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The pun , or paronomasia , is a form of word play which exploits the ambiguity of a statement, allowing it to be understood in multiple ways for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect. These ambiguities can arise from the intentional use and abuse of homophonic , homographic , metonymic , or metaphorical language. A pun must be deliberate: an unintentional substitution of similar words is called a malapropism . Those who jump off a bridge in Paris are in Seine.  

A man’s home is his castle, in a manor of speaking.  

Dijon vu – the same mustard as before.  

Practice safe eating – always use condiments.  

Shotgun wedding – A case of wife or death.  

A man needs a mistress just to break the monogamy.  

A hangover is the wrath of grapes.  

Dancing cheek-to-cheek is really a form of floor play.  

Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?  

Reading while sunbathing makes you well red.  

When two egotists meet, it’s an I for an I.  

A bicycle can’t stand on its own because it is two tired.  

What’s the definition of a will? (It’s a dead give away.)  

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.  

In democracy your vote counts. In feudalism your count votes.  

She was engaged to a boyfriend with a wooden leg but broke it off.  

A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.  
If you don’t pay your exorcist, you get repossessed  

With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress.  

The man who fell into an upholstery machine is fully recovered.  

You feel stuck with your debt if you can’t budge it.  

Local Area Network in Australia – the LAN down under.  

Every calendar’s days are numbered.  

A lot of money is tainted – Taint yours and taint mine.  

A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat.  

He had a photographic memory that was never developed.  

A midget fortune-teller who escapes from prison is a small medium at large.  

Once you’ve seen one shopping center, you’ve seen a mall.  

Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead-to-know basis.  

Santa’s helpers are subordinate clauses.  

Acupuncture is a jab well done.

h/t JP

And a couple of pics…

The way ‘some’ kids today think….

And this would be a description of patience… 🙂

Sleep in, enjoy the weekend, and/or get up early and go shooting!

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  1. Nice chuckle to start the day.

    Range is definitely going to be part of the plan today. Enjoy your day!

  2. This is two much!
    One smore! Make it sweet!
    One smore! Once is not enough!
    I’ve probably got smore than I kneaded.

  3. I love puns; thanks!

    This morning? 57 & raining gently. I believe I’ll have some more coffee. Later, I’ll mount the new scope on my rifle with a trip to the range tomorrow.

    It’s all good. 🙂

  4. eia- 🙂 I’m heading to the range tomorrow!

    BP- 🙂

    Pascvaks- LOL, good one!

    Rev- we’re in the 70’s today (and spitting rain)…

    Agirl- Thanks!

  5. All I can afford is a lot of dry-fire.
    And with dry-fire I can go full auto.
    And I don’t have to wear muffs in the hot weather this way…

  6. Did and done. 75rnds of .308, 50 of 7×57, 100 of .22lr, 75 of .45acp, 48 of .357mag, 48 of .38spl, 50 of 9mm.
    Tomorrow 125 at trap.
    Retirement is a little cool 😉