I absolutely hate puns. I agree they are the lowest
form of humor. In fact, I don't think they are funny at all. I think
they are mean.
For one thing, puns only hurt people
intelligent enough to understand them. Maybe that's the real reason
Blondes have more fun : Puns fly right over their head! They don't
suffer like the rest of us do.
You have to have a certain level of
sophistication for the pain to be triggered. My daughter read this web
page and her main reaction was, "Huh? I don't get it."
Blessed are the innocent...
I suppose if puns are delivered
within the context of a conversation, they have value, but few of us
are smart enough to think one up on the spot that hasn't been used
countless tired times before. After a while they aren't punny any
more. I know people who memorize books of puns. Talk about artificial
intelligence.
I am a closet Punster, but
fortunately for society I am also stupid. Many of you do not realize
just close you come at times to this especially inhuman form of
torture in my dance classes. Lucky you! Often at night while
driving home I come up with a truly awful pun too late to do any
damage in dance class. My inability to pun on the spot
aggravates me no end. Puns hurt me worse than others because when I
hear a pun that happens to be appropriate to the occasion, not only
does the pun hurt, but the pain is intensified by my bitterness that
someone else is so much more clever than I am
Let me share an example. A group of
us was watching a dance video. I happened to move to the screen
to point out a move, then forgot to move out of the way. One of the
girls watching said, "Rick, you're a pain, but you're not a
window pane. Get out of the way!"
Hmmmph. It hurts to be
just bright enough to suffer, but not bright enough to fight back.
Oblivious to the fact that I am a
bad Pun waiting to happen, nevertheless our Joke Page readers
blithely continue to bombard me with their cruel puns. When it comes
to Puns, everyone agrees it is far, far better to give than receive.
Well, I am fighting back. I am sick of these stupid puns you send me
and I am bouncing them right back at ya!
So, for you masochists, here is a
list of the worst puns I have received lately. I might add that the
only good pun is a non-existent one. Do I make my pain clear?
Now if after reading these you feel
the need to hurt someone, aim for Gary Richardson first. He is the
main culprit here. (I am merely the humble messenger). In particular,
I think someone needs to take him out for "Pythagorean
Pocahontas". I think we will put on a fast Polka with a fast
woman, turn off the air-conditioner, and let the song run twice. He
will think twice before he sends the next pun.
The thing I find amusing about the
Puns below are the incredible lengths the yarn weavers go to set the
scene. "Murder for Hire" is a good example of working
overtime to prepare the Pun-ch Line. Also amusing are the interesting
clues that mysteriously appear in the story line. My favorite was the
Indian tent with the Hippopotamus skin in it. Someone deserves to lose
a scalp for that one!!
Enough talk. Enjoy! Or is
that the right word for it? Better yet, Let the suffering
begin for all you Groan Men and Women!
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Warm-Up Exercises
submitted by Joseph Stuteville
The art of punning is not
dead..............
1.
Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, but when they lit a
fire in the craft it sank, proving once and for all that you can’t
have your Kayak and heat it, too.
2.
Two boll weevils grew up in South Carolina. One went to
Hollywood and became a famous actor. The other stayed behind in the
cotton fields and never amounted to much. The second one, naturally,
became known as the lesser of two weevils.
3.
A three-legged dog walks into a saloon in the Old West. He
slides up to the bar and announces: “I’m looking for the man who
shot my paw.”
4.
Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused his dentist’s
Novocain during root canal work? He wanted to transcend dental
medication.
5.
A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel and were
standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories.
After about an hour, the manager came out of the office and asked them
to disperse. “But why?” they asked, as they moved off.
“Because,” he said, “I can’t stand chess nuts boasting in an
open foyer.”
6.
There was a man who entered a local paper’s pun contest. He
sent in ten different puns, in the hope that at least one of the puns
would win. Unfortunately, no pun in ten did.
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Sam the Clam
submitted by Shine Chang
Sam and Sally Clam live at the bottom of the sea and they are wild for dancing and go every night to Sam's dance club. Well, life is good until one day, poor Sally buys the farm and floats up to heaven.
