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The joke is a play on words. Turpentine is a volatile pungent oil distilled from gum turpentine or pine wood, used in mixing paints and varnishes and in liniment. Turpentine sounds similar to 'serpentine', so serpentine was used in its place. Serpentine means to move left to right in a 'snake-like' movement pattern.

My brother told me that serpentine is what you use to get paint off a boa constrictor .

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The joke is a pun on 'Monet'. Monet was a painter, and sounds almost like 'money'. It sounds like the person became an art dealer because they wanted more money.

She became an art dealer because she wanted more Monet .

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het_1679

Lichen is a slow-growing plant. Moss is a slow growing plant. Lichen sounds like the word liken, liken means to compare the resemblance of something to another thing. Lichen and moss are getting compared.

I saw something similar to moss the other day , but I didn ' t know what to lichen it to .

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het_1678

Those that are mute struggle to speak and don't speak. "Mute point" sounds like "moot point" which means a point that is debatable. So, the joke is saying that knowing sign language as a second language is something we can debate on.

When asked whether or not I was bilingual , I was about to say I knew sign language , but I figured it was sort of a mute point .

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het_1674

The joke is a pun. 'Korea' sounds similar to 'career'. Seoul is a city in South Korea. It may be a good career move--good for their job--to move to Seoul, Korea.

My friend is moving to Seoul . He thought it would be a good Korea move .

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het_1671

"Role" is a homophone of "roll". A roll is a piece of bread. A role is a person's part in a play, or scenario, or an expected behavior pattern. A role reversal is when someone adopts a role that is the reverse of what they normally do. A baker typically takes the role of selling a bun, not receiving a bun from someone else. So, the bakers experienced a "role reversal" when they received a bun from someone else, except "role" was replaced with "roll" because roll means bread, and bakers are the subject in the joke.

When two bakers traded buns they had a roll reversal .

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The joke is a pun. To do something 'vainly' is to do it with an excessively high opinion of one's appearance, abilities, or worth. A 'weather vane' is a device typically on roofs of buildings that turns to show the direction of the wind.

' ' I can tell which way the wind blows , ' ' said Tom vainly .

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This is a pun. Cryptographers specialize in deciphering codes or symbols. Cymbals are a metal percussion instrument usually found in drum sets. The cryptographers are fascinated by all the cymbals instead of playing the drums.

Cryptographers make terrible drummers . They just sit there , fascinated by all the cymbals .

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het_1663

The joke is a play on words. 'Leaving' means to exit or go somewhere else, and the word sounds like 'leaves' as in the green parts of most plants and trees. The word 'leaving' was replaced with 'leafing' because they are talking about trees.

John plans to retire in the spring and , like the trees around us , will be leafing .

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het_1662

The joke is a pun. Wool is a material that is refined shaven sheep hair. To do or say something 'sheepishly' is to do it in a shy or timid manner.

' ' I just bought a woollen sweater , ' ' said Tom sheepishly .

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het_1661

The little boy was covered in grime that his mother had to clean up, and 'grime' is a play on 'crime', as in 'crime doesn't pay'.

A little boy found out from his mother that grime does not pay .

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het_1660

Mourning means grieving. "Mourning has broken" means grieving has stopped. "Mourning" is a homophone of "morning". "Morning has broken" means the day has just started. Morning is a time of day when the sun rises. Easter Sunday is recognized by Christians as the day Jesus rose from the dead. This joke is playing on the phrase "morning has broken" by replacing "morning" with "mourning".

Mourning has broken on Easter Sunday .

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het_166

This is a play on words. A "capital idea" is a really good idea but a state "capitol" is a building where the state government's legislative body meets. Here, the idea to locate the mansion in Albany is a "capitol" idea because it's regarding the location of the state's capitol building.

When the proposal was made to locate the governor ' s mansion in Albany , New Yorkers said , ' ' That ' s a capitol idea . ' '

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het_1657

The joke is a pun. Taking over the government is called a 'coup'. 'Coup' sounds like 'coo' and a coo is a noise like a murmer or somewhat like a bird.

