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"Serial i / o" stands for serial input/output which is a method of communicating data between devices. Serial sounds like "cereal" which is a type of grain used for food, that is typically eaten at breakfast time. It seems to me that the joke is trying to play on the word "serial" because it sounds like "cereal" and it pairs well with "breakfast food companies".

Computers at breakfast food companies use serial i / o .

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The joke is a pun on the word 'humerus'. The humerus is the name of a bone in the body. It sounds like 'humorous' which means funny. The name of the nerve that they hit is also called the 'funny bone' because of the way it makes the arm feel numb when hit.

A doctor who fell on his funny bone had a nurse tell him it was a humerus incident .

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The joke is a pun on the word 'granite'. Granite is a type of rock that may typically be found in a quarry. The phrase in the joke is usually 'taken for granted' meaning not valuing something that have or assuming something is a given.

She was only a Quarryman ' s daughter , but she took everything for granite .

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The joke is a pun. An apiary is a place where bees are kept; a collection of beehives. 'Bee' sounds the same as the letter 'B' which is used to mark a grade one might receive in a class.

I was studying in an apiary class . This resulted in me receiving a bee on my exam .

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This is a play on words. The word "manuever" means to move around but also sounds vaguely like "manure" which means animal poop.

When walking through a pig barn be careful how you maneuver .

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het_1183

It's weirdly written; that's why this joke isn't funny. 'lovingly' is supposed to be a pun on 'love', or a 0 score in tennis, but it makes no sense in context.

' ' Nobody has scored yet in the tennis game , ' ' said Tom lovingly .

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This is a pun on "whining". Dating is sometimes referred to as "wining and dining". They changed the spelling to "whining" because the guy did something on their dates that got tiresome to her, making the dates lousy and causing her to dump him. That something could be whining. No one wants to be around someone who whines all the time.

She dumped him because of all their lousy dates . After all , whining and dining does get tiresome after a while .

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het_1177

This is a pun on 'rhyme'. The common saying is "punisment should fit the crime' meaning you should be punished in relation to the crime that was committed. Although 'rhyme' is used here because it rhymes with crime and sometimes poets rhyme

When the bad poet stood in front of the judge , the judge thought the punishment should fit the rhyme .

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The joke is that Nixon said this 'resignedly'. Former president Richard Nixon resigned from office. To say something resignedly means to say it in a way giving in to the insistence of another or to circumstances beyond one's control.

I ' m not a crook , Nixon said resignedly .

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This is a pun on the word "raisin". This person desperately needed food, so their kids gave them a raisin to live. "Raisin" sounds like "reason". Giving food to a starving person is the "reason" why they live. Also, when people feel hopeless and want to give up on life, they may find something meaningful that gives them a "reason" to live. Often times that thing is someone who depends on you. For the starving person in the joke, that thing is their children.

When I was starving to death , my children gave me a raisin to keep on living .

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The joke is a pun. The word 'summarily' means to say something in summary of something. The word has 'sum' in it, and a sum is the result of an addition equation in mathematics.

I ' m a mathematician , Tom added summarily .

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This is a play on words. The word "redaction" is a term used in editing for the process of removing text from a manuscript. But here, instead of deleting text from prose the editor is deleting weight from his body.

The obese editor started a weight redaction program .

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This is a play on words. The word "curiously" means spoken in a way that shows eagerness to learn but Marie "Curie" was a famous scientist inolved in the discovery and isolation of radium.

' ' Who discovered radium ? ' ' asked Tom curiously .

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This joke is making a pun with the word clamored, containg clam, in regards to an order of seafood.

' ' Another plate of seafood for me ! ' ' Tom clamored .

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het_1156

Another word for exam is test. We see the word "test" in "testily". Testily means easily annoyed. Testily was cleverly used to express the feelings Tom had about his exam.

I flunked my exam , said Tom , testily .

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This is a play on words. The phrase "day of reckoning" means the time when past mistakes will be punished. But "reckoning" sounds like "wreckoning" which here means the day of a car wreck or accident.