At orientation, St. Peter tells her all the rules, hands her a harp that she has to keep with her at all times, and tells her to have a good time. It's okay for a while, but as with ALL dancers, even dead clam dancers, she misses her former life and all the fun times out on the floor with her partner, Sam.
After much moping around, Sally finally gets permission to go back to earth for ONE day, but she has to be back in heaven by the last stroke of midnight. So, she's off! She finds Sam and they're having a great time - double spins, reverse London Bridge, slithers up and down - until BONG! BONG - it's midnight!
Sally races back up to heaven, where she is greeted by St. Peter who has a TERRIBLE look on his face!
"WHERE IS YOUR HARP?"
"OH NO! I LEFT MY HARP IN SAM CLAM'S DISCO!"
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William Tell
submitted by Gary Richardson
Evidence has been found that William Tell and
his family were avid bowlers. However, all the league records were
unfortunately destroyed in a fire.
Thus we’ll never know for whom the Tells
bowled.
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Religion and Geography
submitted and created by Rick Renner
Did you know that
there are no Jehovah’s Witnesses in Hungary?
They have Buddha Pests
instead!!
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Hollandaise Sauce
submitted by Gary Richardson
A guy goes into his dentist's office
because of problems with his dentures. After a brief examination, the
dentist exclaims, "Holy Smoke! That plate I installed in your
mouth about six months ago has corroded! What on earth have you been
eating?"
"Well... the only thing I
can think of is this... my wife made me some asparagus about four
months ago with this stuff on it... Hollandaise sauce she called it...
and doctor, I'm talkin' DELICIOUS! I've never tasted anything like it,
and ever since then I've been putting it on everything... meat, fish,
toast, vegetables... you name it!"
"That's probabably it,"
replied the dentist "Hollandaise sauce is made with lemon juice,
which is acidic and highly corrosive. It seems as thought I'll have to
install a new plate, but made out of chrome this time."
"Why chrome?" the man
asked.
"Well, everyone knows that
there's no plate like chrome for the Hollandaise!"
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Twins
submitted by Richard Weisberg
A woman
has twins and gives them up for adoption. One of them goes to a family
in Egypt and is named “Amal.” The other goes to a family in Spain;
they name him “Juan.”
Years
later, Juan locates his birth mother sends a picture of himself to
her. Upon receiving the picture, the birth mother, now happily married
with her life in order, tells her husband that she wishes she also had
a picture of Amal.
Her
husband responds, “No big deal. If you’ve seen Juan, you’ve seen
Amal.”
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The Vikings
submitted by Gary Richardson
A famous Viking explorer returned home from a
voyage and found his name missing from the town register. His wife
insisted on complaining to the local civic official who apologized
profusely saying, "I must have taken Leif off my census."
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The Dolphins
submitted by Gary Richardson
A marine biologist developed a race of
genetically engineered dolphins that could live forever if they were
fed a steady diet of seagulls. One day his supply of the birds ran
out, so he had to go out and trap some more. On the way back, he spied
two lions asleep on the road. Afraid to wake them, he gingerly stepped
over them. Immediately, he was arrested and charged with transporting
gulls across sedate lions for immortal porpoises.
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The Anthropologist
submitted by Gary Richardson
A skeptical anthropologist was cataloging
South American folk remedies with the assistance of a tribal brujo who
indicated that the leaves of a particular fern were a sure cure for
any case of constipation. When the anthropologist expressed his
doubts, the brujo looked him in the eye and said, "Let me tell
you, with fronds like these, who needs enemas?"
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The Tate Watch Company
submitted by Gary Richardson
Back in the 1800’s the Tates Watch Company
of Massachusetts wanted to produce other products and, since they
already made the cases for pocket watches, decided to market compasses
for the pioneers traveling west. It turned out that although their
watches were of the finest quality, their compasses were so bad that
people often ended up in Canada or Mexico rather than California.
