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het_1436

This is a pun on 'callously' which means in a way that shows an insensitive and cruel disregard for others; unfeelingly, but it's also used because the alternate spelling of 'callus' means a thickened and hardened part of the skin or soft tissue, especially in an area that has been subjected to friction, like you'd develop if your were rowing

' ' Rowing hurts my hands , ' ' said Tom callously .

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het_1435

This is a play on the word "inflammatory," usually meaning violent, but here it also is made to sound like "inflammable," while "propane," which sounds like 'profane," is also inflammable

Inflammatory talk is often seen as propane language .

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het_1434

An injection is the act of administering a liquid into a person's body using a needle. In order to administer the liquid, a vein needs to be found. To plead in vain means to plead with no hope in producing a result. Vain is a homophone of vein. A vein is a tube that carries oxygen depleted blood toward the heart. The joke is centered on the word "vain" because it sounds like "vein" and the joke is discussing injections.

' ' I need an injection , ' ' Tom pleaded in vain .

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het_1433

Poor Tom needs to be incorporated into better jokes. The word 'bountifully' does not refer to the way someone says something, which is why the joke fails.

' ' This is mutiny ! ' ' said Tom bountifully .

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het_1429

In the context of sea, a haven is a place of refuge from the sea, such as a port. Haven on earth sounds like heaven on earth, which is a phrase used to describe a great place.

The port was very beautiful . The sailors said it was haven on earth .

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het_1428

This is a pun on "greeter". They cannot imagine a greater job. Because greater sounds like greeter, and the person is handing out carts at Wal-Mart like a greeter would do, they replaced the word greater with greeter.

I have always wanted to hand out carts at Wal - Mart . I cannot imagine a greeter job .

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het_1427

A suite is a set of rooms that contain furniture. A couch is a piece of furniture that multiple people can sit on. Suite and sweet are homophones. Sweet is a descriptive word used to describe the taste of something, typically if that something is sugary. If someone has a "sweet tooth" it means they really like and crave eating sweet things. The joke is centered around the word suite and its homophone sweet.

I met a man who loves eating couches . I think he has a suite tooth .

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het_1423

The joke is a play on words. Typically on products or decorative pieces there may be written on the item where it was produced, for example it might say 'made in Japan'. The woman wearing the kimono in the picture may have been a maid, or a house keeper or house cleaner, living in Japan.

One item contributed was a picture of a pretty , kimono - clad girl ; it bore the inscription : ' ' Maid in Japan ' ' .

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het_1422

This is a play on words. "Bach" is the the name of a famous classical composer but sounds like "bark" as in the famous expression "his bark is worse than his bite" . Vampires are known for biting but since the vampire tortured his victims with music, his "Bach", or the classical music he plays, is worse than his bite.

Did you hear about the vampire who used to torture his victims with music ? His Bach was worse than his bite .

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het_1416

This is a pun on 'jeans', which are just a type of pants but it's usually spelt 'genes' which are the basic physical and functional unit of heredity

A third - generation clothes designer had it in her jeans .

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het_1412

This is a pun on 'margine of error' which is a statistic expressing the amount of random sampling error in the results of a survey, but 'margarine' is used in it's place because it sounds somewhat similar and because 'margarine' is a spread used for flavoring, baking and cooking

On cooking shows , there is little margarine of error .

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het_141

This is a play on words. The word "cosign" means to sign a loan or document jointly with another person. However, "cosign" sounds like "cosine" which is a mathematical term.

Some mathematicians are reluctant to cosine a loan .

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het_1406

The joke is a pun. The IRS handles taxation. The words 'tax' and 'text' are similar, so the speaker calls it a 'taxed message' instead of a 'text message' that was sent to their phone.

The IRS left a message on my cell phone that I owed them more money . It was a taxed message .

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het_1403

This is a play on words. The word "agreed" means to express aggreement but "greed" is an intense selfish desire, like the desire to eat until one bursts.

I ' ll eat till I burst , Tom agreed .

