Truisms for
Pun
With thanks to Rhonda
I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then
it hit me.
Police were called to a daycare where a three-year-old
was resisting a rest.
Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He's all
right now.
The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir
Cumference.
To write with a broken pencil is pointless.
When fish are in schools they sometimes take debate.
The short fortune teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at
large.
A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.
A thief fell
and broke his leg in wet cement. He became a hardened
criminal.
Thieves who steal corn from a garden could be charged with
stalking.
We'll never run out of math teachers because they always
multiply.
When the smog lifts in Los Angeles, U C L A.
The math
professor went crazy with the blackboard. He did a number on it.
The professor discovered that her theory of earthquakes was on shaky
ground
The dead batteries were given out free of charge.
If you take a laptop computer for a run you could jog your
memory.
A dentist and a manicurist fought tooth and
nail.
What's the definition of a will? (It's a dead
giveaway)
A bicycle can't stand alone; it is two tired.
Time flies like
an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
A backward poet writes
inverse.
In a democracy it's your vote that counts; in feudalism,
it's your count that votes.
A chicken crossing the road: poultry in motion.
If you don't pay your exorcist you can get repossessed.
With her marriage she got a new name and a dress.
Show me a
piano falling down a mine shaft and I'll show you A-flat miner.
When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.
The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine was fully
recovered.
A grenade fell onto a kitchen floor in France, resulted in Linoleum
Blownapart.
You are stuck with your debt, if you can't budge it.
He broke into song because he couldn't find the key.
A calendar's days are numbered.
A lot of money is tainted: 'Taint yours, and 'taint mine.
A
boiled egg is hard to beat.
He had a photographic memory which was never developed.
A
plateau is a high form of flattery.
Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the
end.
When you've seen one shopping center you've seen a mall.
When
she saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she'd
dye.
Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know basis.
Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.
Acupuncture: a jab well done.
Thursday, 12 April 2007
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These are good. Thanks for the laugh!
ReplyDeleteLori
This were very funny!
ReplyDeletebe well,
Dawn
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I am copying these... can use them in the classroom. When I teach students about puns, I have a hard time thinking of any to give as examples. It's far better to give examples than to explain what they are. Thanks, Guido! These are great. Bea
ReplyDeleteLOL...Thank you Guido! LOL ;o)
ReplyDeleteLisa
I loved all of these Guido.....Thanks for the laugh. Jeanie
ReplyDeleteSooo punny LOL-Thanks Guido,my class will LOVE these (might have to explain some though!)Take care,Shauneen
ReplyDeletePS Had a GREAT Easter thanks!