# A Punny Test **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 23, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-punny-test/651192 "2013-02-23T20:05:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chrizellerhymeswithalotofwords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/48db29/32.png) [@chrizellerhymeswithalotofwords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrizellerhymeswithalotofwords)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-punny-test/651192/1 "2013-02-23T20:05:27Z")
Hey there, I’ve been asked to present a tiny award at some school function. I’m supposed to make a pun/joke about eyes, then announce who won Mr Eyes. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-punny-test/651192/2 "2013-02-23T20:47:38Z")
The eyes have it. I only have eyes for \_\_\_\_\_. Eyes not supposed to tell you this… Eye yi yi. Eye have a secret. Eye there! …thanks, I’ll be here all week. Try the veal! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-punny-test/651192/3 "2013-02-23T20:51:30Z")
> [@NitroPress](#): > > The eyes have it. > > I only have eyes for \_\_\_\_\_. > > Eyes not supposed to tell you this… > > Eye yi yi. > > Eye have a secret. > > Eye there! > > …thanks, I’ll be here all week. Try the veal! Those are cornea than anything I can come up with. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-punny-test/651192/4 "2013-02-23T21:13:01Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Those are cornea than anything I can come up with. I’d prefer to talk about glass eyes–but then, I’m a fan of vitreous humor. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-punny-test/651192/5 "2013-02-23T21:24:44Z")
Are there any pupils at the school function? ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-punny-test/651192/6 "2013-02-23T21:28:33Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Are there any pupils at the school function? Iris going to say that, but you beat me to it. OP: Introduce yourself as Zonule of Zinn. _I have LOVED that phrase since I found it in my model of the human eye at about 8._ ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-punny-test/651192/7 "2013-02-23T21:39:57Z")
Welcome to the SDMB, **chrizellerhymeswithalotofwords**. We put different kinds of discussions in different forums, and Cafe Society is for the arts. Since puns, alas, are not considered an art form, I’m moving this to MPSIMS, our miscellaneous forum. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-punny-test/651192/8 "2013-02-23T21:45:29Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Welcome to the SDMB, **chrizellerhymeswithalotofwords**. We put different kinds of discussions in different forums, and Cafe Society is for the arts. Since puns, alas, are not considered an art form, I’m moving this to MPSIMS, our miscellaneous forum. I think it lens itself well to Cafe Society standards. You should take a more far-sighted view of things. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-punny-test/651192/9 "2013-02-23T21:47:22Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Welcome to the SDMB, **chrizellerhymeswithalotofwords**. We put different kinds of discussions in different forums, and Cafe Society is for the arts. **Since puns, alas, are not considered an art form** , I’m moving this to MPSIMS, our miscellaneous forum. I would dispute that. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-punny-test/651192/10 "2013-02-23T22:09:08Z")
Did you hear about the teacher who was cross-eyed? She couldn’t keep her pupils straight. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-punny-test/651192/11 "2013-02-24T00:04:38Z")
Me, I have my father’s eyes. [_Opens box containing a set of eyeballs_.] See? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BlueMit11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@BlueMit11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueMit11)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-punny-test/651192/12 "2013-02-24T02:18:03Z")
Youse guys aint retina head. ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-punny-test/651192/13 "2013-02-24T04:23:23Z")
…but you’ve likely already heard about the blind carpenter who picked up his hammer and saw. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-punny-test/651192/14 "2013-02-24T13:44:25Z")
> [@Civil\_Guy](#): > > …but you’ve likely already heard about the blind carpenter who picked up his hammer and saw. No, what happened to him? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-punny-test/651192/15 "2013-02-24T14:20:50Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > No, what happened to him? He wasn’t blind after all. His hat was just too big. ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-punny-test/651192/16 "2013-02-24T16:01:25Z")
Eye see what you did there. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-punny-test/651192/17 "2013-02-25T02:49:29Z")
All these puns are cornea. ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-punny-test/651192/18 "2013-02-25T15:36:00Z")
Let’s stop making a spectacle out of ourselves. We live in an era of social awareness. Many pupils are aware of issues of glass distinction. Did you hear about the eyelid that was caught stealing in Saudi Arabia? It got fifty lashes. ---
**Author:** ![BlueMit11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@BlueMit11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueMit11)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-punny-test/651192/19 "2013-02-25T15:57:12Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > All these puns are cornea. Iris just going to say that! –Rod Zenkoenz ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-punny-test/651192/20 "2013-02-25T16:17:36Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > I’d prefer to talk about glass eyes–but then, I’m a fan of vitreous humor. I cannot aqueous to humor this low. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-punny-test/651192.md?page=2)