We ' ve taken over the government , the general cooed .

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het_1656

"Sine" is a homophone of "sign". In mathematics, sine refers to a trigonometirc function that shows the relationship between two sides in a right triangle. A sign is a signal that gives information to a person. After prayer, people look "for a sign" for guidance on the prayer just made. This joke is playing on the word "sine" and its homophone "sign".

I always prayed before my trigonometry tests . I was hoping for a sine from above .

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het_1654

This is a pun on 'tiers' which means a row or level of a structure, typically one of a series of rows placed one above the other and successively receding or diminishing in size, much like a wedding cake. But it also sounds similar to 'tears' which people tend to shed at weddings

It was an emotional wedding . Even the cake was in tiers .

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het_1653

Mist is another word for fog, or lite water particles in the air. When ones mind is fogged, it's not clear, therefore missing opportunities - where mist is replacing the word missed.

If your mind is clouded or in a fog you may have mist some opportunities .

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het_1651

The joke is a pun. A protractor is a tool similar to a ruler that is used to measure angles, and also can be used to trace a circle due to its round shape. The end of the word 'protractor' has the word 'tractor' in it. A farmer would typically have a tractor to drive on the farm for hauling heavy loads.

How do farmers make crop circles ? With a protractor .

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het_1648

This is a pun on the word "tier". The word "tear" has been replaced by the similar-sounding word "tier" because "tier" can refer to the way rows of seats are stacked up in a stadium and this joke is about a stadium. Alternatively, "tier" can refer to the relative level of something, as in "high tier". "High tier" is another way of saying "grandiose", and in the joke the architect's design is described as "grandiose".

When told his design for a stadium was too grandiose , the architect shed a tier .

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het_1647

"Odor in court" sounds a lot like "order in court". "Odor" is used to replace "order" because the skunk that walked into court is the subject in the conversation. A skunk is an animal that produces odor when defending itself. This joke is a play on the word "odor".

When a skunk walked in , the judge said , ' odor in the court ' .

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het_1644

This is a pun on 'lease'. Lease is a contract outlining the terms under which one party agrees to rent an asset, like a car, and it's being used here because it sounds like 'least amount' which is typically what salemen try to sell you on

Car salesmen compete trying to sell for the lease amount .

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het_1640

"Wrote" and "rote" are homophones. Rote memory is a learning technique where one repeats certain facts until it is instilled in their memory. This joke is playing on the word "wrote" because it sounds like "rote" which relates to a learning technique.

' ' This is all from memory , ' ' Tom wrote .

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het_1639

The joke is a pun. A dinghy is a small boat usually used for getting to and from a main boat. The word 'dinghy' sounds like 'ding' which could be taken as a 'dent' or meaning 'slightly damaged'.

Old sailors never die , they just get a little dinghy .

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het_1637

Gregor Mendel used peas to help explain genetics and heredity. "Nobel Peas Prize" sounds like "Noble Peace Prize" which is a prize awarded to the person who in the preceding year did the best work increasing fraternity between nations and promoted peace in congress. He may not have won the Nobel Peace Prize but he did win the Nobel Prize.

Did Gregor Mendel ever win the Nobel Peas Prize ?

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het_1636

This joke doesn't really work because no one refers to government financial support as 'the dole' anymore.

' ' I ' m on social security , ' ' said Tom dolefully .

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het_1635

A glazier is someone who fits glass into windows. A pane is a single sheet of glass. Instead of using the word pain (which is what the patient must have felt) the word pane was used in "I've come to feel your pane".

When the glazier was sent to the hospital room to check the cracked window , he told the patient in the body cast , ' ' I ' ve come to feel your pane . ' '

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het_1634

The joke is a pun. A galleon is a type of ancient seagoing vessel. 'Galleon' sounds like 'gallon', a unit of measure of liquid volume. One might use gallons today to determine the mileage of a car based on gas intake as 'miles to the gallon'.