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het_1401

Curds are a byproduct of milk that has been coagulated. Curds sit in a liquid called whey. Cottage cheese is a mixture of curds and whey. Weigh and whey are homophones. Weigh is a verb, which is the action taken to figure out how heavy something is, which is an action dieters take often. The joke is talking about a cottage cheese diet, hence the clever use of the word weigh replacing whey.

Cottage cheese diet : eating your curds and weigh .

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het_140

This is a pun on 'synergy' which is defined as the interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects. In this case, the two sinners are the agents, and 'synergy' sounds slightly similar to 'sinners'

It ' s amazing what two or more sinners can achieve together with synergy .

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het_1396

This is a pun on the phrase 'painted himself into a corner' which means to put oneself in a bad position, but 'coroner' is used in it's place because it sounds similar and because a 'coroner' is an official who investigates violent, sudden, or suspicious deaths, which is who you'd probably come across if you were dying

A dying artist painted himself into a coroner .

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het_1395

Bloom is a verb that explains a flower when it is at full maturity and its petals have opened up. Bloom being used here is describing a type of ribbon. The joke is playing on the word bloom and its different applications.

At a flower show the first prize is often a bloom ribbon .

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het_1392

This is a pun on 'cord' which is a measure of cut wood, but it also works because it sounds similar to 'chord which is a collection of 3 or more notes and is something you could play on a piano

Chop up an old piano and you will get a cord of wood .

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het_1391

"Astronauts like to do launch" sounds like "astronauts like to do lunch" which means astronauts like to take lunch. An astronaut is someone trained to travel in a spacecraft. "Launch" is the verb used to describe a spacecraft that is being set in motion to leave Earth and head into outerspace. The joke is centered around the word "launch" which kind of sounds like word "lunch" to describe what astronauts like to do.

Astronauts like to do launch .

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het_1390

This is a pun on 'aria' which is a "a long accompanied song for a solo voice, typically one in an opera or oratorio", but it's also being used because it sounds similar to 'area', and the saying would be "in the right area at the right time"

Some orchestra conductors make their mark in the world of opera . They were in the right aria at the right time .

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het_1388

A hairdresser is someone who cuts and styles hair. To braid hair is to fold three sections of hair over each other repeatedly to create a design. "Braid away" sounds close to "fade away". "Fade away" means gradually become weak, especially to the point of death. The joke is centered around the term "braid away" since it sounds like "fade away" and the joke is explaining what happens to old hairdressers.

OLD HAIRDRESSERS never die , they just braid away . .

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het_1385

Soda can be considered a caustic, or destructive, substance in some cases.

Would you like some soda in your whiskey ? asked Tom caustically .

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het_1384

"Fend for himself" means to do things without help. The store clerk lost his job. "Vend" sounds close to "fend". Vend is used to replace fend because a kiosk can be a vending machine. This joke is playing on the word "vend".

The store clerk lost his job , so he set up a kiosk in the mall to vend for himself .

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A spirit is a supernatural being. A ghost is a synonym for spirit. "What ghost up must come down" sounds close to the popular phrase "what goes up must come down". The joke is playing on the word "ghost" because it somewhat sounds like "goes" and can be inserted into the "what goes up must come down" phrase.

I knew that the spirit couldn ' t float around very long . What ghost up must come down .

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het_1380

This is the uncommon 'OLD PROFESSIONS' joke that works because it's not trying to be a pun on death. Rather, 'reign forever' implies professional immortality as well as being a pun on 'rain', a type of precipitation that weathermen predict.

OLD WEATHERMEN never die , they reign forever .

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het_1378

Bold is a type of font. Bold also means courage. Boldy means with courage. This is a play on the word bold.

' ' I think I ' ll use a different font , ' ' said Tom boldly .

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het_1372

This is a pun on the dish 'fish and chips' which is fried fish and french fries, but 'fish and ships' is used here because it sounds similar and it implies that the loch ness monster eats other fish in the lake as well as boats

The Loch Ness monster eats fish and ships .

