Do you think Puns are a low form of humour

Mr.Plough

I enjoy them. Its at the point where I throw puns into normal conversation, hoping people don't get it, which makes it funnier to me.

Once I was talking to a friend and I brought up a topic with the sole intent of punning her later on. She ended up revealing some pretty personal stuff that she obviously hadn't told many people and when I finally pun'd she got it and was like; "The last hour of conversation is meaningless."

Does that make it a low form of humour?
Should I not have punned?

For Example:
A thief in Paris planned to steal some paintings from the Louvre. After careful planning, he got past security, stole the paintings and made it safely to his van.
However, 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, "Monsieur, that is the reason I stole the paintings. I had no Monet to buy Degas to make the Van Gogh."

(You thought I didn't have De Gaulle to post this, but I figured I have nothing Toulouse.)

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Have some fun and share a pun!

MagicMarker

Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused Novocain during a root canal? His goal?

Transcend dental medication.

staker

That's a long furrow you've started OP.

Frank Black

They can be punny at times.

Mr.Plough

MagicMarker wrote: »

Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused Novocain during a root canal? His goal?

Transcend dental medication.

Exactly!

Mr.Plough

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MagicMarker wrote: »

Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused Novocain during a root canal? His goal?

Transcend dental medication.

Exactly!

somefeen

Puns are great, linking words that most of the time you dont see as related. The height of intelligent comedy.

Mr.Plough

Sorry about the double post, Accidental

Where To

It looks like puns are snow joke for Mr.Plough

Paging Frada to the thread please. Frada to the thread please. Thank you.

Boskowski

The problem with them is that most of them are not that clever. And yet some people think it's the best thing ever.

Adamcp898

Boskowski wrote: »

The problem with them is that most of them are not that clever. And yet some people think it's the best thing ever.

But sure that's half the pun.

Did you see what I did there?

franktheplank

As far as I'm concerned midget jokes are the lowest form of wit.

franktheplank

franktheplank wrote: »

As far as I'm concerned midget jokes are the lowest form of wit.

You know that six out of seven dwarves aren't happy?

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Deleted User wrote: »

You know that six out of seven dwarves aren't happy?

You have to stop saying that!:(

Also, you are the Queen of puntown! Get some good ones on here...stat!

DrumSteve

I ****ing love puns.

ToddyDoody

Puns seem like one of those things they'd shoot U for in the middle east

castletownman

Deleted User wrote: »

You know that six out of seven dwarves aren't happy?

I hear there's a dwarf shortage.....

Praetorian Saighdiuir

castletownman wrote: »

I hear there's a dwarf shortage.....

It's a little known fact.

Rebelkell

Lance Amrstrong Cyclepath .... I just grab my coat

MadsL

The pun is also called paronomasia.

Paro-nom-nom-nom-masia! I love em.

Vito Corleone

I prefer self deprecating humour myself, but I'm not very good at it.

Stealth Recce

Stealth Recce wrote: »

You have to stop saying that!:(

Never!

castletownman wrote: »

I hear there's a dwarf shortage.....

I know a dwarf who smokes weed to get high

castletownman

I also heard that Qatar doesn't understand the humour in The Flintstones.

But Abu Dhabi do.

castletownman

castletownman wrote: »

I also heard that Qatar doesn't understand the humour in The Flintstones.

But Abu Dhabi do.

Mother of god, he stole my joke.

Banned.

A wig wam and a teepee went to the doctor, they told him they were very stressed, he said;




You're two tents.

Mr.Plough

Mr.Plough wrote: »

MagicMarker wrote:

Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused Novocain during a root canal? His goal?

Transcend dental medication.

Exactly!

Mr.Plough wrote: »

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MagicMarker wrote:

Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused Novocain during a root canal? His goal?

Transcend dental medication.

Exactly!

Mr.Plough wrote: »

Sorry about the double post, Accidental

Is what I mean

franktheplank

Deleted User wrote: »

I know a dwarf who smokes weed to get high

I know a tight rope walker who takes Valium to come down

BOHtox

With regards to puns I think one egg is en oeuf

castletownman

The other day someone left a piece of plasticine in my house.

I didn't know what to make of it.

BOHtox

BOHtox wrote: »

With regards to puns I think one egg is en oeuf

That one cracked me up

Mr.Plough

To eat a tesco burger, or not eat a tesco burger. That, is equestrian.

BOHtox

Deleted User wrote: »

That one cracked me up

That's eggsactly what I wanted

BOHtox

BOHtox wrote: »

That's eggsactly what I wanted

Mad yoke

senorwipesalot

I could make a gay joke,but fcuk it.

Mountainsandh

you're all cracked.

9959

John Cleese had three rules for writing comedy:
1. No puns
2. No puns
3. No puns

Grayson

Mr.Plough wrote: »

A thief in Paris planned to steal some paintings from the Louvre. After careful planning, he got past security, stole the paintings and made it safely to his van.
However, 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, "Monsieur, that is the reason I stole the paintings. I had no Monet to buy Degas to make the Van Gogh."

