21 Hilarious Historian Puns - Punstoppable 🛑

It has recently been discovered that William Tell and his son belonged to a bowling league. But Swiss historians have not been able to determine the name of the league's sponsors.

We may never know for whom the Tells bowled.

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👤︎ u/klwill1192

📅︎ Oct 19 2020

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Historians have traced the origins of flatulence jokes to ancient egypt

It turns out they all have a toot in common

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👤︎ u/DargeBaVarder

📅︎ Oct 07 2020

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Historians have proved that people from every zodiac sign survived the Sinking of the Titanic

Except Leo

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👤︎ u/HellsJuggernaut

📅︎ Aug 25 2020

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In the future, historians will call 2020 the Hindsight year because we have clearly seen it all

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👤︎ u/JokerJangles123

📅︎ Aug 07 2020

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Lights out lying in bed. My wife just made this up: Which jokes are historians allergic to?

AntiHistoryMemes

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👤︎ u/dandan_56

📅︎ Jul 19 2020

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People named Victor must be very successful historians.

Because history is always written by the Victor.

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👤︎ u/VaiterZen

📅︎ Mar 04 2020

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I’m considering becoming a historian...

...but people keep telling me there’s no future in it.

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👤︎ u/Rachelsfriendfriend

📅︎ Feb 19 2020

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What’s a historian’s favourite cooking ingredient?

Archives

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👤︎ u/ave416

📅︎ Nov 13 2019

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Historians have discovered a new Greek God who didn’t excel at anything.

His name was mediocretese.

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👤︎ u/GamerDad87

📅︎ Nov 07 2019

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I asked a historian for a date

She replied "14th June 1962".

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👤︎ u/StephenHunterUK

📅︎ Jun 19 2019

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I'm a Historian. When People Ask Me if My Work Keeps Me Busy, I Always Have to Tell Them:

I've got a lot of time on my hands.

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👤︎ u/slcrook

📅︎ Mar 07 2018

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What do historians call the period of time in which many parents left their infant children behind?

The orphanAGE

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👤︎ u/grantzke

📅︎ Dec 30 2018

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Unbeknownst to most historians, Sacagawea was not unaccompanied on her travels.

Her friend, Packageopeanuts brought the snacks.

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👤︎ u/atigges

📅︎ Jul 12 2019

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Where does a pirate historian store his files?

In an arrrrchive.

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👤︎ u/TheBritishSnob

📅︎ Dec 07 2018

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I'm a historian who studies the American Civil War. Unfortunately, it's been hard making money at this.

So I applied for a General Grant.

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👤︎ u/newenglandredshirt

📅︎ Dec 14 2017

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Me telling a historian about modern day doorbells

Me: "Have you heard of modern doorbell chimes?"

Historian: "Doesn't ring a bell"

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👤︎ u/greengo122

📅︎ Jul 22 2018

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Historians have finally figured out why the Chinese Army kept retreating from the Mongols.

Because General Tso’s Chicken.

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👤︎ u/porichoygupto

📅︎ Dec 02 2018

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Aztec human sacrifice wasn't as serious as historians make it out to be.

It was actually quite a lighthearted affair.

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👤︎ u/m4cktheknife

📅︎ May 03 2018

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A historian dad once ask his son..

Dad : Why did the French never take over Rome? Son : Why? Dad : Because they don't have the Gaul to do it.

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👤︎ u/FikriAllied

📅︎ Sep 13 2017

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Historians are now saying that Abraham Lincoln never felt guilt or shame...

He was in a cent.

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👤︎ u/simpleslingblade13

📅︎ May 25 2016

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My dad the art historian

A family friend was over talking about how her grandfather was an avid gambler. She was telling us how family legend says that he lost his race track (they are very wealthy) while gambling at another race track. My dad chimes in: "I guess they probably called him Tolose Latrack (Toulouse-Lautrec) artistic facepalm

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👤︎ u/daggysick

📅︎ Dec 21 2013

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