In ancient times , seagoing vessels were much more fuel efficient . They got thousands of miles to the galleon .

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het_1631

Cannily is an adjective that is used to describe quick and clever thinking. Cannily sounds close to the word "Cannes". Cannes is a city located in France that is famous for its international film festival. This is a play on the word "cannily" because it sounds close to the word "Cannes".

' ' I ' ve been to a film festival in Southern France , ' ' said Tom cannily .

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het_1629

Instead of a "peck on the cheek" which means a kiss on the cheek, the hockey player gave his wife a "puck on the cheek". A puck is a rubber disk used in hockey.

When the hockey player came home he gave his wife a puck on the cheek .

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The joke is a pun. To say something 'wistfully' means to say it with a feeling of vague or regretful longing. The word sound of the word 'whist' is in the first part of 'wistfully' and it is the name of a type of card game.

I ' d like to learn a new card game , Tom said wistfully .

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het_1626

A sturgeon is a type of fish."Sturgeon" sounds like "surgeon". A surgeon is a type of doctor that can help you feel better with surgery if that is what is needed to help get rid of an illness. The joke is on sick fish going to the "sturgeon" which sounds like "surgeon".

Sick fish go to the sturgeon .

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This is a play on words. The term "caller ID" means a telephone feature that displays the phone numbers of incoming calls. However, "caller" sounds like "collar" meaning material around the neck of a person's shirt. Here, "collar ID" means identification of a person that's written down on the collar of their shirt.

The man put his name on the neck of his shirt so he would have collar ID .

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In this joke, Data is the name of a person. Data has the other meaning of being facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis. A data packet is a unit of data made into a single package that moves along a network path. "Sent her packeting" sounds like "sent her packing" which means Data's parents sent her out of the house.

Data got into so much trouble , her parents sent her packeting .

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This is a pun. Old Prague is probably a place in Czechoslovakia, which can be shortened to 'czech'. Saying somebody 'checks out' is like saying they move on or leave. Saying they 'czech out' is a pun.

OLD PRAGUE RESIDENTS never die , they just Czech out .

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het_1616

This is a play on words. The phrase "why not" is an affirmative response for when someone sees no reason not to do something but "why" sounds like "wine" meaning an alcoholic drink.

Asked by a waiter if she would like a drink the lady replied ' wine not ? '

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The joke is a pun. 'Caesars' sounds like 'scissors' and a warning a parent might give to their child is 'don't run with scissors'. Brutus was a Roman general, one of the conspirators in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, which was about the real life Roman emperor.

As a young boy , Brutus ' mother often cautioned him not to run with Caesars .

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"Hull of a problem" sounds like "hell of a problem" which is a saying meaning that something is causing a big problem. The hull of a ship is the main body of a ship, it includes the bottom, sides and deck of the ship. The hole at the bottom of a ship was a problem occuring in the hull of the ship. It was a "hull of a problem" literally. The joke is playing on the word "hull" and how it sounds like "hell" and how it's used to fit the saying "hell of a problem".

When the bottom of a cargo ship got a hole , it had one hull of a problem .

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This is a play on words. The word "err" means to do something wrong but sounds like "air" meaning an impression someone gives off.

He made so many mistakes that he had an err about him .

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het_1610

A kilt is a type of knee-length skirt that men wear. Kilts are a part of Scottish culture. The word "kilt" is also the past participle of kill, but it's no longer used that way nowadays. The joke is playing on the word "kilt" and its different meanings.

OLD SCOTSMEN never die , but they can be kilt .

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het_1608

Chablis is the name of a type of wine. The word "whined" means to complain and is a homophone of "wined". The joke is playing on the word "whined" because its homophone "wined" relates to Tom's feeling about Chablis which is a kind of wine.

I hate Chablis , Tom whined .

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het_1606

Fuchsia is a type of flower. Fuchsia sounds like future. A gardener cultivates plants. The gardener is trying to forget the past and focus on the "fuchsia" which might mean flower or might mean future.

