http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21011778
Apparently some people don't enjoy a good, or if we are to be realistic about this often not so good pun apparently. This is surely a shame.
Would one really want to miss out on such shining gems as 'Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.' or the equally awe inspiring 'Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused Novocain during a root canal? His goal: transcend dental medication.'.
Doubtless a few reading those will have groaned inwardly and perhaps even outwardly. Yet there is a certain joy in them, no matter how bad. Puns take a certain mental agility to construct and a playful love of linguistic acrobatics that any logophile or linguaphile worth their metaphoric salt must appreciate.
Besides without such wonderful one liners we wouldn't have this punderful collection from the indomitable Groucho Marx;
http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/quotes/grouchomarx.html
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