He drove his car until the day of wreckoning .

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This is a pun on 'doughnut hole' which are the small circular doughnut bites, but 'whole' is used here in place of 'hole' because it sounds similar and because it implies that the speaker ate the last doughnut in one single bite

Her eyes were wide with longing as she peered into the Dunkin ' Donuts box and ate the last doughnut whole .

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This is a pun on 'didnt tell a soul' which means he didn't tell anyone, but 'sole' is used in it's place because it sounds exactly the same and 'sole' is a type of fish

A fisherman hated fish and chips but he didn ' t tell a sole .

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This is a pun on 'jester', which is type of clown in a medieval court, but it's also used because it sounds similar to 'gesture' which is an action performed to convey one's feelings or intentions, like holding the door open for someone

The other day I held the door open for a clown . I thought it was a nice jester .

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This is a pun using the word "organically". The guy wants to grow his food organically, which means naturally without using chemicals. "Organically" has the word "organ" in it. The guy is playing an organ, which is an instrument similar to a piano, in his garden.

There was a guy who played the organ in his garden to get organically grown food .

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het_1141

This is a pun on the phrase 'sign of the times' which means something judged to exemplify or indicate the nature or quality of a particular period, typically something unwelcome or unpleasant., but 'sine' is used in it's place because it sounds similar and it means the trigonometric function that is equal to the ratio of the side opposite a given angle (in a right triangle) to the hypotenuse.

The mathematics professor , lamenting his students ' lackadaisical approach to trigonometry , sighed , ' ' It ' s a sine of the times . ' '

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This is a pun on the word "agreed". Agreed has the word greed in it. Greed is a strong desire for something, like money or food. This joke is about a guy who is greedy and wants to eat lots of cake.

' ' I ' d like to eat seventeen cakes , ' ' Tom agreed .

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This is a pun on 'suede' which is leather with the flesh side rubbed to make a velvety nap, but it's also used because it sounds similar to 'swayed' which means to influence a decision, in this case the decision to buy leather shoes

I didn ' t want to buy leather shoes , but eventually I was suede .

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This is a pun on 'court jester' which was a fool or joker was a member of the household of a nobleman or a monarch employed to entertain guests during the medieval and Renaissance eras, but 'gesture' is used in it's place because it sounds similar and because 'gestures' is a form of non-verbal communication or non-vocal communication in which visible bodily actions communicate particular messages, in this case shrugging

When the King asked the fool for a joke the fool just shrugged . He was the court gesture .

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het_1132

This is a play on words. The word "pays" means the speaker is rewarded for doing a certain activity but "pays" sounds like "paste" wich is another word for glue.

When you use glue in class it paste to be careful .

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Compliment is used mean to give praise to, the task of sycophants. Compliment also sounds like complement, which is to bring to a full set, in this case the ships personnel.

The self - conscious shipbuilder tried to recruit extremely sycophantic sailors to compliment her newly designed destroyer .

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The joke is a play on words. A stanza in poetry is a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse. 'Stanza' sounds similar to 'stands', and the poet is tall, so the phrase would have been 'stands very tall'.

A six foot poet stanza very tall .

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het_1128

A brake is a device for slowing or stopping a moving vehicle. Brake sounds like break. A break is a time where people can take rest. To need a brake sounds like he needed a "break".

Westinghouse stopped everything . . . he needed the brake .

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het_1126

This is a pun on the word inferred. Inferred sounds like it has the word "fur" in it, and the woman is wearing mink fur.

She must be wearing mink , Tom inferred .

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The joke is a pun. The speaker replaced the word 'other' in the phrase 'the other place' with 'udder'. 'The other place' generally is referring to hell instead of heaven. Female cows have udders, and 'udder' sounds like 'other'.

OLD DAIRY FARMERS never die , they just go to the udder place .

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This is a play on words. The word "Rogaine" is a brand of medication to treat baldness but also sounds like "regain" meaning to get back confidence.