New years resolution for the bankrupt gardener was to forget the past and rely on the fuchsia .

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This is a play on words. The word "pipal" is a type of fig tree but sounds like "people" meaning human beings.

Upon discovering the deadly virus carried by Surinamese toads , the herpetologist contemplated how best to protect the pipal .

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het_16

Bored is replacing the word board here, implying that the chairman is bored

A china doll was marked in tiny letters : ' maid in USA ' .

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het_1590

The joke is a pun. To say something 'oddly' is to say it in a strange way. The 'odds' of a bet determine the payout of a bet, and generally is set to favor the more likely outcome.

That horse looks like a good bet at 17 to 1 , said Tom oddly .

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The joke is a pun. Another name for an inn is a hostel. 'Hostel' sounds like 'hostile' which means mean, violent, or attacking.

The workers at that inn are very unfriendly . They create a hostel environment .

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This is a pun on the phrase 'act your age' which means behave in a manner appropriate to someone of one's age and not to someone much younger, but 'wage' which means a fixed regular payment, typically paid on a daily or weekly basis, made by an employer to an employee, especially to a manual or unskilled worker, is used in it's place because it sounds similar to 'age' and because having a steady wage may help you get out of debt

To stay out of debt , act your wage .

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het_1588

This is a play on words. The word "tenderly" means with gentleness or kindness but "tender" is also a term used for contracts.

My bid for this contract aims to please , said Tom tenderly .

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This is a pun on 'mourning' which is the expression of deep sorrow for someone who has died which is related to the profession of Undertakers as they're a person whose business is preparing dead bodies for burial or cremation and making arrangements for funerals. 'Mouring' is also being used because it sounds exactly similar to 'morning' which is when you'd get up early

Undertakers have to get up early in the mourning .

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This is a pun on the word "sorely". The word "sorely" has been replaced by the similar-sounding word "sawly" because "sawly" has the word "saw" in it, which is a tool a lumberjack might use to cut wood. This joke is about an ex-lumberjack.

The ex - lumberjack will be sawly missed .

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het_1583

When someone makes a spectacle of themselves, it means that they drew attention to themselves by behaving in a ridiculous way in public. Spectacles are glasses. The joke is playing on the phrase "made a spectacle of himself" because it could be literal, as in, the optician turned himself into spectacles, or figurative.

The optician fell into the lens grinding machine and made a spectacle of himself .

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A franc is a monetary unit used in France. Franc sounds like frank. To be frank means to be open, honest and direct. The joke here could mean that the bankers are known for talking about francs (the currency) or for being frank in their speech (direct).

French bankers are known for their franc talk .

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This is a pun on the word "yammered". "Yammered" has the word "yam" in it. A yam is similar to a sweet potato and the joke is about sweet potatoes.

I hate sweet potatoes , Tom yammered .

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het_1578

The heart of an artichoke refers to the center of an artichoke. "Wholeheartedly" means completely. We see the word "heart" within "wholeheartedly". The joke is playing on the word "wholeheartedly" because it has the word "heart" in it, referencing the center of an artichoke.

' I agree with you wholeheartedly , ' said the artichoke grower .

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Mocca is a mixture of coffee and cocoa. "Moccary" sounds like "mockery". Mockery is teasing and contemptuous language used by one on another. So, the joke is saying that the woman is not taking her diet seriously, but making a mockery, or a "moccary" of her diet. This joke is playing on the word "moccary" because it sounds like "mockery" but mocca relates to coffee and cocoa.

My wife is trying to lose weight but continues to frequent the coffee shops for rich beverages and delicacies . You could say she is making a moccary of her diet .

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This is a play on words. The word "friendly" means nice or pleasant but "frond" (as in frondly) is the leaflike part of palm branches that the people in Jerusalem were waving.

When Jesus entered Jerusalem , people waved palm branches because they were being frondly .

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het_157

This joke is replacing the word fried in kentuckey fried chicken (KFC) with freud, as in sigmund freud, a famous psychologist.

