Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted. – Fred Allen
The first time I sang in the church choir two hundred people changed their religion. – Fred Allen

Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted. – Fred Allen
The first time I sang in the church choir two hundred people changed their religion. – Fred Allen
The last time I saw him he was walking down lovers lane holding his own hand. – Fred Allen
My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense. – Fred Allen
A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894), The Autocrat of the Breakfast-tabl