an unrecorded meaning of the word "pun" -- 1811

Mark A. Mandel mamandel at LDC.UPENN.EDU
Thu Jul 7 21:37:31 UTC 2005


Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> There's a straight line if I ever heard one.
>
> Yes, Wilson, and the rest of the neighborhood, too.
>
> The whole...NINE YARDS !
>
> (Orchestra blares "No Business Like Show Business." Thundrous
> Applause.  Curtain.)

A straight line, of course, is the shortest distance between two puns.



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