The bald man decided to consider a hair transplant to rogaine his confidence in looking younger .

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This is a play on words. A butte is an isolated hill similar to a mesa. However, "butte" also sounds like "butt" which refers to the rear end of the body.

My friends call me Mesa because of my big butte .

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A skin graft is a patch of skin that is removed by surgery from one area of the body and is attached to another area. "Skin graft" sounds like "skin graph". A tattoo is a type of skin modification involving ink. A graph is a diagram showing the relation between variable quantities, typically of two variables. Scientists often use or analyze graphs to understand trends. This pun is playing on the word "graph" because it sounds like "graft" as in "skin graft" while referring to a scientist wanting a tattoo.

A scientist who wanted a tattoo got a skin graph .

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Colonel is a homophone of kernel. A colonel is an army officer of high rank. A kernel is a seed, often the seed of corn. The joke is talking about a man rising through the ranks in the Corn Growers association. He became a "kernel" which can be understood as the man literally turning into a seed, or can be understood as "colonel" since he rose in rank.

He rose through the ranks of the International Corn Growers association , eventually becoming a kernel .

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A phrase is a group of words which act together as a unit. Language consists of phrases. "Phrased out" sounds like "phased out". "Phased out" means to slowly get rid of, or eliminate. This joke is playing on the term "phase out" except "phrased" is used instead of "phased".

Tired well worn expressions need to be phrased out of the language .

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Gilt sounds like the word guilt but the two words mean different things. Gilt means to cover something thinly with gold. People who like gold paint have a gilt complex. This joke is a play on "guilt complex". A guilt complex is when someone has the obsession that they have done something wrong. In this case, someone has a gold covering complex.

People who like gold paint have a gilt complex .

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The joke is a play on words. To do or say something 'barbarously' is to be loud or rowdy. 'Barbarously' sounds like 'barber', and barbers cut hair.

' ' Give me a haircut , ' ' Tom said barbarously .

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"Force of habit" means something that has the tendency for something to be done frequently. Lord of the Rings is a series of fantasy novels written by J.R.R. Tolkien. "The Hobbit" is a fantasy novel that proceeded the Lord of the Rings series which was also written by J.R.R. Tolkien. The joke is centered around the word "hobbit" since it sounds like "habit" and its use in the common phrase "force of habit", turned into "force of hobbit".

I keep reading ' The Lord of the Rings ' over and over . I guess it ' s just force of hobbit .

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This is an amusing joke that seems to imply opposite meanings - making it a double entendre. If Mary only cares about their presence, it means she just wants her guests to show up, but the word itself sounds a lot like presents, implying the exact opposite of what was written.

When asked by her co - workers whether they should bring a gift to her birthday party , Mary replied , ' ' You should know that all I ' m interested in is your presence . ' '

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This is a pun on "warship". The soldiers on the sea are in a warship. Warship sounds like worship. There is a chaplain with them, a member of the clergy who ministers to a group outside of church. The chaplain leads them to worship God.

A chaplain on the sea leads the soldiers in their warship .

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To express something archly, is to express something in a teasing sort of way. The arch of a foot is the curved part of the foot that is between the toes and heel. The word archly was selectly chosen here because the word "arch" can be found in that word.

It ' s between my sole and my heel , said Tom archly .

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The joke is a pun. Taking over the government is called a 'coup' which sounds like 'coo'. A 'coo' is a noise like a murmurring of a bird.

We ' ve taken over the government , Tom cooed

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"To swallow the harsh whine" means to put up with complaining. Whine sounds like wine. Cabernet is a type of wine. Wine is an alcoholic drink, whereas whine is a sound made to express a complaint.

The steward refused to swallow the harsh whine of the petulant cabernet peddler .

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"Inca blots" sounds like "inkblots". The Rorschach test is a psychological test in which subjects' perceptions of inkblots are recorded and then analyzed. The Inca civilization existed in ancient Peru beginning around 1400 CE. This joke is playing on the word "Inca" because it sounds like "ink" and it references people that once lived in Peru.