Psychiatrists like Kentucky Freud Chicken .

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het_1569

The joke is a play on words. The phrase said is typically 'I'm too young to die' where 'die' means death, the end of life. 'Dye' which sounds identical was used instead, and means staining colors into cloth.

A cloth maker ' s daughter told him she was too young to dye .

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The joke is a pun. 'Shear' is to cut or shave the wool off of a sheep with tools called 'shears'. 'Shear' sounds like 'sheer' which means 'utter' or 'pure'. The phrase said is typically 'sheer joy'.

I like wool gathering for the shear joy of it .

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The joke is a pun. The 'pisitl' is the female organs of a flower, comprising the stigma, style, and ovary. 'Pisitl' sounds similar to 'pistol' which is a gun.

The pistol of a flower is its only protections against insects .

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het_1557

The joke is a play on words. Saying 'how waffle' sounds similar to saying 'how awful'. A waffle is a similar breakfast item to a pancake.

Jim : ' Did you hear about the guy who ate twenty pancakes for breakfast ? ' Joe : ' How waffle . '

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The joke is a pun. The word 'adoringly' sounds like it has the words 'a door' in it when spoken out loud. The speaker is knocking on a door. To do or say something 'adoringly' means to do it with admiration or love.

They are not answering - we ' d better try the knocker , said Tom adoringly .

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When you moor a boat, you attach a boat somewhere. Venice is a city in Italy with a lot of water channels that boats can travel on. "Moor" sounds like the word "more". The people in this joke did not want to see any "more of Venice". This joke is playing on the word "moor" because it relates to attaching your boat somewhere, and it's a homophone of more.

The tired playgoers decided to bypass the new production of ' ' Othello ' ' despite the good reviews ; having just returned from a long trip , they didn ' t feel like seeing any moor of Venice .

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The joke is a pun. Optical scientists experiment with the way light reflects and is percieved by the eye. A prism is an object that reflects light or splits it into the spectrum of the rainbow. 'Prism' sounds like 'prison'.

The optical scientist who stole his colleague ' s bifocals was sentenced to three years in a state prism .

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Steak and stake are homophones. A steak if a piece of meat. A stake is a pointed piece of wood. In folklore, driving a stake through the heart of a vampire was the only want to kill it. A carnivore, or someone carnivorous, is someone that eats meat. The joke is playing on the word "steak" because it sounds like "stake" and both apply to this joke and make sense.

Legends tell us that a weakness of the carnivorous vampire is a steak .

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The joke is a pun. A 'latte' is a type of coffee drink one could get at a coffee shop. The word 'latte' is similar to 'late', so in the phrase 'late for work' it is replaced with 'latte'.

If you spend too much time in the coffee shop you ' ll be latte for work .

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The joke is in the use of the word haltingly. The soldier can't march anymore, so he wants to halt--stop marching. Speaking haltingly means to speak nervously, stopping often while speaking.

' ' I can ' t march any more ! ' ' the soldier called haltingly .

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The joke is a pun. Loam is a type of soil, and sounds like the word 'lone'. The phrase would be 'lone ranger' which generally means that person is does things on their own.

That soil scientist always travels by himself . He ' s a loam ranger .

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has to know what Epitaphs means

Epitaphs are engraved !

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This is a pun on 'one weak' which is implying that living seven days without pun jokes would make someone weak, but it's also being used because 'one week' sounds similar and it's referrignto the fact that seven days equal one week

Seven days without a pun makes one weak .

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The joke is a pun. 'Scents' means smells, like how skunks have strong smells, but the word sounds just like 'cents' meaning coins, or money, and it also sounds like 'sense' which is a rational idea that has understandable reasoning.

Getting into the skunk selling business might make a lot of scents .

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A consolation prize is a prize given to someone who fails to win, and is a gesture of good efforts - and it sounds like the word constellation, which refers to systems of galaxies and astronomical bodies. An astronomer is someone who studies space, so it's a pun on the topic of astronomy.

