Pat and James are adult men by Elizabethan standards. On the other hand, metaphors and puns require a lot of context. They do enjoy all the insults!
I love puns!
My family, at one time, had some very punny people in it. Sadly there are only four of us left, only one of whom has a spouse. She was good in her day, but like my mother’s humor, it was mostly what I called “unconscious.” Always funny and often hilariously so.