Results: Isn't It Punny?
Published on 10/08/2019
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The pun, also called paronomasia, is a form of word play that exploits multiple meanings of a term, or of similar-sounding words. Love them or hate them, puns are funny phrases that play on words double meanings. Saw this on Facebook recently, and I thought it was very funny. As an English major, and someone who makes their living writing and editing, I was especially amused. Which of these do you find equally as funny (punny) as I did?
A dangling participle walks into a bar. Enjoying a cocktail and chatting with the bartender, the evening passes pleasantly.
6%
130 votes
A bar was walked into by the passive voice.
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123 votes
An oxymoron walked into a bar, and the silence was deafening.
12%
268 votes
Two quotation marks walk into a "bar."
7%
157 votes
A malapropism walks into a bar, looking for all intensive purposes like a wolf in cheap clothing, muttering epitaphs and casting dispersions on his magnificent other, who takes him for granite.
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129 votes
Hyperbole totally rips into this insane bar and absolutely destroys everything.
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125 votes
A mixed metaphor walks into a bar, seeing the handwriting on the wall but hoping to nip it in the bud.
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169 votes
A non sequitur walks into a bar. In a strong wind, even turkeys can fly.
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119 votes
Three intransitive verbs walk into a bar. They sit. They converse. They depart.
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126 votes
Papyrus and Comic Sans walk into a bar. The bartender says, "Get out — we don't serve your type."
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174 votes
A run-on sentence walks into a bar it starts flirting. With a cute little sentence fragment.
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146 votes
At the end of the day, a cliché walks into a bar — fresh as a daisy, cute as a button, and sharp as a tack.
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204 votes
A comma splice walks into a bar, it has a drink and then leaves.
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96 votes
A figure of speech literally walks into a bar and ends up getting figuratively hammered.
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168 votes
A synonym strolls into a tavern.
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102 votes
I got all of them and found them all funny
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325 votes
I didn't find any of them funny
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Here are a few more puns, from the list of the best puns ever, according to Short-Funny.com. Which of these do you enjoy?
My ex-wife still misses me. But her aim is steadily improving.
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My socks got really holy. I can only wear them to church.
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306 votes
I fear my stuttering brother may never finish his prison sentence.
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234 votes
I got my girlfriend a "Get better soon" card. She's not ill or anything, but she could definitely get better.
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422 votes
If you spent your day in a well, can you say your day was well-spent?
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335 votes
All of them
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None
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How about these?
I Googled "how to start a wildfire". I got 48,500 matches.
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314 votes
A patient bursts into a doctor's office, "Doctor, I believe I'm a deck of cards!" The doctor calmly replies, "Go sit in the waiting room, please, I'll be dealing with you later."
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312 votes
This gravity joke is getting a bit old, but I fall for it every time.
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292 votes
I was hoping to steal some leftovers from the party but I guess my plans were foiled.
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Apparently taking a day off is not something you should do when you work for a calendar company.
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296 votes
All of them
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439 votes
None
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1054 votes
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Some people are naturally funny, some think they are funny (usually are not) and some are really good at puns. Are you good at making puns yourself?
Yes
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375 votes
Not sure
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497 votes
No
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788 votes
Never try, so don't really know
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548 votes
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