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het_1371

This is a pun. An evil lair is a hideout for a villain in a comic book or show. Onions are layered vegetables. The joke is that the onion had many lairs because it was evil.

The evil onion had many lairs .

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het_1370

Allegedly has the word alleged in it, which means supposively or uncertain of. Jump of the side of a building might involve jumping off of a ledge.

A man threatened to jump off the side of a building - alledgedly .

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het_137

This is a pun. "Pouring" is frequently used to describe the state of weather during heavy rainfall, when the precipitation is so strong it is as if water is being poured down from a vessel above. "Poring" is a verb referring to consulting written materials in close detail, as in "poring over her notes". The joke subjects are presumably talking about studying for their upcoming exams. The two words are pronounced the same. The play on words here is that it can refer to either the weather or the exams, and that the joke subjects find either or both to be obnoxious.

When I phoned my friend yesterday we mainly talked about the weather and our upcomimg exams , and we both agreed that the poring was sickening .

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het_1369

This is a pun on 'navel maneuvers' which is referring to tasks relating to those in the navy, and it also being used because 'navel' is another term for belly button which is most prominent on belly dancers

The Belly Dancer was popular with sailors because she understood navel maneuvers .

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het_1368

The joke is a play on words. A 'phony' is another word for a fake or fraud. 'Phony' sounds like 'pony' which is the name of a young horse.

She thought it was a real horse , but it was a phony .

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het_1363

A shell is a hard outer covering of an animal. A clam is a type of mollusk, and contains a shell. To clamor is to proclaim loudly. The joke is centered on the word "clamored" and how it relates to "clam" which is a type of shell.

Another batch of shells for me ! Tom clamored .

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het_1359

This is a play on words. The word "magnate" means a wealthy, influential person in business but "magnate" sounds like "magnet" which is an object that can stick to other metal objects. Magnets are commonly stuck to refrigerator doors, so the joke here Is that Westinghouse is a refrigerator magnate/magnet since his company made refrigerators.

George Westinghouse was a refrigerator magnate .

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het_1354

A chimney flu is the part that opens the vent.

A second chimney is superfluous .

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het_1349

This is a pun on the word "magnate". A "magnate" is a wealthy or influential person, the kind of person people are attracted to in the sense that they want to have a close relationship with them. "Magnate" sounds like "magnet". Magnets also attract things, but in a physical way.

Many people are strongly attracted to a magnate .

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The joke is a pun. 'Haddock' is a type of fish, and sounds like 'headache' which is a pain in the head that one might take pain relieving pills for.

A fisherman took pain pills because of a persistent haddock .

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Amply means more than enough, or sufficiently. An amp is the base unit of an electric current. We see "amp" in amply.

' ' It ' s a unit of electric current , ' ' said Tom amply .

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het_1340

"Throne away" sounds like "thrown away" which means to toss in the garbage. A throne is a seat designated to someone in power, it is where they sit. A king, which is a person with power, sits on a throne. This joke is a play on the word throne.

OLD KINGS never die they just get throne away

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het_1336

This is a pun on 'fission' which is a reaction in which the nucleus of an atom splits into two or more smaller nuclei, but it's being used here because it sounds like 'fishing trip' which is what some people might take a vacation for

The nuclear physicist took a vacation for a fission trip .

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het_1335

The joke is a pun on the word 'reword'. The phrase is typically 'it's own reward' but the word 'reward' was replaced with 'reword'. A pun 'rewords' or rephrases or replaces a word in the sentence to make a joke, in the attempt that the word replaced was something clever for sounding similar or having a double meaning.

A pun is its own reword .

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The Alps are an extensive mountain range that runs through Switzerland. You can ski on The Alps. "Alp" kind of sounds like "help". The joke is centered on the word "alp" and how it sounds like "help".

People in Switzerland can ' t learn to ski without a lot of alp .

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This is a pun on 'taught' which means show or explain to (someone) how to do something, but 'taut' is used in it's place because it sounds similar and it means stretched or pulled tight; not slack, like rope can be

To learn rope tricks you have to be taut .