What do you call Peruvian Rorschach tests ? Inca Blots .

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rue means street or road in french but you have to have know that to find it funny

' I got lost in the streets of Paris , ' he said ruefully .

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"Actions speak louder than words" is a common saying that means your actions tell the truth even if what you say does not. She said she wasn't preganant, yet her "contractions speak louder than words". Contractions are when the uterine muscles become shorter. Contractions happen before the birth of the baby happens. We see the word "action" in "contractions". "Contractions speak louder than words" is supposed to share similarity with "actions speak louder than words".

She said she wasn ' t pregnant but contractions speak louder then words .

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This is a pun on 'Marx', which is referencing Karl Marx who wrote the book Communist Manifesto, but it's also being used since 'Marx' sounds similar to 'marks' which is a type of grade you receive in a class

I dropped out of my communism class because of lousy Marx .

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The joke is a pun. A glazier is a person whose profession is fitting glass into windows and doors. Windows have an outer edge called a window pane. 'Pane' sounds the same as the word 'pain' meaning the feeling of hurt, or could be used to describe someone as annoying.

She was only a Glazier ' s daughter , but she was never a pain to me .

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I think the joke is a pun. 'Aches' sounds similar to 'eggs'. Chickens lay eggs, and instead of dying, maybe old chicken farmers just have a lot of aches, or pains.

OLD CHICKEN FARMERS never die , they just end up with a dozen aches .

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This is a pun on the phrase 'think about it from all sorts of angles' which means to try look at something from different perspectives, but 'Engel' is used instead of 'angle' because it sounds similar and because Friedrich Engels was a philospher who co-authored The Communist Manifesto

Communism is a complicated thing . You must think about from all sorts of Engels .

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The joke is a pun. 'Easily' means 'without difficulty', but the word sounds like 'easel' which is a stand for holding a canvas or paper for making art while it is being worked on.

' ' Now I can do some painting , ' ' said Tom easily .

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The joke is a play on words. Dieters are usually watching their figures and want to prevent fatty foods or carbs from adding weight to parts of their bodies, such as the waist area. Letting something 'go to waste' means to not use all of something and have to throw away some left overs. The phrase sounds more like the dieters don't want any fatty foods to add weight to their waists.

The dieters vowed to let nothing go to waist .

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This is a pun on 'irritation' which is the state of feeling annoyed, impatient, or slightly angry, but 'irrigation' is used in it's place because it sounds similar and it means the supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels, like what sprinkers do

My neighbor ' s sprinkler is a constant irrigation to me .

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Soots sounds like the word "suits". It suits santa to go down the chimney, as in he prefers doing so. Soot is the powdery, black stuff left after you get a fire going in the fireplace.

Santa goes down the chimney because it soots him .

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A genealogist is a person who traces or studies the descent of people. A census is an official count of a population, typically recording details of individuals.Census sounds like senses. Senses encompass different organs that help a person understand the world around them by allowing the person to experience sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch. When people age, their senses dull. This joke is playing on the word census which sounds like senses.

Old genealogists never die , they just lose their census .

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The joke is a pun. To 'hold forth' is to talk lengthily, assertively, or tediously about a subject. The speaker is likely in fourth place in a race, based on the context, and they sound like they want to hold their position in fourth place, or 'hold fourth'.

' ' I won ' t finish in fifth place , ' ' Tom held forth .

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This is a play on words. To "let off steam" means releasing pent up energy or emotion but "steam" sounds like "esteem" meaning respect and admiration.

Giving praise is when you let off esteem .

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"Tendor love and care" is a common phrase used to describe what one needs emotionally. The joke here replaced tendor with tenor because it sounded close, and we're talking about a saxophone. A saxophine is a musical instrument. A tenor saxophone is a saxophone type.

