# Puns! Puns! Everywhere puns! (But not in this thread, please) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 25, 2017, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puns-puns-everywhere-puns-but-not-in-this-thread-please/794667 "2017-08-25T17:05:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![2Bits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e95f7d/32.png) [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puns-puns-everywhere-puns-but-not-in-this-thread-please/794667/1 "2017-08-25T17:05:27Z")
Is it just me or is the use of punning becoming excessive? (Particularly in advertising) Everywhere I turn I’m confronted with one lousy pun after another! Please tell me this will pass! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puns-puns-everywhere-puns-but-not-in-this-thread-please/794667/2 "2017-08-25T17:07:24Z")
“He who would pun would pick a pocket.”-Dr. Samuel Johnson. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puns-puns-everywhere-puns-but-not-in-this-thread-please/794667/3 "2017-08-25T17:09:31Z")
Yesterday I saw fifteen ads with puns in them. Ads number eleven thru fifteen offended me, but no pun in ten did. Regards, Shodan ---
**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:** [August 25, 2017, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puns-puns-everywhere-puns-but-not-in-this-thread-please/794667/4 "2017-08-25T17:10:57Z")
> [@2Bits](#): > > Is it just me or is the use of punning becoming excessive? (Particularly in advertising) > > Everywhere I turn I’m confronted with one lousy pun after another! Please tell me this will pass! I should hope so. I much prefer excellent puns. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puns-puns-everywhere-puns-but-not-in-this-thread-please/794667/5 "2017-08-25T17:40:31Z")
How can we have a thread on puns without puns? ---
**Author:** ![2Bits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e95f7d/32.png) [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puns-puns-everywhere-puns-but-not-in-this-thread-please/794667/6 "2017-08-25T17:46:02Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > How can we have a thread on puns without puns? You managed just fine! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puns-puns-everywhere-puns-but-not-in-this-thread-please/794667/7 "2017-08-25T17:52:22Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I should hope so. I much prefer excellent puns. The terms are mutually exclusive. ---
**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:** [August 25, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puns-puns-everywhere-puns-but-not-in-this-thread-please/794667/8 "2017-08-25T17:52:49Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > How can we have a thread on puns without puns? Now you’ve opuned the door. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puns-puns-everywhere-puns-but-not-in-this-thread-please/794667/9 "2017-08-25T17:56:10Z")
We’re in for a punishing. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puns-puns-everywhere-puns-but-not-in-this-thread-please/794667/10 "2017-08-25T18:00:52Z")
No suprise it’s **running coach** to be the first to get his foot in the door. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puns-puns-everywhere-puns-but-not-in-this-thread-please/794667/11 "2017-08-25T18:12:49Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > No suprise it’s **running coach** to be the first to get his foot in the door. Is that a pun or a vile clench? ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puns-puns-everywhere-puns-but-not-in-this-thread-please/794667/12 "2017-08-25T18:28:20Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Is that a pun or a vile clench? Oh, just a slight tightening of the buttock muscles as I attempted to inhibit the passage of wind. Anyway, I always say that a thread without puns is like a bike race without a unicyclist dressed as a hot dog. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puns-puns-everywhere-puns-but-not-in-this-thread-please/794667/13 "2017-08-25T20:18:50Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > Oh, just a slight tightening of the buttock muscles as I attempted to inhibit the passage of wind. > > Anyway, I always say that a thread without puns is like a bike race without a unicyclist dressed as a hot dog. Thanks, I’m glad we got those two straightened out. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puns-puns-everywhere-puns-but-not-in-this-thread-please/794667/14 "2017-08-25T22:58:18Z")
> [@2Bits](#): > > Is it just me or is the use of punning becoming excessive? (Particularly in advertising) > > Everywhere I turn I’m confronted with one lousy pun after another! Please tell me this will pass! I’ve been reading The Pun Also Rises, by John Pollack, which explores both the history and the science of puns. According to JP, you’re doomed. People respond to puns in advertising, responding especially well to product names that include a pun. Until they don’t sell, puns will stay. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puns-puns-everywhere-puns-but-not-in-this-thread-please/794667/15 "2017-08-26T01:25:16Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > I’ve been reading The Pun Also Rises … Until they don’t sell, puns will stay. Surely _The Pun Never Sets_ would have been a more apt title then? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puns-puns-everywhere-puns-but-not-in-this-thread-please/794667/16 "2017-08-26T01:31:02Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > Oh, just a slight tightening of the buttock muscles as I attempted to inhibit the passage of wind. > > Anyway, I always say that a thread without puns is like a bike race without a unicyclist dressed as a hot dog. A thread without puns is like a Nathan’s eating championship without hot dogs. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puns-puns-everywhere-puns-but-not-in-this-thread-please/794667/17 "2017-08-26T02:05:38Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > A thread without puns is like a Nathan’s eating championship without hot dogs. Indeed. I never go to any bike races without my unicycle and hotdog costume. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2017, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puns-puns-everywhere-puns-but-not-in-this-thread-please/794667/18 "2017-08-26T02:20:43Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > Indeed. I never go to any bike races without my unicycle and hotdog costume. That explains where the term “weight-weenie” came from. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puns-puns-everywhere-puns-but-not-in-this-thread-please/794667/19 "2017-08-26T04:10:25Z")
C’mon now, a good pun is it’s own reword. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puns-puns-everywhere-puns-but-not-in-this-thread-please/794667/20 "2017-08-26T04:21:08Z")
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