The astronomer ' s research project didn ' t win him the coveted Galaxy Award , but he did receive a constellation prize .

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The joke is a pun. Lemons are sour or bitter tasting fruit. To say something 'bitterly' is to say it in an angry, hurt, or resentful way.

' We ' ve run out of lemons ' , she said bitterly .

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Pun on "old ____ never die, they just fade away", with "wade" replacing "fade". Bathing beauties were/are a common class of model often photographed in swimwear, though the term itself is antiquated. If they are in water, they could *wade* through it, hence the pun.

OLD BATHING BEAUTIES never die , they just wade away .

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"I yam impressed" sounds like "I am impressed". Yam is a type of sweet potato. The joke is running together the words "I am" to make it sound like "yam".

Sweet potatoes ? I yam impressed !

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A virtue is an act of goodness. Tarragon of Virtue is a type of herb. The writer is personifying the herb, and since it has the word "virtue" in it, making it sound like a integrous being.

Did you hear about the herb who was an all round great guy , did loads of charity work and was always there to help ? He was a Tarragon Of Virtue .

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This is a pun on the word "principals". The word "principles" has been replaced by the identical-sounding word "principals" because school "principals" are a superintendent's employees and this joke is about superintendents.

OLD SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS   never die , they just lose their principals .

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This is a play on words. The phrase "absent without cause" means abandoning work without justification. However, "cause" sound like "gauze", which is a fabric commonly used by nurses to provide medical treatment.

A surgery nurse was demoted for being absent without gauze .

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Pun. The concrete wall in the distance that caused the flooding is a dam. The people say 'it was this damn thing' as if they are upset about it enough to say 'damn' but it's literally 'this dam, thing'.

Some people , asked what they thought had caused the recent flooding in our valley , pointed to a concrete wall in the distance and said it was this damn thing .

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The joke is a pun. To say or do something 'hospitably' is to be receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously. The word 'hospitably' is similar to 'hospital' which is a medical facility that an ambulence would be used to transfer an injured or sick person to.

Have a ride in my new ambulance , said Tom hospitably .

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This is a joke that only works in writing. It surprises the reader by using the spiritual spelling of 'soul', before implying that it meant the 'sole' of a shoe, hence 'walk right in'. It could, however, still refer to a place of worship.

Need soul repair ? Walk right in .

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Ajar means slightly open. Tom said the door was ajar, openly. Openly means to be direct and honest. We see the word "open" in openly, and "open" describes the door. This joke is playing on the word "openly".

' ' The door ' s ajar , ' ' said Tom openly .

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Lox is brined salmon, a type of fish. Lox is the homophone of locks. Locks are metal mechanisms used to keep a door, or lid fastened shut. "Secure them with lox" sounds like "secure them with locks" or secure the fish with locks so no one can steal them. The joke is on the word "lox" and its homophone "locks".

To keep someone from stealing your shipments of smoked salmon , secure them with lox .

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Guerrilla warfare refers to warfare that is irregular and informal. Guerrilla sounds like gorilla, and a gorilla is an animal that can be found at zoos. This is a play on the word guerrilla.

Scrambling for cover amid the chaos caused by the rebel forces ' attack and the ' ' coincidental ' ' breakout of the zoo animals , I stumbled into the face of a hostile guerrilla !

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The joke is a pun. 'Mourning' means to feel or show deep sorrow or regret for (someone or their death), typically by following conventions such as the wearing of black clothes. Mourning sounds identical to 'morning' which means the time of day after sunrise and before noon. I suppose a heavy drinker would regret drinking so much when they are hung over the next morning.

Those who drink too much at night have to worry about the mourning after .

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This is an historical reference to the Roman senators stabbing Caesar. It was a chaotic event where "all hell (hail) broke loose" - a clever play on words because the senators would greet him with "Hail Caesar!". This joke relies on outside historical knowledge, but it's very clever.

When Caesar entered the Senate all hail broke loose .

