英语的双关语也很有趣

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CREATIVE PUNS FOR "EDUCATED MINDS"

1. The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi.

2. I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian.

3. She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still.

4. A rubber band pistol was confiscated from  algebra class because it was a weapon of math disruption.

5. The butcher backed into the meat grinder and got a little behind in his work.

6. No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll still be stationery.

7. A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited for littering.

   (litter 的双关使人想起中国名句“道是无晴却有晴”)

8. A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France  would result in linoleum blownapart.

9. Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie.

10. Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

11. A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall. The police are looking into it.

12. Atheism is a non-prophet organization.

13. Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in  the hallway. One hat said to the other, 'You stay here; I'll go on a head.'

14. I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Then it hit me.

15. A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center said: 'Keep off the Grass.'

16. A small boy swallowed some coins and was  taken to a hospital. When his grandmother  telephoned to ask how he was, a nurse said, 'No change yet.'

17. A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.

19. The short fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.

20. The man who survived mustard gas and  pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.

21. A backward poet writes inverse.

      (haha, A Toyota is a Toyota.)

22. In democracy it's your vote that  counts. In feudalism it's your count that votes.

 23. When cannibals ate a missionary, they got a taste of religion.

24. Don't join dangerous cults: Practice safe sects!

      (某大师看到这个双关语,不由地有了新意:“对,我们是后者。”)




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    very nice - hard for me to understand though -Jinmy- 给 Jinmy 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 02/27/2009 postreply 12:58:08

    给两个例子,其它,慢慢琢磨琢磨? -李唐- 给 李唐 发送悄悄话 李唐 的博客首页 (379 bytes) () 02/27/2009 postreply 13:27:24

    Thanks, that helps. -Jinmy- 给 Jinmy 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 03/02/2009 postreply 09:56:49

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