I feel bad reading that list...<_<. The two pubic hair references are especially distasteful, and I'm a person who rarely, if ever, gets offended by anything.
Also, what the hell is the merchant of tennis? That's the only one on the list that I don't understand.
Why do people always groan at puns? I find them cute, clever, and funny.
One only groans at the bad ones. One laughs at the actually clever puns.
The bad ones are the best ones! They are so bad and ridiculous, that they are just funny! It is like fart humor... it is easy and stupid, but somehow its simplicity adds to its humor.
That is not a pun. pun - noun 1. the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words. 2. the word or phrase used in this way. –verb (used without object) 3. to make puns.
I remember getting this in an email a few years ago and it still remains one of my favorite pieces of word play. Everyone know about Gandhi? Well, there are a few things you might not know about this spiritual man. For one, he always walked around barefoot and his poor feet were always hard and thick. Also, because he fasted so often he was extremely frail and weak. Also, because of that diet, he had horrible horrible breath. So basically, one could say that Gandhi was a "super-calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis".
Of course then there's the one where I ask, "have you heard on the news how the police are the lookout for midget psychic? He's a small medium at large."
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Ah-spare-a-goose.
My friend has a book of jokes from 1915 called 1,700 Conundrums Worth Knowing. It's pretty fantastic.
Except replace "best" with "facepalm worthy".
The two pubic hair references are especially distasteful, and I'm a person who rarely, if ever, gets offended by anything.
Also, what the hell is the merchant of tennis? That's the only one on the list that I don't understand.
Bad girl friend: Man, she's way to fat to play DDR.
Cutesy friend: Maybe she plays on HEAVY mode.
(pause)
(laughter and making fun of the dumbness)
pun
- noun 1. the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.
2. the word or phrase used in this way.
–verb (used without object) 3. to make puns.
It didn't exactly work since there wasn't an ad hominem attack per se, but it was still funny.
Everyone know about Gandhi?
Well, there are a few things you might not know about this spiritual man.
For one, he always walked around barefoot and his poor feet were always hard and thick.
Also, because he fasted so often he was extremely frail and weak.
Also, because of that diet, he had horrible horrible breath.
So basically, one could say that Gandhi was a "super-calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis".
Of course then there's the one where I ask, "have you heard on the news how the police are the lookout for midget psychic? He's a small medium at large."
Innuendo.
Bleayach!(Bleach + Biyach[Bitch])
Why does Snoop Dog carry an umbrella everywhere?
Fo' drizzle.