He said, “Anyone who would sleep with you would sleep with almost anyone else.”
The Rock's paper scissors said "Shoot."
I just want to make myself clear.
Linoleum blown apart
A pun is the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words
My friends and I are all students attending OU. We were driving by our college, when...
Friend: "Hi school!"
Me: "No Samuel, that's college."
It took 30 seconds of me emphasizing/repeating the wording to get them to realize what I meant.
He likes drinking yogurts. Normally he drinks them from the bottle, but this time he asked me for a straw.
"Why do you want a straw?"
"Because it is a strawberry yogurt!" (he emphasized STRAW in strawberry and grinned).
Probably his first dad joke ever.
My dad keeps some hand sanitizer on-hand next to him in his car. As my dad was driving, I saw that there was a bit of hand sanitizer that had spilled onto his cup holder.
Me: Hey dad, did you spill purell?
Dad: P-U-R-E-L-L.
Me: What?
Dad: You asked me if I spelled purell, but I didn't so now I did!
Me: groans Okay Dad, did you spill purell?? [Emphasized pronunciation of word]
Dad No I didn't spill purell... because that's germ-x.
Me: groaning intensifies
Context: English isn't his first language, and he isn't the greatest at writing it (When He Wants To Emphasize Something, He Capitalizes The First Letter). He usually has me read over his important emails before sending them.
me: "Dad, you capitalize everything"
Dad: "What can I say, I'm a capitalist"
After filling her own glass, I responded, "Pour (emphasizing this word) favor!" She scowled then slightly laughed.
My dad: "Do you know why he barks so much?"
Her: "No...?"
My dad: "Because he can't meow!"
He frequently tells this story with a huge grin on his face, as he emphasizes that she didn't get the joke.
