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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-05-09 08:38 AM
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The winners of an international pun contest
Here are the top 10 winners in the International Pun Contest.

1. A vulture boards an airplane, carrying two dead raccoons. The Stewardess looks at him and says, ‘I’m sorry, sir, only one carrion allowed per passenger.

2. Two fish swim into a concrete wall. The one turns to the other and says, ‘Dam!’

3. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in the craft. Unsurprisingly, it sank, proving once again that you can’t have your kayak and heat it, too.

4. Two hydrogen atoms meet. One says, ‘I’ve lost my electron.’ The other says, ‘Are you sure?’ The first replies, ‘Yes, I’m positive.’

5. Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused Novocain during a root canal? His goal: transcend dental medication.

6. A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After about an hour, the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse. But why they asked, as they moved off. ‘Because,’ he said, ‘I can’t stand chess-nuts boasting in an open foyer.’

7. A woman has twins and gives them up for adoption. One of them goes to a family in Egypt and is named Ahmal. The other goes to a family in Spain; they name him Juan. Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his birth mother. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wishes she also had a picture of Ahmal. Her husband responds, ‘They’re twins! If you’ve seen Juan, you’ve seen Ahmal.’

8. A group of friars were behind on their belfry payments, so they opened a small florist shop to raise funds. Since everyone liked to buy flowers from the men of God, a rival florist across town thought the competition was unfair. He asked the good fathers to close down, but they would not. He went back and begged the friars to close. They ignored him. So, the rival florist hired Hugh MacTaggart, the roughest and most vicious thug in town to ‘persuade’ them to close. Hugh beat up the friars and trashed their store, saying he’d be back if they didn’t close up shop. Terrified, they did so, thereby proving that only Hugh can prevent florist friars.

9. Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time, which produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet. He also ate very little, which made him rather frail and, with his odd diet, he suffered from bad breath. This made him (Oh, man, this is SO BAD, it’s good) a super calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.

10. And, finally, there was the person who posted ten different puns, with the hope that at least one of the puns would make his readers laugh. No pun in ten did.
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Bertha Venation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-05-09 09:06 AM
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1. Not one pun in ten did.
Thank you, thank you for posting this! A bright smile for my morning.
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-05-09 09:13 AM
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2. i liked 3 and 4
the rest were face-palmers....
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-05-09 09:16 AM
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3. These are great!!!
Is there a link with info on the contest?
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-05-09 09:33 AM
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4. I got it
from here:

http://bitsandpieces.us/2009/08/05/no-pun-in-ten-did/


They don't offer up any info on the contest though
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-05-09 03:25 PM
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8. Thanks!
:hi:
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Strong Atheist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-05-09 09:40 AM
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5. Thank you! That was
very good. My contribution:


The great detective was about to solve the case. He first asked his assistant if the man knew the answer.

to the detectives' astonishment, the assistant rattled off a string of complicated events that were the correct answer.

The great detective exclaimed "superb! But how did you know the answer"?

The assistant blushed and said "sheer luck, Holmes".
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eyepaddle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-05-09 10:38 AM
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6. Thanks for that!
:D

I work at a college and I've already hepped the Chem dept. to number 4. :rofl:
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-05-09 01:31 PM
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7. I love it. Specially the Ghandi one.
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-05-09 03:51 PM
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9. just read them to my sons
they groaned out loud at each one:rofl:
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