One day my friend asked me , how do you take such good care of your saxophone . I responded with tenor , love and care .

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This is a pun on the phrase 'that's on way of putting it', which often implies that the previous statement was unexpected or that it was not the way most people would say it. Howver, 'pudding' is used in it's place because it sounds similar and tapioca is a type of pudding

This is some pretty good tapioca . That ' s one way of pudding it .

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It's a pun on curs/cures. It doesn't work though because the use of the word cur, or a 'poorly bred dog', fell out of fashion a long time ago.

Neuter your dog - an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of curs .

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This is a play on words. A "moral" is the main lesson or message of a story but a "morel" is an edible fungus.

Absent the fungus , the story had no morel

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The joke is a pun. 'Pi' has a double meaning. Pi is a number related to the radius and circumference of circles in algebra. Pi sounds like 'pie' which would also make sense in that sentence, as the wife is both an algebra teacher and fine cook.

My wife is a fine cook , plus a great algebra teacher , she is quite famous for her pi .

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Wordy as this joke is, it still works because 'metal' refers to both literal metal in a sword, and is a play on 'mettle', or courage needed to face the dragon. The knight lacked both.

The undersized and timorous knight , armed only with an aluminum sword , lacked the adequate metal to face the ferocious dragon .

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The joke is a pun. 'Gave his awl' is a parody of the phrase 'gave his all' which means to put in maximum effort into a task. An awl is a small pointed tool used for piercing holes, especially in leather, which would be used by a leather shoe maker.

The shoemaker did not deny his apprentice anything he needed . He gave his awl .

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A watt is a unit of measurement of energy transfer, and it sounds like the phrase " a lot". In this case, the phrase is meant to sound like " thanks a lot" in reference to turning the light off, and saving energy in doing so.

Sign : ' Please turn out the lights . Thanks a watt . '

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This is a pun on 'mittens' which are gloves with two sections, one for the thumb and the other for all four fingers and are usually made of wool. It's being used because cats give birth to kittens which sounds similar to 'mittens'

A cat that swallowed a ball of wool had mittens .

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This is a pun on 'make a long story short' which is used to indicate that you are providing just the basic facts rather than giving a lengthy explanation for something. However, 'storey' is used in place of 'story' because it sounds identically similar and because 'storey' refers to a part of a building comprising all the rooms that are on the same level, which is what architectures deal with

An architect knows how to make a long storey short .

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This is a play on words. The word "expect" means to anticipate but also sounds like "expectorate" which means to cough or spit out, as one would do after drinking too much cough syrup.

When I first tried the new cough syrup , I really had no idea what to expectorate .

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This is a play on words. A "hard sell" is the use of aggressive salesmanship or advertising, which someone on Wall Street would use when conducting business. However, "sell" sounds like "cell" which is a room where a prisoner is locked up. Here, a "hard cell" refers to the uncomfortable prison where the Wall Street wizard is forced to stay.

Nearing the end of his sentence , the convicted Wall Street wizard , feeling both oddly safe in his spartan confinement but not quite penitent for his overzealous trading misdeeds , feared and anticipated his release , nightly dreaming of his long cherished hard sell .

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Pensive means thoughtful. A pen is a writing tool that authors use to write down their thoughts. Authors are thoughtful and use pens. The joke is playing on the word "pensive" and the word "pen" that we see in it.

Authors can be very PENsive .

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Liquid is found in "liquidation". In business, liquidation is the process of bringing a business to an end. During liquidation sales, items get sold for extremely cheap. The joke is talking about cheap bottled water. Water is a liquid at room temperature. The joke is playing on the word liquidation.

When bottled water is cheap it ' s called a liquidation sale .

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This is a pun on the word "assay". Assay is the testing of a substance such as gold to determine its ingredients and quality. It sounds kind of like "say".

It was such a big piece of gold , he didn ' t know what to assay .

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The joke is a play on words. 'Guessed' sounds like 'guest'. A host is the person who arranges and invites people for an event, while a guest is one who attends the event.