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het_1329

This is a pun on the phrase 'pick of the litter' which is the best one of a group. However, 'pique' is used in it's place because it sounds similar and because 'pique' means a feeling of irritation or resentment resulting from a slight, especially to one's pride, like what you'd feel if you gotten into an argument

An argument over puppy selection is a pique of the litter .

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het_1328

A beagle is a type of dog. A mongrel is a dog that results from the crossing of different breeds. To mutter is to say something in a low or barely audible voice. A mutt is a dog, another word for mongrel. We see "mutt" in "muttered". The joke is centered around the word "muttered" because we can see the word "mutt" in it and the joke is about dogs.

That ' s no beagle ; that ' s a mongrel , Tom muttered .

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het_1327

The joke is a pun. Buying and selling stolen goods is illegal and police and courts would mark any instance of that as an 'offense' against the law. To do or say something 'offensively' is to do it in an actively aggressive or attacking manner.

' ' Do you buy and sell stolen goods ? ' ' asked Tom offensively .

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het_1322

A pun on "meteor shower", when small celestial objects enter Earth's atmosphere en masse and burn up visible to the naked eye. An explosion at a meat packing plant causing large quantities of meat to be propelled high into the air would result in said meat "showering" down.

An explosion at the meat packing plant caused quite a meatier shower .

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The joke is a pun on the word 'rapidly'. Whitewater rafting is rafting on the rapids of a river. To say something 'rapidly' is to say it really fast.

Have you ever been whitewater rafting ? Tom asked rapidly .

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het_1316

"Wheat" sounds a little bit like "wait". The farmers can hardly wait for a good harvest. Wheat is a cereal plant that farmers grow. This joke is playing on the word wheat, using it to replace wait.

Farmers can hardly wheat for a good harvest .

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het_1312

This is a pun on 'mend' which means to repair something, but 'mendel' is used in it's place because it sounds similar and because it's the name of Gregor Mendel who was a biologist

The geneticist taught his students how to mendel defective genes .

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het_1311

The joke is a pun. Kneading is using hands and applying pressure to something, typically dough, but one could say that when a massage therapist is applying pressure on someone's body, they are kneading it. 'Kneaded' sounds identical to 'needed', so it is used instead of the 'needed' that means 'required' or 'mandatory'.

A massage therapist kneaded new customers .

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het_1310

The joke is a play on words. Builders or engineers construct with a variety of shapes that have different levels of structural integrity, with one of them being called a 'truss'. 'Truss' sounds like 'trust', so it sounds like builders have 'trust issues'.

I don ' t recommend dating bridge builders , they have truss issues .

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het_1305

The joke is a pun. 'Mistified' means bewildered or perplexed. The word has 'mist' in it, and mist is moisture in the air like a cloud or fog.

The first scientists who studied fog were mistified .

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het_1304

Most people don't know what a catarrh is in the US. It even took me a moment to understand that it served as a homonym for 'Qatar' - a Middle Eastern country.

My chronically runny - nosed friend , who staunchly opposes all independent emirates , was bothered by catarrh on his trip around the world .

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het_1302

"Porpoises" sounds like "purposes". "Educational purposes" is a common saying, meaning that something is for learning. A porpoise is an aquatic marine mammal. Marine biology is the study of living creatures in the sea. The joke is playing on the term "educational purposes" but using "porpoises" to replace "purposes" because marine biology seminars is what is getting discussed.

The marine biology seminars weren ' t for entertainment , but were created for educational porpoises .

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het_1301

The text references categorizing something as science or an art. The subject is romance, which hs known to be a matter of the heart. The word heart is used to replace art.

Romance isn ' t a science - it ' s a heart .

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het_1299

The joke is a pun. The word 'baited' was used instead for the phrase 'bated breath'. 'Bated breath' means in great suspense, very anxiously, or excitedly. 'Bait' or 'baited' are words that would refer to bait for fishing, such as live worms.

