impromptu pun offs in which the whole family tried to outdo each other.

I just copied and emailed the math pun to four math teacher friends. You're good Sarah:)

The dental medication crack has been filed away for use on my dentist the next time I have a check-up.

NE...where are you? Are you deliberately avoiding this thread?!!

No, no. It's just that I really don't "know" any puns and could never for the life of me come up with one. For me they just "happen" as I talk or write. They lie in ambush. But I'm sure enjoying Sarah's efforts here.

I might add that I cannot remember jokes of any kind and, as a rule, do not enjoy them. I do like word play, though, and witty repartee. In fact, each January my wife throws a birthday repartee for me and wrenches her back. Now that's love.

Puns that lie in wait and just happen are the best sort (and you didn't disappoint!!).......forced punning becomes laborious to listen to.
I must admit to the odd chortle/snort over Sarah's as well! :-)

If you're looking for some 'punny' literature, I recommend that you check out Piers Anthony's Xanth series. The first 7 or 8 books in the series are pretty good. After that I found that he started to put so much emphasis on the puns and suggestions from fans that the plot started to lose its flow. I highly recommend books 1 through 7 however! He (Piers) gets into some pretty punny phantasy.

sarah: very nice! and same goes for me. i remember one time, in my early 20's, my mom, sister and i spent a couple of hours (late at night, mind you) making up ghost-related puns. must've been near halloween. anyway, i totally get that.

a good punny book is Get Thee To a Punnery. makes a good gift to your favorite pun-dit.

“I asked somebody a question about pi, their answer was never ending!”

Tee hee!

If you remember your geometry classes, the formula for the area of circle is Area = pi times radius2, or Pi R squared.

Only trouble with that is that pie are not square, pie are round.

Mmmmmm..... pie.....lemon meringue!!! Don't care what shape it be!

Mmmm....pi.

"I had some back trouble, but it's all behind me now."

no matter where you go
there you are

not really a pun but...

Kinda like I'll always find my lost keys in the last place I look . . .

"Even the best bird dog is only good to a point."

AArrgghhhhh!!!!!

zooks
our kiwi friend is all got up in a tizzy
about our rampant punning :)

I must say I have very little imagination when it comes to word play but I made one up today that made me giggle, even though it's not that brilliant.

A friend of mine, who works at Agriculture Canada, asked me to be one of her reference for her passport renewal. I said no problem, I'll make sure they know she's a cereal killer.

Time to groan, now...

*groans* That is hilarious!

Here's one from me: we were translating a text in class one day about baseball, and how there are fewer children enrolling in leagues. The article was discussing how officials are trying to increase enrollment.

My draft: "Baseball officials are making their pitch to youth..."

I read it aloud, and the whole class groaned. :)

Thank you for sharing your groan-worthy puns M.d. and Bunx!

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Virginia Ham.



Who's afraid of serial killers?

Cap'n Crunch, Tony Tiger, and the Trix Rabbit.


I thought they were FINE puns, Bunx et mD.

For me, the highest praise is when people laugh despite every effort not to. Then they say it's "because it's so bad" (as if laughter needs defending).

If a noted Spanish surrealist painter worked at Schwartz's in Montreal, he would be known as Salvador Deli.

So when I say "Aaaaargghhh!!!".....you should be highly flattered!

These puns are from a theory class I took. The prof had just been discussing de Saussure, and we are sick of him because he keeps showing up and our profs keep teaching us about him like we've never heard of him before.

Me: "Damn you, de Saussure!"
A (my friend): "Don't be so cheesy...Swiss cheesy"
Me: "Very gouda"
A: "You are sharp like cheddar"
Me: "I'm feta up with these puns"
A: "I just edam up!"
Me: "They must Gruyère on you"

YES! YES! & YES!

Cheesy is right. Reminds me of the infamous fish song.

Infamous Fish? Isn't that that rock group from the 1960s?

I'm so glad I made someone groan. I've probably used up my punny bone for the year, though.

"Having too many axe-like tools to do a particular job only adze to the confusion."

That was a cut above the rest. Is that awl you've got in the way of tool puns?

Not that old saw!!

it just won't fly

Who is this 'goodreader' who is wearing moe's face??????

moe
moe who
face
what face
i
uh
wanted to change things up a bit
was feeling a little...
brittany
(over exposed)
now we've both blown the cover ;)

Hey! I wandered into a very revealing thread here.