September 1st, 2004
Why are puns my hands-down favorite form of humor?
For the following reasons: They’re often harmless, and therefore appeal to a wide audience. I’m a bonafide logophile – I love words. Being the cause of widespread groaning just makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
Top ten from my collection…
1. NASA recently sent a number of Holsteins into orbit for experimental purposes. They called it the herd shot round the world.
2. Did you hear about the Buddhist who went to the dentist, and refused to take novocaine? He wanted to transcend dental medication.
3. A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel, and met in the lobby where they were discussing their recent victories in chess tournaments. After an hour of this, the hotel manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse. He couldn’t stand chess nuts boasting in an open foyer.
4. The mushroom complained that couldn’t get a date, “I don’t know why the girls don’t like me… I’m such a fungi!”
5. During a recent disaster at a major university, a team of scientists were cloning monkeys when one of them blew up. The researchers are now trying to determine what went wrong by sifting through the Rhesus’ pieces.
6. Once upon a time, two brooms fell in love and decided to get married. Before the ceremony, the bride-broom informed the groom-broom that she was expecting a little whisk-broom. The groom-broom was aghast! “How is this possible?” he asked. “We never even swept together!”
7. Glancing over at the speeding the car, a highway patrolman was astounded to see a driver busy knitting. The trooper turned on his flashing lights and yelled to the driver, “PULL OVER!” In response the driver smiled yelled back, “NO! …SCARF!”
8. Don’t sweat petty things… or pet sweaty things.
9. Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot his whole life, which created an impressive set of calluses on his feet. He also ate very little, which made him frail, and with his odd diet, he suffered from very bad breath. This made him a super-callused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.
And finally…
10. There was a girl who listed ten puns in a blog, in the hope that one of them would make her friends laugh. Unfortunately, no pun in ten did!
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