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A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pist

A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect. – Charles Lamb, "Popular Fallacies: That the Worst Puns are the Best," Las

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People who make puns are like wanton boys that put coppers on the railroad tracks. They amuse themselves and other children, but their little trick may upset a freight train of conversation for the sake of a battered witticism. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, 1858

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Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted. – Fred Allen

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In the pun, two strings of thought are tangled into one acoustic knot. – Arthur Koestler

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