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minus-squareClassy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·4 months agoNot a limerick but I want to share my favorite pun joke I once submitted ten puns to a pun contest, hoping one would win, but No pun intended
minus-squareahal@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoI always thought that joke needs an actual pun in the first half so the “no pun intended” has a valid double meaning. I came up with: I told the sad ghost ten puns to raise its spirits. No pun intendid.
minus-squareClassy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoIt’s word play. No pun intended. “No pun in ten did [win the contest]”
minus-squareahal@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoYes I understand. It works spelled that way. But “no pun intended” doesn’t work because there was no pun in the initial setup. In my version both meanings make sense
Not a limerick but I want to share my favorite pun joke
I once submitted ten puns to a pun contest, hoping one would win, but
No pun intended
I always thought that joke needs an actual pun in the first half so the “no pun intended” has a valid double meaning. I came up with:
I told the sad ghost ten puns to raise its spirits. No pun intendid.
It’s word play.
No pun intended.
“No pun in ten did [win the contest]”
Yes I understand. It works spelled that way. But “no pun intended” doesn’t work because there was no pun in the initial setup. In my version both meanings make sense
HA! Nice!