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| Thursday, 09 September 2010 19:56 |
 By BOB BATZ Times Community News Columnist One of the really sad things about the world we live in today is that noone tells puns any more. Oh, sure, every January a few of us celebrate “National Save the Pun Week,” but hardly anybody pays any attention to it. The pun - also known as paronomasia - is a figure of speech that consists of a deliberate confusion of similar words or phrases for rhetorical effect. Trouble is, puns aren’t real popular because they require a little bit of thought and, just in case you haven’t noticed, people in this hurry-up world of ours don’t want to take the time to do that any more. Try to remember the last time you heard a good pun. Can’t do it, can you? Here are a few of my favorites. Enjoy. Did you hear about the elderly gentleman who passed away and left his only son his collection of 150 clocks? It took the son 10 years to wind up the estate. That reminds me of the fortune teller who charged medium prices and the guy who married three wives just to break the monogamy. The local police arrested a hermit for driving too fast on the interstate. The charge? Recluse driving. Did you her about the owners of a dry cleaning establishment who recently called a press conference? Two burglars were leaving a bakery and one told the other “You take the cake.” After three months of training, the father drop of water was extremely pleased with his son’s progress. He told the mother drop of water, “I do believe we’ve taught junior everything he needs to know. I hereby declare him fit to be tide.” Then there’s the one about the real estate agent who asked a customer, “Would you like to see the model home?” And the customer said, “Sure, what time does she get off work?” (Bob Batz is a Times Community News columnist. Responses to his column may be send to
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