This, of course, is the origin of
the expression, "He who has a Tates is lost!"
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The Indian Chief
submitted by Gary Richardson
An Indian chief was feeling very sick, so he
summoned the medicine man. After a brief examination, the medicine man
took out a long, thin strip of elk hide and gave it to the chief,
instructing him to bite off, chew and swallow one inch of the leather
every day. After a month, the medicine man returned to see how the
chief was feeling. The chief shrugged and said, "The thong is
ended, but the malady lingers on."
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Pythagorean
Pocahontas
submitted by Gary Richardson
There were three Indian squaws. One slept on
a deer skin. One slept on an elk skin and the third slept on a
hippopotamus skin (oh, please!). All three became pregnant and the
first two each had a baby boy. The one who slept on the hippopotamus
skin had twin boys. This goes to prove that the squaw of the
hippopotamus is equal to the sons of the squaws of the other two
hides.
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The Titanic
submitted by Robin Wagner, Sam DeMora, and Jon Holverson
among others who
deserve to be hurt
There are many stories related to
the sinking of the "Titanic". Some have just come to light
due to the success of the recent movie. For example, most people
don’t know that back in 1912 Hellman’s mayonnaise was manufactured
in England. The "Titanic" was carrying 12,000 jars of the
condiment scheduled for delivery in Vera Cruz, Mexico, which was to be
the next port of call for the great ship after New York City. The
Mexican people who were eagerly awaiting delivery was stricken with
enormous grief at their loss. They declared a national day of mourning
which they still observe.
It is known, of course, as "Sinko
de Mayo".
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Murder for Hire
submitted by Betty Sellers
Tired of constantly being broke, and
stuck in an unhappy marriage, a young husband decided to solve both
problems by taking out a large insurance policy on his wife (with
himself as the beneficiary), and arranging to have her killed. A
"friend of a friend" put him in touch with a nefarious
underworld figure, who went by the name of "Artie."
Artie explained to the husband that
his going price for snuffing out a spouse was $5,000. The husband said
he was willing to pay that amount, but that he wouldn’t have any
cash on hand until he could collect his wife’s insurance money.
Artie insisted on being paid SOMETHING up front. The man opened up his
wallet, displaying the single dollar bill that rested inside. Artie
sighed, rolled his eyes, and reluctantly agreed to accept the dollar
as down payment for the dirty deed.
A few days later, Artie followed the
man’s wife to the local Safeway grocery store. There, he surprised
her in the produce department, and proceeded to strangle her with his
gloved hands. As the poor unsuspecting woman drew her last breath and
slumped to the floor, the manager of the produce department stumbled
unexpectedly onto the scene. Unwilling to leave any witnesses behind,
Artie had no choice but to strangle the produce manager as well.
Unknown to Artie, the entire
proceedings were captured by hidden cameras and observed by the
store’s security guard, who immediately called the police. Artie was
caught and arrested before he could leave the store. Under intense
questioning at the police station, Artie revealed the sordid plan,
including his financial arrangements with the hapless husband.
And that is why, the next day in the
newspaper, the headline declared…
"ARTIE CHOKES TWO FOR A DOLLAR
AT SAFEWAY !"
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The Mole Family
submitted by Judy Walsh
There was a family of moles
that lived in a hole just outside a farmhouse. There was a Papa mole,
a Mama mole and an itty-bitty Baby mole. One morning the Papa mole
woke up and peeking outside said: "I smell pancakes!"
Hearing that, Mama mole
scurried up the hole and squeezed in next to Papa mole, sniffed the
air and said: "Mmmmmmmm, I smell maple syrup!"
This got Baby mole’s
attention and he ran up the hole and tried to peek out but found his
mother and father were blocking the entrance. Frowning, he said:
"All I smell is molasses !"
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Hospital in Scotland
submitted by John Liestman
The Queen of England is
opening a new hospital in Scotland.
She inspects the maternity ward and the the ER and
then walks in to a small ward at the rear of the hospital.
