It is the perfect form of weaponized silliness for our perfectly dumb modern times.
Here are some pro tips for punning in public.
To which you’ve got the option to respond, Yeah wait untilfour; castyour opinion then.
You risk being immediately christened that guy at the party, and avoided for the remainder of the evening.
Hope, Will, Ghan) has heard the puns before, and has grown to hate them all.
Theyve heard it before, and they hate it.)
Dont prepare puns in advance.This is the equivalent of entering a rap battle with pre-written rhymes.
They should be spontaneous!
Everyone knows by now thatsweet dreams are made of cheese, and that going vegan is a hugemissed steak.
The TL;DR: If youve seen it on a sign, its not worth saying.
Do deploy puns to improve a joke,or shorten a reference in conversation!
One need only scroll Twitter toseesomeexamplesof this in action.
Do recognize the window of opportunity.Puns go stale quickly.
If it takes you more than 10 seconds to drop your pun, the moment has passed.
Do read the room.And the occasion.
The other rules of regular society still apply.Never use puns to mock someones appearance, sexuality or gender.
Do your wry-search
Imagine if punning were a college class in 2018.
Weve covered the why, the when and the what of punning in public.
As for the how, there is of course no beaten path to becoming a champion punner.
He heard the subway leadership role wasempty, eh?
Take a page from headlines in daily papers, which always scramble to use cliche-based puns when scooping news.
(The Sun,2006) stand out precisely because they echo phrases weve all heard many times before.
Develop an aural fixation
Practice a different kind of listening.
Sorry, did you say camping was in tents?
That would be a cabernet savage own.
That way you wont end up with a blended whine of your own.
And if taken in moderation, theyre perfectly healthy toin jest.
