Fun with puns

Usage of puns is very common in all languages. In Tamil writer ki.va. Jagannathan is famous for his usage of puns. Just a sample of his pun in Tamil (I shall give an english translation for our non-tamil friends).

கி.வா.ஜ: " நண்பர் ஒருவரை பார்த்து விட்டுப் போகும் வழியில் உங்களையும் பார்த்து விட்டுப் போகலாமென்று வந்துள்ளேன்"

நணபர்: " எப்படியோ அந்த சாக்கிலாவது எங்க வீட்டுக்கு வந்தீங்களே"

கி.வா.ஜ: " நான் சாக்கில் வரலை. காரில் வந்தேன்

The writer Ki.Va. jagannathan went to a friend's house and told him that he happened to come that side visiting another friend and he came visiting him also. The friend replied " Oh, it is fine. Atleast you came to visit by excuse". Ki.Va. Jagannathan replied " I did not come by excuse, but I came by car".

In Marathi, the famous actor Dada Kondke is famous for using pun in a vulgar way. He gave to one of his movie the title " Andheri raath mein diya tere haath mein". Here, diya means lamp as well as "gave" . If one takes the meaning of lamp it is innocuous and if one takes the meaning of gave it is vulgar.

Here are some sentences which bring out the essence of pun.

1. I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.

2. Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He's all right now.

3. To write with a broken pencil is pointless.

4. A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.

5. A thief fell and broke his leg in wet concrete. He became a hardened criminal.

6. We'll never run out of math teachers because they always multiply.

7. The professor discovered that her theory of earthquakes was on shaky ground.

8. The dead batteries were given out free of charge.

9. If you take a laptop computer for a run, you could jog your memory.

10. A dentist and a manicurist fought tooth and nail.

11. What's the definition of a will? (It's a dead giveaway.)

12. I didn't know where the sun went at night, so I stayed up thinking about it until it dawned on me.

Dear Geetha,

HAHA.Superb compilation really.and that coming by car is too good too.

I have started a blog which will be posted every 15 days here, as i do on antoher site, called " KAMALJI'S FAVOURITE BLOGS" which will feature all the blogs that i have liked within that fortnight, along with the link to the blog


And this one goes into my favourites, really a nioce one and u have me smiling

let me see if i can come uop with something.

Hey that reminds me, i just made it up

kAMALJI WENT UNDERWATER TO FISH, AND HE CAME UP WITH SOMETHING.

How's that ??????

Regards.kamal

Originally Posted by Kamalji

Dear Geetha,

HAHA.Superb compilation really.and that coming by car is too good too.

I have started a blog which will be posted every 15 days here, as i do on antoher site, called " KAMALJI'S FAVOURITE BLOGS" which will feature all the blogs that i have liked within that fortnight, along with the link to the blog


And this one goes into my favourites, really a nioce one and u have me smiling

let me see if i can come uop with something.

Hey that reminds me, i just made it up

kAMALJI WENT UNDERWATER TO FISH, AND HE CAME UP WITH SOMETHING.

How's that ??????

Regards.kamal

Dear Kamalji,

I am glad that atleast you have appreciated the thread and you have given an excellent FB. I am also thrilled to see that you are going to include this in your blog. Thanks for your great hearted appreciation. Your pun of going unerwater to fish and coming up with something is truely hilarious.

Regards,

Geetha Iyer

hello geetha

great lines of pun
the first one is the best...

sathya

Dear Geetha,

I made a silly poem too

Your blog of Pun,
Is really a lot of Fun,

HAHA.See kamalji is turning into a poet too.Why so less replies to this wonderful blog of yours ??????

Regards.kamal

Hi Geetha,

The pun laden sentences were just too good! I have bookmarked it to share it with my friends.

Thanks for sharing and great compilation!!

Cheers!!

Another very old punch of Chembai is coming to my mind:

அந்த வயலின் வித்வான் என் பாட்டுக்கு எங்க வாசிச்சான்? 'அவன் பாட்டுக்கு' வாசிச்சான்.

Geetha,
very nice puns indeed...
liked all...

Here what is doing rounds in our house-hold recently ...

If somebody claims..."I cannot stand it.." then immediately comes the reply, 'then sit down'...

sriniketan

hi geetha,
that was a great list you came up with...
a pun is always fun, isn't it ?
nice post, i thoroughly enjoyed your dozen...
but one breed i can't stand multiplying is maths teachers ! math and i are poles apart !!

Very good and imaginative post Geetha .

These can be used as 'kadi' jokes too to liven up any dull party ......