One last slice of baked-goods-related Punnage...

Piece of cake.

Easy as pie.

Coincidence?

I think not.

xoxo

Confusion at the Bakery: A Load of Ker-truffle

Salvete, my dear Punsters!

A reader's contribution today! Good to know there are so many other eager young (and old) Punguists out there.

This one is care of Daedalus. Bit of a half-baked idea, really...

Setting: a bakery.

Dude A: "Hmmm...the pies look amazing, but I'm not too hungry...maybe the sausage roll? The donut? Oh God, this is the most important decision of my life."
Dude B: "Hurry up and choose, for the love of- Screw this, I'm waiting outside."
....Five minutes later, Dude A comes outside with his purchase.
Dude B: "So what'd you get?"
Dude A: "Went for the sausage roll in the end, but I must admit, I was pie-curious..."

Chuckle chuckle. That got you some brownie points, Daedalus! Night y'all!
xoxo

Great Puns from History: Part I

Dearest Punners,

While we all love creating the works of art that are Puns, one must never forget our great Punning Forefathers; those giants upon whose shoulders of genius we stand today. It is for this reason that I hereby institute a recurring feature of this blog - Great Puns from History.

Every so often, I shall post some of the greatest Puns known to man. Puns that have stood the test of time. Puns with heritage and breeding. Puns that know how to use those extra bits of cutlery, and with flair, dammit.

So today, the first. So much the better for being a famous LATIN pun ;D

In the 1840's, the British were expanding their control in India. Nevertheless, there were those in Britain who doubted the wisdom of too rapid an advance, and in particular, the capture of the province of Sindh, which was thought likely to lead to an over-extension of lines of communication.

Charles James Napier, the major general of the army in the relevant area, was therefore under express orders not to capture the territory of Sindh. Once he discovered, however, how little resistance there was, he took the province with ease.

He sent back to Britain a famous, legendary one-word telegram:
PECCAVI.
This is Latin for "I have sinned", which of course also meant..."I have Sindh."

"Perhaps a perfect pun." (Mark Burnyeat, NY Times). Hard to disagree really! The play on the English use of the verb "to have" just tickles me right.

Peace out hombres x

One more for the road...

Visual Puns. Does it get any better?



xoxo

Unintentional Puns

Ahoy there Punnees!

Today I address a topic with which many of you will be well familiar: unintentional Puns...or Punintentionals, if you will. You know them well. It's when someone makes a killer Pun without realising they have done so. These Puns become wildly hilarious when uttered by someone during a self-righteous rant, preferably about something they consider very serious, but which their audience does not. Think school assemblies. Think business meetings. Think crazy Christian right-wing rants about masturbation. Say what?! I hear you. Here's this: http://christwire.org/2010/05/how-to-spot-a-masturbator/

My favourite line:
"For adults, masturbation exhausts. It can make one groggy and unfocused. It has a steamrolling effect, encouraging individuals to think more about sex and less about their work at hand."

Couldn't have said it better myself. I'll never think of Palm Sunday the same again...
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First Pun contribution!

Ahoy there fellow Punsters!

Today be a momentous day. Today marks the inaugural post containing a contribution from a reader. Yes, one of you beautiful Punning linguists out there has sent me a Puntastic link, filled with countless jeux de mots.

A warning: the first few paragraphs are about nail polish, and therefore, boring as shit. But have faith! Keep reading, push through that initial pain barrier and you will discover a gift more Punderful than all of Croesus' gold.

http://stupidnailpolishnames.blogspot.com/2009/09/sexagon.html

Hehehe. Chuckle chuckle. Prism! Classic.

Enjoy! xox