Quote by Harry Mahtar
A lurking pun is the worst pun, one the offender has been waiting

A lurking pun is the worst pun, one the offender has been waiting to spring on you. – Harry Mahtar

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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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A pun is a short quip followed by a long groan. – Author Unknown

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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

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