(You thought I didn't have De Gaulle to post this, but I figured I have nothing Toulouse.)

I see your example and I raise.

Gervais worked as a waiter in a fancy restaurant in London. It was hard
work but he really enjoyed his job - except for the selection of fish
and seafood. It was one of those restaurants that kept its raw materials
in tanks and invited diners to select exactly which creatures would end
up on their plates, and he found that just a little distasteful. He
didn't like the "condemned to death" aspect of it but hey, they were
only fish and it's not as if he had any particular fondness of the fish,
crabs, lobsters etc.

Except for the squid. They say that cephalopods in general, and squid in
particular, are remarkably intelligent creatures. One of them was quite
distinctive; whereas the others showed aggressive behaviour and colour
displays, especially at feeding time, this one maintained a gentle
greenish hue and just waited until the others had finished gorging
before it took its turn. It seemed to have a quiet intelligence about
it, and the way it stared at the staff when they peered into the tank
really made them feel that this was quite a distinct character. It even
had what they all thought looked just like a moustache - a curious
frilly membrane formation that looked for all the world like hair on an
upper lip. All in all, it was quite endearing and the waiters always
made sure that he never ended up in the net - after all, although diners
wanted to select their lobster or crab, they weren't overly concerned
about their calamari!

One day, however, the unexpected happened - some loud, rude, bastard of
a customer insisted on selecting each and every squid for his meal. As
Gervais went to the tank, the "special" squid came over as usual,
looking for all the world like he was greeting an old friend and,
unfortunately, drawing attention to itself in the process. "Oh, that one
- the ugly bugger with the moustache, I'll have that one!", said the
objectionable diner. Gervais tried to dissuade him but he was adamant.
Gervais was distraught, but The Customer is Always Right, so he had to
net it and take it through to the kitchen for slaughter.

Gervais was sobbing by the time he reached the kitchen. His fellow
migrant worker, Hans, came over to ask what was wrong. Gervais blubbed
the story that their favourite little squid had been selected for the
chop. Hans was the washer-up, a 19-stone mountain of a man but, when he
heard that their little favourite was doomed, he too burst into
uncontrollable tears.

This proves that Hans that does dishes can be soft as Gervais, with mild
green, hairy-lipped squid.

Bad Santa

Deleted User wrote: »

Paging Frada to the thread please. Frada to the thread please. Thank you.

Ah, he's gonna feel pressure to come up with a corker of a pun and will no doubt be a frada replying now.

Bad Santa

Bad Santa wrote: »

Ah, he's gonna feel pressure to come up with a corker of a pun and will no doubt be a frada replying now.

It's pronounced Frada, not Frada. See?

Czarcasm

Grayson wrote: »

This proves that Hans that does dishes can be soft as Gervais, with mild
green, hairy-lipped squid.

In keeping with the sea theme-


Far away in the tropical waters of the Caribbean, two prawns were swimming around in the sea - one called Justin & the other called Christian.

The prawns were constantly being harassed & threatened by sharks that inhabited the area. Finally one day Justin said to Christian, "I'm fed up with being a prawn, I wish I was a shark, then I wouldn't have any worries about being eaten."

A large mysterious cod appeared & said, "Your wish is granted" & lo & behold, Justin turned into a shark.

Horrified, Christian immediately swam away, afraid of being eaten by his old mate.

Time passed (as it invariably does) & Justin found life as a shark boring & lonely. All his old mates simply swam away whenever he came close to them. Justin didn't realize that his new menacing appearance was the cause of his sad plight.

While swimming alone one day he saw the mysterious cod again & he thought perhaps the mysterious fish could change him back into a prawn. He approached the cod & begged to be changed back, & lo & behold, he found himself turned back into a prawn.

With tears of joy in his tiny little eyes Justin swam back to his friends & bought them all a cocktail. Looking around the gathering at the reef he realized he couldn't see his old pal. "Where's Christian?" he asked.

"He's at home, still distraught that his best friend changed sides to the enemy & became a shark",came the reply.

Eager to put things right again & end the mutual pain & torture, he set off to Christian's abode.

As he opened the coral gate memories came flooding back. He banged on the door & shouted, "It's me, Justin, your old friend, come out & see me again."

Christian replied,"No way man, you'll eat me. You're now a shark, the enemy, & I'll not be tricked into being your dinner."

Justin cried back "No, I'm not. That was the old me. I've changed.... I've found Cod. I'm a Prawn again Christian."

Grayson

That was nasty.

bob the bob

you have to follow @govindajeggy on Twitter to see some serious punning. Frankie Boyle put me onto him..

kraggy

whoopsadaisydoodles wrote: »

Mother of god, he stole my joke.

Banned.

You should go to the High Court to seek punitive damages.

The matter of stealing jokes is in Article 6 of Punreacht na hEireann.

Ted_YNWA

I can see this thread unravelling into a mess of unfunny punny posts.

Napper Hawkins

Hate them so, yes.