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Puns & Other Word Play ^

[Lucky9teen]

Puns & Other Word Play

Many see puns as cheap humor, one-liners, or groaners, despite their prevalence in our culture. They are most often seen in the names of businesses, or advertising. Others, like the writer Jonathan Swift, see them as a challenging art form, where one shapes words like a cobbler bends leather. 'Punning is an art of harmonious jingling upon words,' said Swift, 'which, passing in at the ears, excites a titillary motion in those parts; and this, being conveyed by the animal spirits into the muscles of the face, raises the cockles of the heart.

However the dictionary describes a pun as:

pun
n.
A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words.

Egg Plant
The Art of Humorous Puns

Humorous Puns
Many puns hardly ever illicit more than groans from those subjected to their obvious humor. There are many theories as to why this is. One such theory put forth by Freud states those who do not laugh at puns have punus envitas.

What is it that makes a good pun? Here are a few pointers.

Quick set-up (brevity is important)
No proper names (listener might not recognize the name)
Familiar references
A pointed revelation (you should see the spark in the listeners' eyes as they 'get it')
Maximum wordplay throughout

Tap Dancers

[Daffynition]

AWWWWWWWWwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.... we're looking forward to the turkey sammies....

[girlscout]

[girlscout]

[skinkinthegrass]

...Puns, Live / circulate (almost) as long as taxes....(but, definitely not as painful :)

[Daffynition]

HAHAHA!

[Sax]

[Sax]

[girlscout]

Little Red Riding Hood is skipping thru the forest road when she sees the big bad wolf crouched down behind a log.. ‘My, what big eyes you have, Mr. Wolf.’ The wolf jumps up and runs away. Further down the road Little Red Riding Hood sees the wolf again and this time he is crouched behind a bush. ‘My what big ears you have, Mr. Wolf.’ Again the wolf jumps up and runs away. About 1/4 mile down the road Little Red Riding Hood sees the wolf again and this time he is crouched down behind a rock. ‘My what big teeth you have Mr. Wolf.’ With that the wolf jumps up and screams, ‘Will you knock it off, I’m trying to poop!’

[sunny48]

And what would Thankgiving be without the great turkey drop.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iafzqOCaxA4

[IrishPennant]

[girlscout]

[Lucky9teen]

[girlscout]

Disco Turkey's

[Hyzenthlay]

Wait, but the first sentence is true... am I missing something?

[Lucky9teen]

[Lucky9teen]

[weegee]

One afternoon a lawyer was riding in his stretch limousine when he saw two men along the roadside eating grass. Disturbed, he ordered his driver to stop, and he got out to investigate.

He asked one of the men, “Why are you eating grass?”

“We don’t have any money for food,” the poor man replied. “We have no choice. We have to eat grass.”

“Well, then, you can come with me to my house and I’ll feed you,” the lawyer said.

“But sir, I have a wife and two children with me. They are over there, under that tree.”

“Bring them along,” the lawyer replied. Turning to the other poor man he stated, “You come with us also.”

The second man, in a pitiful voice then said, “But sir, I also have a wife and SIX children with me!”

“Bring them all as well,” the lawyer answered.

They all entered the car, which was no easy task, even for a car as large as the stretch limousine was.

Once underway, one of the poor fellows turned to the lawyer and said, “Sir, you are too kind. Thank you for taking all of us with you.”

The lawyer replied, “Glad to do it. You’ll really love my place. The grass is almost a foot high!”

[Lucky9teen]

DAMN STRAIGHT!!!

[weegee]

"Hulks SMASH punny human!"

[Lucky9teen]

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