Fun Friday: That’s Punny!

Pun Comic Courtesy of Mindbluff.com

A pun, or paronomasia, is “a form of word play that deliberately exploits an ambiguity between similar-sounding words for humorous or rhetorical effect  … By definition, puns must be deliberate; an involuntary substitution of similar words is called a malapropism.” [from the Wikipedia entry “Pun”]

Now that the Latin lesson is done, let’s get punny!  I present to you my hand-picked, best of the web collection of puns:

• I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.
• A scientist doing a large experiment with liquid chemicals was trying to solve a problem when he fell in and became part of the solution.
• A small boy swallowed some coins and was taken to a hospital. When his grandmother telephoned to ask how he was a nurse said ‘No change yet’.
• The butcher backed up into the meat grinder and got a little behind in his work.
• Police were called to a daycare where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.
• A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall. The police are looking into it.
• I used to have a fear of hurdles, but I got over it.
• What did the grape say when it got stepped on? Nothing – but it let out a little whine.
• To write with a broken pencil is pointless.
• When they bought a water bed, the couple started to drift apart.
• A criminal’s best asset is his lie ability.
• If you don’t pay your exorcist you get repossessed.
• Santa’s helpers are subordinate clauses.
• Old lawyers never die they just lose their appeal.
• Gravity is studied a lot because it’s a very attractive field.

Feel free to add your favorites in the comment section!

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