a pun is it's own re-word, from an email

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a pun is it's own re-word, from an email

Postby KatyBr » Fri Mar 10, 2006 6:22 pm

I hope you'll get at least one chuckle, It's not science it's just silly
A GOOD PUN IS ITS OWN RE-WORD


Khakis: What you need to start the car in Boston.

Crick: The sound that a Japanese camera makes
[apologies to Flam who is not usually offended anyway]

Energizer Bunny arrested - charged with battery.

A pessimist's blood type is always b-negative

Practice safe eating - always use condiments.

A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother.

Shotgun wedding: A case of wife or death.

I used to work in a blanket factory, but it folded.

If electricity comes from electrons... does that mean that morality
comes from morons?

A hangover is the wrath of grapes.

Corduroy pillows are making headlines.

Is a book on voyeurism a peeping tome?

Burning the bra was a big flop.

Sea captains don't like crew cuts.

Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?

A successful diet is the triumph of mind over platter.

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

A gossip is someone with a great sense of rumor.

Without geometry, life is pointless.

When you dream in color, it's a pigment of your imagination.

Reading whilst sunbathing makes you well-red.

When two egotists meet, it's an I for an I.

Alarms: What an octopus is.

Dockyard: A physician's garden.

Incongruous: Where bills are passed.

Pasteurize: Too far to see.
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Postby Slava » Wed Jul 28, 2010 4:03 pm

Even though this is old, and I'd seen the list in e-mails even before it was posted here, these are always fun to re-visit.

Thanks to KatyBr for posting them. I hope you all enjoy them again, too.
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puns

Postby Audiendus » Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:06 am

I find most puns unfunny, but I like those that smoothly combine a play on two or more words, as in the following examples from the above list:
Energizer Bunny arrested - charged with battery.

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
Incidentally, why isn't KatyBr included in the list of members?

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Re: puns

Postby Slava » Mon Feb 21, 2011 12:20 pm

Incidentally, why isn't KatyBr included in the list of members?
Good question. She's still got a profile, and was one of the top posters. I'd guess that she's gone AWOL, just as the majority of our registered members are. The Agora home page says we have well over 2,800. The member list has enough pages for this number, but at present shows only 963.
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A pun is it's own re-word

Postby Winblad » Sat Oct 29, 2011 10:45 am

Hi everybody,

would you consider me an old nag if I asked why this apostrophe in the headline is so long-lived?

Best wishes from a chaotic desk

Winblad
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Postby Slava » Sat Oct 29, 2011 2:16 pm

Only the original author can change it, and she's MIA. I guess no one pointed it out to her when she posted it.
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