Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Some Puns!

1. Two vultures board an airplane, each carrying two dead raccoons. The stewardess looks at them and says, "I'm sorry, gentlemen, only one carrion allowed per passenger."

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. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, but when they lit a fire in the craft, it sank, proving once again that you can't have your kayak and heat it, too.

4. 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."

5. Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused Novocain during a root canal? He wanted to transcend dental medication.

6. 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 leave. "But why?" they asked, as they moved off. "Because," he said, "I can't stand chess nuts boasting in an open foyer."

7. A woman has twins and gives them up for adoption. One of them goes to a family in Egypt and is named "Ahmal." The other goes to a family in Spain; they name him "Juan." Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his birth mother. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wishes she also had a picture of Ahmal. Her husband responds, "They're identical twins! If you've seen Juan, you've seen Ahmal."

8. These friars were behind on their belfry payments, so they opened up a small florist shop to raise funds. Since everyone liked to buy flowers from the men of God, a 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. They ignored him. So, the rival florist hired Hugh MacTaggart, the roughest, 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 up shop. Terrified, they did so, thereby proving that Hugh, and only Hugh, can prevent florist friars.

9. 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. This made him ....what? (Oh, man, this is so bad, it's good) A super callused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.

10. And finally, there was a woman who sent ten different puns to friends, with the hope that at least one of the puns would make them laugh. Unfortunately, no pun in ten did.

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Sent by Susan S.

Now there are excellent puns in the list, for which you can thank me, but there are really bad ones for which you know the drill: Don't blame me....

15 comments:

  1. Mimi, I chucked at number 9.
    Marilyn

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  2. #9 is the pièce de résistance, for sure. Ten years ago I though puns were about the lowest form of humor. Amazing how much one grows in a decade. I'm sending to all the spoil sports in my address book.

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  3. The older I get, the better low humor looks.

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  4. Many chuckles, but only #8 made me laugh out loud. Is it because I heard that ad so many, many times as a child?

    (#9 is definitely the groaner).

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  5. Wow, I love good clean jokes that are funny. These are great.

    Grandmere, I've got something for you at my place:
    come see!

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  6. At least you spared us "Don't put all your Basques in one exit" and "People who live in grass houses shouldn't stow thrones".

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  7. Lapin, and I'm sure you could go on ad infinitum with bad (and good) puns that were left out.

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  8. Well that brightened my day. Ghandi made me chuckle ... a lot.

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  9. I enjoyed them quite a lot. I thank Susan for all of them.

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  10. The night my ex and I were introduced, he spent a good portion of the evening telling bad jokes and puns like these, and I laughed. One of the many good memories of our 11 1/2 years together.

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  11. Hi Jeffri. I'm still laughing as I reread them today.

    Hugh, and only Hugh, can prevent florist friars.

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  12. Well, I had fun reading everyone's reactions to these puns. I have to say that this is only the second set of jokes my sister-in-law has sent me that I thought were worth sharing, in all the years I have had email!

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  13. Ah, that last one was just too good!

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  14. These were funny enough so's I didna mind even if they were clean.

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