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NancyLynn
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Moderator of this forum | assaulted nuts and frayed knots | Jan 27, 2008 |
The pun on the salted nut reminded me of another involving a string who changes his identity to get served in a bar, so I googled it and found this: http://punmyword.blogspot.com/2008/01/knot-string.html
Thanks Parrot for starting this thread (no pun intended! )
Keep 'em comin', folkZ! (The pu... See more The pun on the salted nut reminded me of another involving a string who changes his identity to get served in a bar, so I googled it and found this: http://punmyword.blogspot.com/2008/01/knot-string.html
Thanks Parrot for starting this thread (no pun intended! )
Keep 'em comin', folkZ! (The puns, that is - please.)
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Parrot 
Spain
Local time: 16:43
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TOPIC STARTER
Jack Doughty wrote:
A good pun is its own reword
• the wrath of grapes.
| | | | Parrot
Spain
Local time: 16:43
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TOPIC STARTER | And I loved this (Thanks, NancyLynn) | Jan 28, 2008 |
A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk I have a work station……
| | | | Melzie
Local time: 16:43
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thank you for this thread parrot
my fave bad joke / pun
what did the grape say when the elephant trod on it?
nothing, it just gave a little whine
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a few more...
You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen, it said 'Parking Fine'. So that was nice.
Two fat blokes in a pub, one says to the other "Your round." The other one says "So are you, you fat bastard!"
A woman told her doctor, 'I've got a bad back. 'The doctor said, 'It's old age. 'The woman said, 'I want a second opinion. 'The doctor says, 'OK. you're ugly as well. '
A ma... See more a few more...
You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen, it said 'Parking Fine'. So that was nice.
Two fat blokes in a pub, one says to the other "Your round." The other one says "So are you, you fat bastard!"
A woman told her doctor, 'I've got a bad back. 'The doctor said, 'It's old age. 'The woman said, 'I want a second opinion. 'The doctor says, 'OK. you're ugly as well. '
A man walked into the doctor's, he said 'I've hurt my arm in several places'
The doctor said 'well don't go there any more'
Apparently, 1 in 5 people in the world are Chinese. And there are 5 people in my family, so it must be one of them. It's either my mum or my dad. Or my older brother Colin.
Or my younger brother Ho-Cha-Chu. But I think it's Colin.
For even more, just google for "cooperisms" (named after comedian Tommy Cooper) ▲ Collapse
| | | | Giles Watson
Italy
Local time: 16:43
Italian to English
In memoriam | Thanks Cilian | Jan 28, 2008 |
Tommy Cooper is one of the funniest men ever to have walked a stage and brilliantly ruined a perfectly good joke.
Anyone that has not yet encountered his idiosyncratic comic genius could start with the hats routine.
Cheers,
Giles
PS
"Hats" has nothing to do with puns: it's just marvellous slapstick.
| | | | patyjs
Mexico
Local time: 08:43
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| Cooper rules! | Jan 28, 2008 |
At least he did... and perhaps still does. He really did have a style all his own.
I remember:
A man goes to the doctor. He says, "Doctor, when I do this, it hurts." The doctor says, "Well don't do it."
Hats off to Tommy Cooper. 
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