After Jimmy swallowed a live earthworm , he sat waiting with baited breath to see if he ' d get sick .

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het_1298

This is a pun on 'psalms' which is the book of the Old Testament composed of sacred songs, or of sacred poems meant to be sung, so this is associated with Sundays and church. But 'psalms' also sounds similar to 'palm' which is what you get read if you wanted to know about your future

Anxious about the future ? Psalms read every Sunday .

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This is a pun on the word "khan". A "khan" is a Mongol ruler. It sounds like "con", which is when you trick someone. This joke is about a Mongol ruler who is known to trick people.

Remembering the Mongol leader ' s reputation for chicanery , Marco Polo approached the palace of the khan warily .

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het_1295

The joke is a pun. Donuts are pastries that have a hole in the center of them. To be tired of 'the whole thing' is to be completely fed up with the entirety of something, however it sounds like the baker is just tired of the holes in the centers of donuts.

A baker stopped making donuts after he got tired of the hole thing .

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het_1292

This is a play on words. The word "waned" means became weaker but "waned" also refers to when the sun or moon has a progressively smaller part of their visible surface illuminated.

The sun was bright on a dry , cloudless morning , but later it waned .

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het_1291

cox' is short for coxswain, or the individual at the head of a boat that directs the others. It's also a play on 'cocks' - slang for roosters.

The eight chicken farmers jumped in their rowing shell and put their cox up in front .

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het_1290

Rued means to regret something. Rued sounds like rude. Here, the person is saying they regret their inconsierate comment which could be considered rude, but the word rued was used instead.

I really regretted the inconsiderate comment I made . It was rued .

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het_1289

Prints sounds like "prince". "Someday my prince will come" are the title and lyrics to a song sung in the movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. In photography negatives are used to produce postive prints on paper, which is the photo. The whole joke circles around print.

Waiting for her photos to be developed a young girl sang ' Some day my prints will come . '

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het_1286

Sheikh is a homophone of chic. A sheikh is an Arab leader. "Chic" clothing refers to clothing that is stylish. Opulence means a lot of wealth, so the joke is saying the Arab is wealthy and we can tell by his chic clothing. The joke is playing on the word "chic" in "chic clothing" because it sounds like "sheikh".

The Arab ' s opulence was obvious from his chic clothing . ' '

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het_1283

The hamstring is a muscle that runs down the back of the thigh. Ham is meat from the upper part of a pig's leg. The word "ham" can be found in "hamstring" and the joke is referring to a pig that quit running a marathon due to a hamstring injury.

Why did the pig quit running the marathon ? He had a problem with his hamstring .

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het_1276

A verse is a collection of lines in a poem. Verse also sounds like "worse". "I've seen verse" sounds like "I've seen worse" regarding the poet's daughter.

She was only a Poet ' s daughter , but I ' ve seen verse .

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het_1275

This is a play on words. Sense of humor means that someone knows what's funny but also sounds like "sense of rumor" and rumors are circulating stories spread by gossips.

A gossip is someone with a great sense of rumor .

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het_1273

Czech is a Slavic language, and members of the family of Slavic ethnic groups are commonly referred to as "Slavs". This is a pun on "check out", because common English pronunciation of "Czech" is identical to "check".

OLD SLAVS never die , they just czech out .

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The anti-lock brake system, or ABS, is a relatively new technology in a car. 'braking news' is also a pun on 'breaking news' used because ABS is one letter short of ABC: American Broadcasting Corporation.

When people first heard of the ABS , it was braking news .

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het_1265

Lama in Tibetan buddhism means spiritual leader. A llama is an animal that can be found in Peru. Llama and lama sound the same but mean different things. The buddhists following their lamas can sound like the buddhists are following their llamas (or animals).

Throughout the centuries , the Buddhist herdsmen of Peru have followed their lamas religiously .

