Pini the Punster and the Pun Jar
Pini is a Punster. His father is a Punster. His grandfather is a Punster. His great grandfather was a Punster. His mother is a Punster. His aunts are Punsters. But Pini is the biggest punster of all.
A pun is a kind of joke. A pun makes fun of two words that sound alike but have different meanings. A punster tells a lot of puns. There are many Punsters in Pini’s family.
Pini tells many puns. Too many. Dad makes him a pun jar. Puns cost Pini one cent. Pini says that now his puns cost a pretty penny. CLINK! Pini puts a penny in the pun jar.
Here are some of Pini’s puns. Some you may get now. Some you will only get when you’re all groan.
- My parrot likes to call me names.
But toucan play that game.
- A man had to have his left side cut off.
He’s all right now.
- Stairs are always up to something.
- Why can’t the bike stand up?
It’s two-tired.
- Trying to use a broken pencil is pointless.
- Jim was made backwards.
His feet smell and his nose runs.
- I’m very good at sleeping.
I can do it with my eyes closed.
- I wanted to get a new brain.
But I changed my mind.
- Time flies like an arrow.
Fruit flies like a banana.