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Puns & Other Word Play ^
Posted on 11/26/2008 5:43:02 AM PST by 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
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TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: ofst; puns; silliness; thanksgiving
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To: Lucky9teen
To: Lucky9teen
Did you hear about the San Fransicko libertine who engaged in sado-necro-zoophillia? He gave it up when he realized he was beating a dead horse.
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posted on
11/26/2008 7:45:01 AM PST
by
weegee
(Sec. of State Clinton. What kind of change is it to keep the Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton Oligarchy?)
To: Lucky9teen
OH my.................
VirginiaMom
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posted on
11/26/2008 7:45:05 AM PST
by
VirginiaMom
(I'm so sorry Papa...my heart weeps)
To: Sax
84
posted on
11/26/2008 7:47:08 AM PST
by
Rightly Biased
(McCain is the reason Sarah Lost <><)
To: Travis T. OJustice
Happy Wednesday before Thanksgiving since most dont work on Friday! THESE people work on Friday, Black Friday. But they won't have time to post on silliness threads:
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posted on
11/26/2008 7:48:01 AM PST
by
weegee
(Sec. of State Clinton. What kind of change is it to keep the Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton Oligarchy?)
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To: Lucky9teen
What sound does a space turkey make? Click and drag for answer--->"HUBBLE, HUBBLE, HUBBLE!"
87
posted on
11/26/2008 7:50:35 AM PST
by
OB1kNOb
(I for one will NOT welcome our new Marxist overlords.)
To: Rightly Biased
88
posted on
11/26/2008 7:52:03 AM PST
by
Sax
To: DCPatriot
She could bast my turkey anytime!
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posted on
11/26/2008 7:52:34 AM PST
by
OB1kNOb
(I for one will NOT welcome our new Marxist overlords.)
To: ErnBatavia
I'm waiting for the Official January 20th Inauguration Silliness Thread.
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posted on
11/26/2008 7:54:51 AM PST
by
weegee
(Sec. of State Clinton. What kind of change is it to keep the Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton Oligarchy?)
Bless you - the other white meat
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posted on
11/26/2008 7:56:01 AM PST
by
IrishPennant
(He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.)
To: OB1kNOb; Admin Moderator
What’s up with that?
I have posted that photo in here every Thanksgiving for the past several years with nary a problem.
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posted on
11/26/2008 7:57:36 AM PST
by
DCPatriot
("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
To: cyborg

"Happy Tofurky Day"
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posted on
11/26/2008 7:59:36 AM PST
by
weegee
(Sec. of State Clinton. What kind of change is it to keep the Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton Oligarchy?)
To: DCPatriot
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posted on
11/26/2008 8:01:18 AM PST
by
OB1kNOb
(I for one will NOT welcome our new Marxist overlords.)
To: girlscout
Groan!!!
Hope your favorite team wins.
95
posted on
11/26/2008 8:01:57 AM PST
by
Daffynition
("Beauty is in the sty of the beholder." ~ Joe 6-pack)
To: Lucky9teen
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posted on
11/26/2008 8:02:50 AM PST
by
OB1kNOb
(I for one will NOT welcome our new Marxist overlords.)
To: girlscout
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posted on
11/26/2008 8:05:19 AM PST
by
weegee
(Sec. of State Clinton. What kind of change is it to keep the Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton Oligarchy?)
To: Lucky9teen

From the Office
of the
THANKSGIVING DINNER-ELECT
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posted on
11/26/2008 8:05:37 AM PST
by
mikrofon
(Well, it worked for another turkey...)
To: weegee
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posted on
11/26/2008 8:08:35 AM PST
by
weegee
(Sec. of State Clinton. What kind of change is it to keep the Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton Oligarchy?)
To: rockabyebaby
Woooohoooo! Top 100!!!
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posted on
11/26/2008 8:08:38 AM PST
by
weegee
(Sec. of State Clinton. What kind of change is it to keep the Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton Oligarchy?)
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