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Tag: Pun Thread

Weekly thread honoring the form of wordplay long held up as the highest form of comedy

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The Weekly Pun Thread is Trying to Go (Guy) Incognito

March 23, 2018March 23, 2018 Easteros

Welcome back to the Weekly Pun Thread, where we try and hide our real identity. Today’s story comes to us from southern England, where a driver tried to get out of a ticket by presenting a fake ID. A very … Continue reading The Weekly Pun Thread is Trying to Go (Guy) Incognito

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The Weekly Pun Thread is Going Nuts!

March 9, 2018 Easteros

Welcome back to the Weekly (most of the time) Pun Thread, where today we learn of a woman who found a little bonus insider her bag of cashews: It’s enough to make anyone go nuts: finding a bloody tooth in … Continue reading The Weekly Pun Thread is Going Nuts!

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The Weekly Pun Thread Toots Its Own Horn

February 23, 2018February 23, 2018 Easteros

Welcome back to the Weekly Pun Thread, where we try to control our flatulence as best we can. Apparently, not everyone is so courteous: A flight from Dubai to Amsterdam had to make an emergency landing in Vienna after a … Continue reading The Weekly Pun Thread Toots Its Own Horn

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The Weekly Pun Thread is Going Downhill on the Bullet Men

February 16, 2018February 16, 2018 Easteros

Welcome back to the Weekly Pun Thread, where we have the Olympic spirit. And that spirit is perfectly embodied by the statues of the “Bullet Men” standing at attention outside of the Olympic skiing center (SFW picture below, NSFW picture … Continue reading The Weekly Pun Thread is Going Downhill on the Bullet Men

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The Weekly Pun Thread is Feeling a Bit Standoffish

February 9, 2018February 9, 2018 Easteros

Welcome back to the Weekly Pun Thread, which is back after an unintentional hiatus last week (because it’s author got busy and forgot to post). This week, we travel to Scotland, where the cops may have overreacted a bit to … Continue reading The Weekly Pun Thread is Feeling a Bit Standoffish

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The Weekly Pun Thread is High on the Holy Spirit

January 26, 2018January 23, 2018 Easteros

Welcome back to the Weekly Pun Thread, which is going just down the street to Laguna Beach, where a church got a little too enthusiastic about offering sacraments to St. Mary…Jane that is: A 31-year-old Irvine man was arrested after … Continue reading The Weekly Pun Thread is High on the Holy Spirit

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The Weekly Pun Thread is Getting the Shaft from Old Man Winter

January 19, 2018January 19, 2018 Easteros

Welcome back to the Weekly Pun Thread, where the weather is just nuts. Speaking of, an interesting weather pattern appeared on the Gulf Coast Storm Center’s website the other day: Poor Tennessee is just getting teased. Continue reading The Weekly Pun Thread is Getting the Shaft from Old Man Winter

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The Weekly Pun Thread Strikes a Pose

January 12, 2018 Easteros

Welcome back to the Weekly Pun Thread, where we’re all about looking good and feeling good. Today’s story comes from down under, where the kangaroos are apparently feeling sexy these days: No word on if Burt Reynolds is suing the … Continue reading The Weekly Pun Thread Strikes a Pose

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The Weekly Pun Thread is Hiding Things

January 5, 2018January 5, 2018 Easteros

Welcome to the first Weekly Pun Thread of 2018. Today, we turn our attention to Spain, where it turns out a statue of Jesus was hiding something where only his proctologist could find it: A statue of Jesus Christ on … Continue reading The Weekly Pun Thread is Hiding Things

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The Weekly Pun Thread is Back Bearing Gifts

December 29, 2017December 29, 2017 Easteros

After a week’s vacation, the Weekly Pun Thread has returned with a story about attempting to give the gift that everyone wants this year: Approximately 60 pounds of high grade marijuana were found Tuesday, Dec. 19, during a traffic stop … Continue reading The Weekly Pun Thread is Back Bearing Gifts

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The Weekly Pun Thread is Down in the Dumps

December 15, 2017December 15, 2017 Easteros

Welcome back to the Weekly Pun Thread, where it’s really hit the fan. In today’s story, the Buffalo Bills aren’t the only thing that’s shitty in Orchard Park, New York: Someone is pooping on the lawns of Orchard Park, New … Continue reading The Weekly Pun Thread is Down in the Dumps

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The Weekly Pun Thread is Getting Spiritual

December 8, 2017December 8, 2017 Easteros

Welcome back to the weekly pun thread, where we do believe in ghosts. SEXY GHOSTS! Amethyst Realm, a 27-year-old “spiritual guidance counselor” says she’s had sex with at least 20 ghosts. She prefers them to men. Realm appeared on the British … Continue reading The Weekly Pun Thread is Getting Spiritual

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The Weekly Pun Thread Gives a Crap

December 1, 2017November 30, 2017 Easteros

Welcome back to the Weekly Pun Thread, where we give you a chance to flex those puns. In today’s news, a bank robbery suspect found an…interesting place to hide out and take a load off:   Email   A bank … Continue reading The Weekly Pun Thread Gives a Crap

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The Weekly Pun Thread Gives Thanks… and Suggestive Bread

November 24, 2017November 23, 2017 Easteros

Welcome to the Black Friday edition of the Weekly Pun Thread where, instead of making you fight with a grandmother over the last $70 flat screen, we let you have all sorts of pun with a new story. This week’s … Continue reading The Weekly Pun Thread Gives Thanks… and Suggestive Bread

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The Weekly Pun Thread is on a Roll

November 17, 2017 Easteros

Against all odds (and in spite of Hartsfield-Jackson wi-fi), the Weekly Puns Thread is here to bring joy before the holidays. Speaking of the holidays, our story this week comes from Merry ‘ol England, where a British bakery’s attempt at … Continue reading The Weekly Pun Thread is on a Roll

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The Weekly Pun Thread is for the Birds

November 10, 2017November 10, 2017 Easteros

Welcome back to the Weekly Pun Thread, where I give you an article and you go off and pun away (or bring your own article to add to the fun!). This week’s article asks a question we have all been … Continue reading The Weekly Pun Thread is for the Birds

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The Weekly Pun Thread Presents “Puns of Steel”

November 3, 2017December 2, 2017 Easteros

Welcome back to the Weekly Pun Thread on it’s new home. Just like last week, I’ll post a link to a story and let you all get all of your punnery out before the weekend. Also feel free to post … Continue reading The Weekly Pun Thread Presents “Puns of Steel”

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