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Abhishek Upadhya

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Feb 15, 2011, 10:42:54 PM2/15/11
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“I can make a pun about any subject.”
“How about the king?”
“I can’t. He’s not a subject.”

from some mentalfloss thread, where all other submissions sucked.

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Shreevatsa R

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Feb 17, 2011, 12:42:59 PM2/17/11
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On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 9:12 AM, Abhishek Upadhya <abhishe...@gmail.com> wrote:
“I can make a pun about any subject.”
“How about the king?”
“I can’t. He’s not a subject.”

This one was actually the example of a pun in some encylopedia or something I read many years ago. It's from Ben Jonson around 1600, and the first line had an additional pun:

> Ben Jonson was once asked by a friend to make a pun. " 'Pun what subject? " was his quick reply. The friend chuckled and said, “Oh, the king.” Ben replied, “But the king is not a subject; he is the king!”
 

from some mentalfloss thread, where all other submissions sucked.

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Shreevatsa R

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Feb 17, 2011, 12:48:04 PM2/17/11
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Er, left out the link:

From the Marx Brothers films:

"This is a gala day for you."
"Well, a gal a day is enough for me; I don't think I could handle any more."
— Duck Soup (1933)

“It’s all right, tha-that’s in every contract. Tha-that’s what they call a sanity clause.”
“You can’t fool me. There ain’t no Sanity Clause.”
— A Night at the Opera (1935)

“I shall be in the Supper Club.”
“The Supper Club?”
“Yes. Will you join me?”
“Why? Are you coming apart?”
— A Night in Casablanca (1946)

Abhishek Upadhya

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Feb 17, 2011, 2:17:25 PM2/17/11
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Surely the Scotland Yard has more meter than a foot Constable.
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Abhishek Upadhya

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Feb 19, 2011, 2:24:21 AM2/19/11
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geeky tronix pun.
A 555 timer contest whose tag line is  

"You've got 8 pins…and one shot."

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