Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Block that Pun


       Some puns are so bad you just have to moan or groan (which may mean they're good).  Some puns are bad because they're bad puns.

       Yesterday's L.A. Times sports page headlined an article:

                    Lisicki brings heat, 
                    Serena the timidity.

       Yes, a lesser known Sabine Lisicki ousted Serena Williams from the Wimbledon tennis tournament in one of the middle rounds when Serena was expected to win it all.  Lisicki apparently hit and fought hard; Serena was unaggressive at times.

       But the PUN?  Playing "timidity" off "humidity"?  If you have to think, "What IS the pun?" and when you find it it wasn't worth it, it doesn't even rise to the level of a groan!

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