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Cabernet is a type of wine. If you incorrectly pronounce cabernet, as in you pronounce the "t" instead of make it silent, the word kind of sounds like "cabinet". A cabinet is a cupboard with shelves that you can lock. This joke is playing on the word Cabernet because it is a name of a wine and kind of sounds like cabinet if mispronounced.

You should lock up your wine in a cabernet .

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This is a pun. Drugstores are commonly a place to pick up medicine, whether prescribed or available on the shelf. This commonly comes in the form of pills. Pillaging is a form of theft or looting. The pun relies on the overlap between "pill" and "pillaging".

Looting a drugstore is called Pillaging .

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The joke is a pun. To become 'testy' is to be irritable or angered easily. 'Testy' sounds similar to 'testicles' which are the male genitalia found in the groin area.

When I suffered a groin injury I became quite testy .

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This is a play on words. The phrase "rabbit transit" refers to how rabbits get themselves places. But "rabbit transit" sounds like "rapid transit", which is a type of public transportation in urban areas.

How do bunnies that don ' t have a car commute to work ? The Rabbit Transit .

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Evenly is an adverb that means calmly. I think this joke is poking at an "Eve" reference. Eve was the first woman to exist on Earth, and for awhile was the only woman to exist on Earth according to the Bible in the book of Genesis. "Eve" can be found in "evenly".

I wouldn ' t marry you if you were the only woman on earth , said Tom evenly .

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This is a play on words. The term "drive-by shooting" is a type of assault where perpetrators fire weapons from a motor vehicle. However, "shooting" sounds like "fruiting" which in this context involves teenagers shooting fruit and a building instead of guns.

A band of teenagers cruised past my neighbor ' s house and pelted it with rotten tomatoes . Police described it as a drive - by fruiting .

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"Gruel and unusual punishment" sounds like "cruel and unusual punishment" which is a phrase in common law that describes a punishment considered unacceptable due to the pain of the punishment being excessive and not matching the crime committed. Gruel is a type of food consisting of oats, wheat, or rye that has a lot of liquid. Gruel is a lot like soup because they both have a high water content. This joke is playing on "gruel and unusual punishment" because it sounds like "cruel and unusual punishment".

The soup was so bad it was gruel and unusual punishment .

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"Sheer delete" sounds like "sheer delight". An editor is someone that is responsible for checking facts, spelling, grammar, and punctuation, and sometimes that involves deleting what is present. The editor was happy about his award, just delete was used instead of delight.

The editor received his award with sheer delete .

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An abscess can refer to a pocket of pus that forms around the root of an infected tooth. "Abscessed by it" sounds like "obsessed by it" which means to be continuously preoccupied with something. The joke is referring to someone who keeps thinking about the pain in their tooth, and the word "abscess" was chosen as it closely matches the sound of the word "obsess" and can relate to why their tooth hurts.

I was fixated on the pain in my bad tooth . I was abscessed by it .

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The joke is a pun. 'Bellows' are a tool that is used to blow air into a flame to keep it lit with oxygen. To 'bellow' in speech is to yell or holler.

' ' I have to keep this fire alight , ' ' Tom bellowed .

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A sole is a type of fish, and sounds like soul as in pouring your soul out.

He owned a fish farm until he poured out his sole .

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Pun on "heal" and "heel", which sound the same. Veterinarians medically treat animals, or heal them, and "heel" is a common command to train dogs to obey.

The veterinarian had a great deal of trouble getting his dog to heel .

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This is a pun on 'real tired' which simply means to be very tired, but 'reel' is used in it's place because it sounds exactly similar and because it is also a cylinder on which film, wire, thread, or other flexible materials can be wound, like that of a fishing rod

OLD FISHERMEN never die , they just get reel tired .

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If something's 'in the limelight', it hogs all the attention away from others in its category. It's also a play on limes - a kind of citrus fruit.

When it comes to drinks , citrus fruit juices are always in the limelight .

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neigh is a characteristic high-pitched sound uttered by a horse.

She was only a Horseman ' s daughter , but she didn ' t know how to say neigh .

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