# The worst pun you've ever heard?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 12, 2003, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-pun-youve-ever-heard/168312 "2003-04-12T20:21:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-pun-youve-ever-heard/168312/101 "2003-04-26T10:19:35Z")

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I don’t know if these are my worst, but they are my latest:

Q: What do you call an African maths teacher?  
A: A black adder

and

Homosexuals can sometimes be a pain in the arse.

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**Author:** ![Emilio\_Lizardo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Emilio\_Lizardo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emilio_Lizardo)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-pun-youve-ever-heard/168312/102 "2003-04-26T16:12:36Z")

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Sign on the geologists office: gneiss, tuff, and a little wacke.

A reporter from Life magazine named Fred Rhee went missing while on assignment. His editor hires a private detective to find him. After an exhaustive search, the detective locates the writer and exclaims: “Ah, sweet Mr. Rhee of Life, at last I’ve found you!”

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