' ' You must be my host , ' ' Tom guessed .

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"Allowed" sounds like "aloud". To allow something is to give permission to do something. The word "aloud" means to speak in a way that can be clearly heard. The joke is in Tom allowing sound, and "allowed" is a homophone of "aloud". The joke is playing on the word allowed.

' ' There ' s no need for silence , ' ' Tom allowed .

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The joke is a pun. Sweeney Todd is a horror film about a barber with blades on his fingers. 'Sheer' means 'nothing other than; unmitigated (used for emphasis).' The word sounds identical to 'shear' which refers to a blade used for cutting hair.

' Sweeney Todd ' is a good source of sheer terror .

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Spatial is an adjective, that relates to occupying space. In this case, outer space for the aliens. "Spatial" sounds close to the word "special" which means unique. This joke is playing on the word "spatial" and how it sounds close to "special".

Aliens are lovable because they ' re so spatial .

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A coupe is a type of car. "Coupe" sounds like "coop". A coop is a cage for keeping chickens in. This joke is a play on the word "coupe" and it references "coop" and chickens.

A chicken farmer ' s favorite car is a coupe .

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This is a pun on how musical pieces are made of 'notes', and how a bandleader is asking if someone can read the notes.

Can you read music ? the bandleader asked notably .

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A coffin is a box that the deceased are put into before they are buried. "Coffin" sounds like "coughin". "Coughin" or "coughing" is a bodily action characterized by air expelling from the lungs and throat aggressively. This joke is playing on the phrase "coffin to death" because it sounds like "coughin' to death".

I had such a bad cold , I thought I was coffin to death .

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"Mail bonding" sounds like "male bonding" which is when men get together to do fine things to increase emotional closeness and build a strong friendship. In the joke, mail was used to replace "male" because the people discussed are postmen. Postmen delivery mail. Mail refers to letters or packages carried in the postal system. This joke is playing on the word "mail".

The postmen get together for mail bonding .

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This is a pun on 'lynx' which is a type of medium sized wild cat but it's also being used because it sounds exactly similar to 'links' which is a type of golf course

As anyone who has ever lived in the area can tell you , life is different in Montana . Since golf courses are often placed in areas ideal for hunting , most golfers carry a hunting rifle in their golf bag and when the opportunity presents itself combine their two favorite pastimes . Recently one such sportsman got lost and had to stop for directions asking , ' ' Which way to the lynx . ' '

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This is a pun on the word "pedal". They changed the word "peddle", which means to sell goods, with the similar-sounding word "pedal". A pedal is the part of a bicycle that you push with your feet and the man in the joke is a bicycle salesman.

The bicycle salesman had broken his ankle and was , alas , unable to pedal his wares .

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This is a pun on the phrase 'backup man' which is usually meant to mean a peson who you have on reserve in case you need them, but it's also being used because when you drive in reverse you're backing up

He only knew how to drive a fork lift in reverse . He was the backup man .

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This is a play on words. The word "assent" means an expression of approval or aggreement but "ascent" means a climb to the summit of a hill or incline.

When I asked him whether we ought to climb the steep hill , he started up the incline and , in ascent , said , ' ' Yes . ' '

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This is a play on words. The word "seriously" means with earnest intent but "sirius" is the brightest star in the night sky.

' ' Boy , that ' s a bright star , ' ' said Tom seriously .

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The text "seasonings greetings" sounds like "seasons greetings" which is a common phrase used during the holiday season on cards. Salt and pepper are types of seasonings. Salt and pepper are getting personifed and greeting each other.

The salt said ' hi ' to the pepper . It was seasonings greetings .

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This is a pun on 'relatively' which is initially referring to Einsteins relation to his parents as they are related, but its also being used since Einstein came up with the theory on relativity

I heard Einstein got along well with his parents . . . relatively speaking .