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This is a pun on 'cosine' which is the trigonometric function that is equal to the ratio of the side adjacent to an acute angle (in a right-angled triangle) to the hypotenuse, but it's also being used because the alternative spelling 'co-sign' can mean sign (a loan or lease) jointly with another person in order to guarantee payment., which in this context is just signing one's name

' ' Cosign here , ' ' read the first instruction on the trigonometry placement exam .

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The joke is a pun. To do something 'in vain' is to be unsuccessful in ones attempts at doing something. An I.V. is inserted into the vein of someone's arm, typically in an ambulance or hospital.

They tried to save him with an I . V . but it was all in vein .

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A monk is a religous figure that often spends time in a temple. A temple is a building that is used for worship or meditation. "Temple tantrum" is close to the phrase "temper tantrum". A "temper tantrum" is when someone loses their temper and is outwardly expressing rage. The joke is centered on the phrase "temple tantrum" because it sounds like "temper tantrum".

If a Monk throws a hissy fit , is it a temple tantrum ?

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A roomer is someone that rents out a room. Roomer sounds like the word "rumor". A rumor is a circulating story of uncertain truth that is spread by word of mouth. This joke is playing on the word "roomer" because it sounds like "rumor" and the person being referred to is a landlady, which is someone that rents out spaces to other people.

When gossip finally led to the landlady ' s arrest for murdering her tenants and scattering parts of their bodies around town , her only comment was , ' ' Well , that ' s what comes of spreading roomers . ' '

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A boar is a wild pig. "Quite the boar" sounds like "quite the bore" which means someone who is boring. The boar put people to sleep by being boring, or the boar is impressive for putting people to sleep because he's "quite the boar". This joke is playing on the word "boar".

The male pig puts everyone to sleep . You could say he ' s quite the boar .

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"Splice" sounds like "slice" and "slice" is a word often associated with pizza. "Splice" is a verb which means to join or connect. In film, a splice is when a film has to be taped together because of breakage. This is often seen during the editing process. The joke is about film editor's part time job at a pizza parlor. The word "splice" was used instead of "slice". This joke is playing on the word splice.

Did you hear about the film editor at Hollywood who had a part - time job at a pizza parlor ? He used to ask customers whether they wanted one splice or two .

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This is a play on words of "best behavior". When someone is on their best behavior, they're well mannered. Pest sounds like best, but pest means to annoy. So, this joke is stating that some kids are on their most annoying behavior.

Some childen are often on their pest behavior .

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In mathematics, an algorithm is a sequence of well-defined instructions. The word "rhythm" can be heard in "algorithm". Rhythm is a repeated pattern of movement or sound. The joke is talking about a math teacher that was a good dancer, and "having rhythm" refers to someone who is in tune with the music when dancing. This joke is a play on the word "algorithm", where the the last two syllables sound like "rhythm" which relate to the math teacher and dancing.

The math teacher was a good dancer - he had algorithm .

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A robin is a type of bird. Father is another name for priest. "Birds of a father flock together" sounds like "Birds of a feather flock together" which is a common saying meaning that people having the same interests or beliefs will be found spending time together. This joke is playing on "birds of a feather flock together" except "feather" is replaced with "father".

A bunch of robins followed the priest wherever he went . Birds of a father flock together .

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het_1243

Bees store their honey in cells in a beehive, what 'celling' puns.

Bees make money by celling their honey .

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het_1232

Lion sounds like lying, which means to not tell the truth. Lions and tigers are both large, predatory cats. Since a Tiger is a large, predatory cat, the joke takes the name of another large predatory cat to replace "lying".

You can ' t trust a tiger . You never know when he might be lion .

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Boulder sounds like bolder. Bolder means courageous, one who will willingly take risks. A boulder can refer to a giant rock. This joke is playing on the word "boulder" because it sounds like "bolder".

I used to do rock climbing as a youth , but I was much boulder back then .

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het_1228

This is a pun on how "coaxed" sounds like "Coke" which is a brand of soft drink.

Have another soft drink , Tom coaxed .

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het_1227

This is a play on words. "baht" is the currency of Thailand which is trying to emulate the saying "bought the farm" which means to die.

