Re: Word Play NON PD

[john bjork <jrbjork@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jennifer:  These are some of the best little puns I've heard, thanks for
sharing them.  I'd certainly like to use a couple in the Parkinsaw stories,
suitably modified of course.  For example, I could add Kayak Races to the
July 4th Parka-Thon.  Thanks again for these clever gems.

John Bjork
"Parkinsaw, MI:  A View from the lighter Side of PD"

Jennifer Smith wrote:

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> Word Play
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>  Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly; but when they lit a fire in
>
> the craft, it sank, proving once and for all that you can't have your
> kayak and heat it too.
>
>  Two boll weevils grew up in South Carolina. One went to Hollywood and
> became a famous actor. The other stayed behind in the cotton fields and
> never amounted to much.  The second one, naturally,   become known as
> the
> lesser of two weevils.
>
>   Two atoms are walking down the street and they run into each other.
> One
> says to the other, "Are you all right?" "No, I lost an electron!" "Are
> you
> sure?" "Yeah, I'm positive!"
>
>  Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused his dentist's Novocain
> during root canal work?  He wanted to transcend dental medication.
>
>  A group of chess enthusiasts checked in a hotel and were standing on
> the
> mezzanine above 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 over an open foyer."
>
>  A hungry lion was roaming through the jungle looking for something to
> eat. He came across two men.  One was sitting under a tree reading a
> book;
> the other was typing away on his typewriter.  The lion quickly pounced
> onthe man reading a book and devoured him. Even the king of the jungle
> knows readers digest and writers cramp.
>
>  There was a man who entered a local paper's pun contest.  He sent in
> ten
> different puns in the hope that at least one of the puns would win.
> Unfortunately, no pun in ten did.
>
>  An Indian goes to a psychiatrist.  "Doc, I keep having these
> alternating
> recurring dreams.  First I'm a teepee, then I'm a wigwam, then I'm a
> teepee, then I'm a wigwam.  It's driving me crazy.  What's wrong with
> me?"
> The doctor replies:  "It's very simple.  You're two tents."
>
>  A woman has twins and gives them up for adoption. One of them goes to a
>
> family in Egypt and is named "Amal".  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 her other son. Her husband responds,
> "But
> they're twins--if you've seen Juan, you've  seen Amal.
>
> Just for fun! :-)