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

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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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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A pun is the lowest form of humor, unless you thought of it yourself. – Doug Larson

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