If you ' re dying to purchase cropland in Thailand , then you ' ve baht the farm .

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This is a pun on 'recede' which means to go or move back or further away from a previous position and it's being used here because lawns can recede over time

OLD LAWN CARE WORKERS never die , they just recede .

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This is a play on words. The phrase "much to be desired" means causing disappointment but "much" sounds like "macho" meaning showing proud masculinity. Here, "macho to be desired" means that the bullfighter's timidity was not macho/did not demonstrate proud masculinity.

The bullfighter ' s display of timidity left macho to be desired .

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The joke is a pun on the word 'mint'. Mint is another word for a print of a coin. The phrase the word is used in is usually said 'meant to be' meaning 'fated' or 'destined' but the word 'meant' was replaced with 'mint' because it's a joke about coins. No context, so that it the entirety of the joke.

Coins are mint to be .

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"Weakly" is a homophone of "weekly". Weekly means every week. Weakly means, with low strength or vitality. Tom is saying he is always exhausted by Friday, which he states weakly, but its homohone weekly would also make sense. This joke is playing on the word "weekly" and "weakly".

I ' m always exhausted by Friday , said Tom weakly .

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Chic is a word to describe something as fashionable or elegant. Tongue in cheek is a common phrase used to describe something that is insincere.

Modern fashion designs are often presented with tongue in chic .

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The Pequod and Ishmael are from the novel Moby Dick, a tragic story about the hunt of the titular whale. A wail is a mournful cry, and sounds like whale, an enormous ocean mammal, which is what destroyed the Pequod and its crew, save Ishmael.

When the Pequod with its crew went down , Ishmael remembered , a great wail came up from the sea .

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To 'meddle' is to mess around, or intervene, in someone else's business when it's not welcome. Here it's also a homonym for 'medal' - what Olympians compete for at the Olympic games.

If intervening was an olympic sport , he ' d win the gold meddle .

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The joke is a play on words. Snooker is a game like billiards that is played by using a pool cue. 'Cue' sounds similar to 'clue' so in the phrase 'some people don't have a clue', the word used instead was 'cue'.

As to how to play snooker , some people don ' t have a cue .

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A play on the phrase sign on the dotted line, an instruction to place a signature in a specific spot on a document, which a person would do on an employement contract, in this case a teacher. Sine is a function in mathematics, that a math teacher would instruct in. A sine, which is a curve might also be represented on a graph that uses dotted lines for the x and y axes.

The first order of priority in hiring math majors is get them to sine on the dotted line

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A clause can mean a contract. "Claws" is a homophone of "clause". Dogs have claws, and claws can be used to scratch people. It's "in the clause" or "it's in the contract" that the neighbor's dog gets watched as long as it doesn't scratch the person watching it. It's clever that "clause" was used to mean contract because it sounds like "claws", and claws can scratch. The joke is centered on the word "clause" and its homophone "claws".

I agreed to watch my neighbor ' s dog , but only if it didn ' t scratch me . It ' s in the clause .

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Pecan is a type of nut. A pecan pie is a type of pie. "Pecan" kind of sounds like "pecking". When a human being is "pecking" at something, it means they're nibbling on something. This joke is playing on the "pecan" because it sounds similar to "pecking" and how it refer to eating pie.

He wasn ' t supposed to eat the pie but he kept pecan at it .

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This is a play on words. The term "oedipus complex" is a term used in psychology but "oedipus" sounds like "adipose" which is part of the body used for the storage of fat.

If I am afraid of losing my fat tissue . My psychiatrist told me I have an adipose complex .

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That's a diss! They are alluding to something optical, and it's a pun on 'optical illusion', or something that tricks the eyes.

If they say you look good in glasses that would be an optical allusion .

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"Steal" and "steel" are homophones. Steel is a type of metal. To say someone has "muscles of steel" is to say that they are very strong. Thieves are people that steal when they want something. To steal is to take something of another's without permission. The joke is playing on the words "steal" and "steel".

Thieves have muscles of steal .

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