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Workout Yeti
Q: What do you call a snowman with six-pack abs? A: The Abdominal Snowman! Explanation: Let’s start with six-pack abs: six-pack abs are stomach muscles that are well formed and strong. To get six-pack abs you need to do a lot of exercise. (By … Continue reading
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You Have the Right to …
Q: Why did the belt get arrested? A: Because it held up a pair of pants! Explanation: To hold up: this phrase has more than one meaning. You could take a magic wand in your hands and hold it up in the air … Continue reading
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Pop Feelings
Q: Why did the can crusher quit his job? A: Because it was soda pressing! Explanation: A can of pop, a can of Coke, a can of soda… all are pretty much the same thing. Before you recycle the can, though, you should … Continue reading
November Flowers?
Q: If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring? A: Pilgrims! Explanation: Happy Thanksgiving!! This is one of my favorite jokes and one that I did not understand when I was a kid. In the northern hemisphere spring comes around … Continue reading
Really the last pun, really!
Broken pencils are pointless. If the tip of a pencil is broken, the pencil has no point (point-less). If the tip of a pencil is broken the pencil has no purpose, that it is pointless. This pun plays with the … Continue reading
Last of the puns… for now
No matter how much you push the envelope, it’ll still be stationery. “To push the envelope” is an expression that means to exceed or try to exceed the normal limits. “Stationery” is writing materials such as paper and envelopes. “Stationary” … Continue reading
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Tagged battery, charged, ELL, Energizer Bunny, English, envelope, ESL, funny, grandma, humor, instagram, joke, jokes, kids, knock knock, nobel prize, pun, push the envelope, reading, speed dial, stationary, stationery, writing
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More Puns Explained
In my previous posting I showed a picture of some puns. Here I continue to explain the puns. The other day I held the door open for a clown. It was a nice jester. A clown and a jester are … Continue reading
Puns
According to the Urban Dictionary, a pun is “a play on words, usually used for comic reception,” that is, used to make people laugh or groan. A friend sent me this picture on Facebook (it is not mine and I … Continue reading
Attorney Wear
Q: What do lawyers wear to court? A: Lawsuits! Explanation: There are many, many lawyer jokes; this is just one example. Lawyers go to court to represent plaintiffs (civil court), defendants (civil court and criminal court) and the prosecution (criminal court). When … Continue reading
Polished Bread
Q: What happens if you eat yeast and shoe polish? A: Every morning you will rise and shine! Explanation: Yeast is the ingredient in bread that makes it rise; if there is no yeast or the yeast is dead you will get … Continue reading
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Tagged bread, Disney, ELL, English, ESL, flatbreads, funny, humor, jokes, kids, kids jokes, morning, reading, rise and shine, shoe polish, writing, yeast
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