Puns for your pleasure

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  1. cuatro-gatos

    cuatro-gatos In Flower

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    King Ozymandias of Assyria was running low on cash after years of war with the Hittites. His last great possession was the
    Star of the Euphrates, the most valuable diamond in the ancient world. Desperate, he went to Croesus, the pawnbroker, to
    ask for a loan. Croesus said, "I'll give you 100,000 dinars for it."

    "But I paid a million dinars for it," the King protested. "Don't you know who I am? I am the king!"

    Croesus replied, "When you wish to pawn a Star, makes no difference who you are."

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    Evidence has been found that William Tell and his family were avid bowlers. Unfortunately, all the Swiss League records
    were destroyed in a fire, and so we'll never know for whom the Tells bowled.

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    A man rushed into a busy doctor's surgery and shouted, "Doctor! I think I'm shrinking!"

    The doctor calmly responded, "Now, settle down. You'll just have to be a little patient."

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    An Indian chief was feeling very sick, so he summoned the medicine man. After a brief examination, the medicine man took out a long, thin strip of elk rawhide and gave it to the chief, telling him to bite off, chew, and swallow one inch of the leather every day.

    After a month, the medicine man returned to see how the chief was feeling. The chief shrugged and said, "The thong is ended, but the malady lingers on."

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    A famous Viking explorer returned home from a voyage and found his name missing from the town register. His wife insisted on complaining to the local civic official, who apologized profusely saying, "I must have taken Leif off my census."

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    There were three Indian squaws. One slept on a deer skin, one slept on an elk skin, and the third slept on a hippopotamus skin. All three became pregnant. The first two each had a baby boy. The one who slept on the hippopotamus skin had twin boys. This just goes to prove that... the squaw of the hippopotamus is equal to the sons of the squaws of the other two hides. (Some of you
    may need help with this one.)

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    A skeptical anthropologist was cataloguing South American folk remedies with the assistance of a tribal elder who indicated that the leaves of a particular fern were a sure cure for any case of constipation. When the anthropologist expressed his doubts, the elder looked him in the eye and said, "Let me tell you, with fronds like these, you don't need enemas."
     
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  3. Jerry Sullivan

    Jerry Sullivan Garden Experimenter Plants Contributor

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    My favorite one was the three Indian squaws pun.

    Jerry
     
  4. eileen

    eileen Resident Taxonomist Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    Those were great. :D :D Just what I needed after a visit to the dentist this morning.
     
  5. Henry Johnson

    Henry Johnson In Flower

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    Those are cute, liked 'em all..
    A squared plus B squared = C squared,,, = Pythagorean Theorem..
    3,4,5 or 6,8,10 triangles used in construction (and other places) to ensure accurate square (or 90 degree angle) at junction of A side and B side...
    Hank
     



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  6. Tooty2shoes

    Tooty2shoes Hardy Maple

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    :D :D Those are good ones. Who thinks these conundrums up? ;)
     
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    marlingardener Happy

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    EWWWWW! :smt087
    Actually I loved each and every one of them, but to maintain my pose as a high-brow, I had to do the EWWWW thing . . . .
     

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