The rules of Pun

[leighton]

Im inclined to be laid back when it comes to puns. I used to love the pun of the day on the Big Breakfast.

 

[fbloke]

Tim Vine is the man for all type of puns!

 

[johnmc]

Tim Vine is the man for all type of puns!

I heard that

 

[fbloke]

Tim Vine is the man for all type of puns!

I heard that

Well I didn't whisper it ;-)

 

[yerwot?]

some films to prolong the agony
Puns of Navarone
Top Pun
Crocodile Pundee
Empire Of The Pun
i am only trying to ease the tension.....

 

[ono]

Totally agree, and if people can't follow these simple rules when attempting puns they should just quip.

Masterful punning in a difficult situation.

Can I add another pun rule?

You don't need to put the relevant pun in bold letters. It ruins it, it looks contrived.

I'd also add that when a pun war is taking place a sensible posts just looks odd. Everyone scans it to look for the pun they think they've missed.

A bit like this one, really.

Definitely agree with this bit. Ruins it for me.

 

[mancityvstoke]

very punny

 

[paphos-mcfc]

some films to prolong the agony
Puns of Navarone
Top Pun
Crocodile Pundee
Empire Of The Pun
i am only trying to ease the tension.....

And not a whiff of any punography.

 

[Always Ali]

None of these have any punch

 

[Anonymous]

Quite a few of the threads on here turn into to Pun threads, and are quite often very funny, such as the Harry the Beef one upstairs.. However there are a few issues I have with the use of the pun.

A pun must not be a sound alike in my eyes. For example someone put "Stock it now" for Stop it now in the aforemention thread. That, in my eyes, is a no no.

Also, there should be one pun per post. This is the best way to keep it funny. I dont believe a pun thread should include a mythical mini story in order to get as many in one post as possible.

Pun threads should be read entirely before offering your own pun as a repeated Pun is not on

You're a bit of a fussy punt , are't you?