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“Err… so how do you drive this?”

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Two fish are in a tank. One says to the other,<br />

<strong>“Err…</strong> <strong>so</strong> <strong>how</strong> <strong>do</strong> <strong>you</strong> <strong>drive</strong> <strong>this</strong>?<strong>”</strong>


WHAT ARE PUNS???<br />

• In general, puns are a relative of irony<br />

• By definition, puns are a play on words. They exploit<br />

the different possible meanings of a word or the fact<br />

that words <strong>so</strong>und alike but have different meanings.<br />

• They’re meant to get a laugh out of the audience, but<br />

the majority of the time they’re corny.<br />

• There are two main types of puns


PARONOMASIA<br />

• These are words that <strong>so</strong>und alike but have different<br />

meanings<br />

• S<strong>how</strong> me a piano falling <strong>do</strong>wn a mineshaft and I’ll<br />

s<strong>how</strong> <strong>you</strong> A-flat minor<br />

• As a drug counselor, I get clients by refeeral<br />

• There’s a sign outside of the drug rehab center<br />

that says, “KEEP OFF THE GRASS!<strong>”</strong>


ANTANACLASIS<br />

• These are repetitions of the same word in different<br />

sense<br />

• Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana


Puns can al<strong>so</strong> be used to shock the audience


IN CONCLUSION<br />

It’s not that the man didn’t know <strong>how</strong> to juggle, he just<br />

didn’t have the balls

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