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Playing with Puns-by Michael Roberts

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Playing with Puns-by Michael Roberts

 

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From Lakshman & Sanath Jayatilaka: To all connoisseurs of good puns

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Hear about the new restaurant called Karma? There’s no menu – you get what you deserve

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I went to buy some camouflage trousers yesterday but couldn’t find any

***************

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***************

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A cross-eyed teacher couldn’t control his pupils

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She had a photographic memory but never developed it

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I wasn’t originally going to get a brain transplant, but then I changed my mind

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Need an ark? I Noah guy

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What did the grape say when it got stepped on? Nothing – but it let out a little whine

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