She asks the first patient she sees "How are we doing
today?"
and he answers "Oh! Yee wee timorus beastie!".
The Queen nods and smiles and moves on to the next bed and
asks "Well now are you feeling better?" To which the patient
shouts
"Oh! You great Champion of the pudding race!"
The Queen moves quickly to a nice looking older man who greets
her with "The best laid plans of mice and men gang aft aglay!"
The Queen turns to the Doctor and whispers "Is this the Mental
Ward?"
To which he replies "No, Your Majesty. It's the...... Burns
Unit."
(if you didn't "get it"... for
example, I didn't "get it"... this joke refers to
Robert Burns, the oft-quoted poet laureate of Scotland, 1759-1796. I
had to write back to get an explanation.)
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Biology Student
submitted by Susan Schroeder
There was a biology student who was
studying equilibrium in sea birds with a specific focus on terns. He
proposed that giving measured doses of THC (from, of course,
marijuana) and observing their flight patterns would give some insight
to the problems of equilibrium in three dimensional space. This
proposal being given in a more liberal era, the student got the
funding. He filled out mountains of forms, set up a lab with a ready
supply of terns, and proceeded on his way. After a year of diligent
work, groveling monthly before the review committee to get his
stipend, and living with drugged terns, he completed his study.
With trembling hands, he delivered
his 247-page report, complete with charts and graphs, to the review
committee. The august body peruses his study, asking penetrating
questions and reducing our student to jell-o. Finally, the department
head rises. The light reflects off her steel rimmed glasses as she
stares down at our student.
"There is a lot of good work
here," she says. "But we can’t accept this report. You
have detailed marvelously the effects of THC on terns but you forgot
one essential step: you have no control group." Our student turns
pale and says, "You don’t mean..."
"Yes. I’m afraid so. You left
no tern unstoned."
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The Mahatma
submitted by Jill Banta
Mahatma Gandhi, as you
know, walked barefoot most of the time, which produced an impressive
set of calluses on his feet. He also ate very little, which made him
rather frail and with his odd diet, he suffered from bad breath.
As this great man would pass, people would
bow down in worship. One day a small boy asked his father how the
Mahatma's legacy would read. His father smiled and spoke,
"A super callused fragile mystic
especially with halitosis"
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Florist Friars
submitted by Robin Wagner and Richard Bevis
Three friars were behind on their
belfry payments, so they opened a small florist shop to raise funds.
Since everyone liked to buy flowers from the men of God, the rival
florist across town thought the competition was unfair.
He asked the good fathers to close
down, but they would not. He went back and begged the friars to close
down, but they would not. He asked his mother to go and ask the friars
to get out of the business. They would not.
So, the rival florist hired Hugh
McTaggart, the roughest and most vicious thug in town to persuade them
to close. Hugh beat up the friars and trashed their store, saying
he’d be back if they didn’t close their business. Terrified, they
did so - thereby proving that:
Hugh, and only Hugh can prevent
florist friars.
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Artistic Thief
submitted by Donna Ruth and Reza Taherian
Recently a guy in Paris nearly got
away with stealing several paintings from the Louvre. However, after
planning the crime, breaking in, and evading security, getting out and
escaping to the woods, he was captured only two blocks away when his
van ran out of gas. When asked how he could mastermind such a crime
and then make such an obvious error, he replied: "I had no Monet
to buy Degas to make the Van Gogh."
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Hall of Fame : Father and Son
submitted by Richard Barrett
A man is in a room waiting for his wife to
give birth. The doctor comes in and informs the dad that his son was
born without torso, arms or legs. The son is just a head ! But
the Dad swallows hard and vows to love his son and raise him as well
as he can, with compassion and tenderness.
After 21 years, the son is old enough for his
first drink. Dad takes him to the bar and tearfully tells the son he
is proud of him. Dad orders up the biggest, strongest drink for his
boy. With all the bar patrons looking on curiously and the bartender
shaking his head in disbelief, the boy takes his first sip of alcohol.