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Weekly is a homophone of weakly. Weakly is a word that describes something that lacks strength or force. Weekly means occurring once a week. Tom visits his parents every Sunday, meaning Tom visits his parents weekly. The joke is centered on the word "weakly" since it sounds like "weekly" and that is how often Tom visits his parents.

' ' I visit my parents every Sunday , ' ' said Tom weakly .

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This is a pun on the phrase 'the line was busy' which means that the telephone line was currently engaged in another call. However, 'lion' is used in it's place because it sounds similar and lions are an animal found in zoos

I phoned the zoo but the lion was busy .

The given text is a pun

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"Alleged" means to have said, without proof, that something has taken place. "Alleged" sounds close to "a ledge". A ledge is a horizontal surface project from a wall or cliff. Ledges are often seen on rock walls when rock climbing. Tom alleged that he is halfway up a mountain. The joke is centered around the word "alleged" and how it sounds like "a ledge" which is often seen when climbing a mountain.

' ' I ' m halfway up a mountain , ' ' Tom alleged .

The given text is a pun

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The text is a dark humor joke based on a literal misinterpretation of the product name 'baby oil', suggesting a misunderstanding that it could be produced by squeezing babies. It plays on the literal and intended commercial meaning of 'baby oil'.

No , baby oil does NOT come from squeezing dead babies .

The given text is a non-pun

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The text is an idiomatic expression advising that if one cannot behave in a morally good way, they should at least avoid getting into trouble. It does not play on different meanings of a word or similar-sounding words.

If you can ' t be good , be careful .

The given text is a non-pun

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The text is a play on the biblical context where Adam, being the first man, would not know what a headache is, as it is a common human ailment. It humorously implies that before Eve's creation, Adam would have no concept of a headache, possibly suggesting that Eve's presence or the complexity of life after her creation might be the cause of such ailments. This relies on the situational irony rather than a play on words or similar-sounding words.

And Adam asked , " What ' s a Headache ? "

The given text is a non-pun

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The text is a common saying that suggests that good things often come in small forms or that size is not indicative of quality. It does not play on different meanings of a word or similar-sounding words for a humorous effect.

The best things come in small packages .

The given text is a non-pun

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The text is a proverbial expression suggesting that a person with a good mind has vast resources or wealth within themselves. It does not play on different meanings of a word or similar-sounding words for a humorous effect.

A good mind possesses a kingdom .

The given text is a non-pun

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The text is an idiomatic expression derived from the Bible, implying that those who do wrong will never find rest or happiness. It does not play on different meanings of a word or similar-sounding words for a humorous effect.

There ' s no peace for the wicked .

The given text is a non-pun

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The text does not play on different meanings of a word or similar-sounding words. It simply describes a situation where an attempt to kill a fly resulted in a car accident, without any linguistic ambiguity or wordplay.

In an attempt to kill a fly , I drove into a pole .

The given text is a non-pun

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The text plays on the double meaning of the word 'features'. In one sense, 'features' refers to aspects or characteristics of a product that can be discovered by users. In another sense, it suggests that features should be naturally found or become apparent through use, rather than being explicitly described in documentation. However, this does not seem to involve a play on words or similar-sounding words, but rather a commentary on product design philosophy.

Features should be discovered , not documented !

The given text is a non-pun

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The text is a humorous reference to the death of the philosopher Socrates, who was sentenced to drink poison hemlock. However, it does not play on different meanings of a word or similar-sounding words. It is a joke based on historical context rather than linguistic ambiguity.

" I drank WHAT ? ! ? ! " - Socrates

The given text is a non-pun

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The text is a play on the format of biblical verse citations (e.g., 'John 3:16'), but it humorously references Homer Simpson's iconic exclamation 'D'oh!' from the television show 'The Simpsons', and attributes it to a fictional book and verse number as if it were scripture. The humor arises from the juxtaposition of a modern cultural reference with the solemnity of religious text citation, not from a play on words or similar-sounding words.

And Homer saith unto them , " D ' OH ! " - - Bart 17 : 3

The given text is a non-pun