Swoooop ! A torso pops out !
The bar is dead silent; then bursts into a
whoop of joy. The father, shocked, begs his son to drink again. The
patrons chant "Take another drink !" The bartender
still shakes his head in dismay. Swoooop ! Two arms pops out.
Now the bar goes wild. The father, crying and
wailing, begs his son to drink again. The patrons chant "Take
another drink !"
The bartender frowns. He is convinced no good
will come of this. By now the boy is getting tipsy, and with his new
hands he reaches down, grabs his drink and guzzles the last of it.
Swoooop ! Two legs pop out. The bar is in chaos.
The father falls to his knees and tearfully
thanks God.
Then tragedy strikes ! The boy stands
up on his new legs and stumbles to the left.... then to the right....
right through the front door, into the street, where a truck runs over
him and kills him instantly.
The bar falls silent. As the father moans in
grief, the bartender sighs and says, "That boy should have quit
while he was a head."
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Dating Lorraine
submitted by Susie Merrill
A guy was dating a girl
named Lorraine. He knew that Lorraine was the ONE. She had all the
qualities that he wanted in a woman. She was smart, funny, and
beautiful. Then one day in the video store, he met a girl named
Clearly. Now Clearly was beautiful, funny, smart, and knew all the
best places in town. But the guy didn't want to stop dating Lorraine,
for he could be missing out on something good. So he kept on dating
Lorraine. Then one day, the guy and Lorraine were walking along a
riverbank, his mind on Clearly, when Lorraine slipped into the river.
While he watched her float away, he sang,
"I can see Clearly
now Lorraine is gone."
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Hall of Fame : The Bell Ringer
submitted by Hieronymous Anonymous
After Quasimodo’s death, the
Bishop of the cathedral of Notre Dame sent word through the streets of
Paris that a new bellringer was needed. The Bishop decided that he
would conduct the interviews personally and went up into the belfry to
begin the screening process. After observing several applicants
demonstrate their skills, he decided to call it a day and said he
would get back to them.
Late that night there was a fierce
pounding at the door which awoke everyone in the church. The bishop
ordered a monk to see what was causing the commotion. To his shock, an
armless man was brought to him nearly in tears. "Father, I plead
to be given a chance to Ring the Bell !"
The Bishop was incredulous.
"But, son, You have no arms !"
"No matter," said the man,
"I have a heart ! I have desire ! Please, even
if you do not choose to give me the job, let me at least try !"
The bishop frowned, then said,
"Okay, but why don't you come back in the morning ?
You would surely wake the people of Paris tonight."
"Please, Father, oh please, I
have this burning inside ! Please let me ring it now !
Just once !"
Shaking his head, the Bishop
relented. This was against his better judgment, he knew, but
realistically, how loud could this guy be ? Slowly they climbed
the steps to the Bell Tower. Finally reaching the top, the Bishop
opened the door. To his shock, without a word, the armless man flung
himself forward and smashed his face violently into the huge metal
bell.
BONG ! The armless man had
indeed rung the bell with enormous power, but the bishop was appalled
as he saw blood spurt out of the man's broken nose while shattered
teeth sprayed everywhere.
Even worse, before the startled
bishop could recover, the armless man charged again !
BONG ! All of Paris surely was
awake now, but that was the least of the Bishop's concerns for all he
could see was blood everywhere. The man's mouth was a bloody mess, his
ear was partially torn, and his nose was nearly separated from his
face. "Stop, please, in the name of God, Please Stop !"
To no avail. The man began to charge
again. This time though the Bishop raced to intercept the man. The
armless man swerved to avoid the Bishop, but with his eyes swollen
shut, he was nearly blind.
Out of control, the armless man hit
the ledge of an open window, lost his balance, fell out the window,
and plunged to his death in the courtyard below.
The Bishop raced down the stairs to
the fallen man. There a hundred monks surrounded the unfortunate man.
One monk looked up and asked, "Oh, Father, do you know this man
?"
"No, but his face rings a
bell."
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