Punday Night: Eggs & Fish
he astronaut was packing for his first shuttle mission. As he wedged the paperback novel he had been reading into his case, his wife said to him, “Don’t you think taking that book with you is a waste of space?”
Seven days without a pun makes one weak. I used to be a tap dancer until I fell in the sink. The magician got so mad he pulled his hare out. When an actress saw her first strands of gray hair she thought she’d dye. Did you hear about the fire at the circus? The heat was in tents. Somebody was running a flea circus, but a dog came and stole the show. A circus lion won’t eat clowns because they taste funny. Thirsty jokers can be seen waiting in the punch line. I keep reading ‘The Lord of the Rings’ over and over. I guess it’s just force of hobbit.
When Kit Carson wasn’t out exploring, he lived on a small farm. One day, the famous frontiersman decided to surprise his wife with eggs and fish for breakfast. Arising early, he went down to the hen house and collected some fresh eggs. There were only six.
On the way back, he stopped at the pond and landed a magnificent large-mouth bass. He wasn’t sure how to carry everything—then he had an idea. He carefully dropped the eggs inside the fish and started for home. Suddenly, the Western hero found himself confronted by a mean, hungry looking wolf. Fearing that he might become a meal for the canine, he threw the bass aside and hurried up a nearby tree. From there, he watched as the wolf grabbed his fish, eggs and all, and ran off.
When Carson got back home empty handed, he related the adventure to Mrs. Carson, who responded, saying, “You shouldn’t have put all your eggs in one bass, Kit.”
(Puns from Pun of the Day.)
July 9th, 2007 at 4:34 pm
Ironically, the Apollo astronauts scheduled for particularly long flights actually did take books with them.
JavaElemental Reply:
July 10th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
Cool! (And, books are never a waste of space!)
Dragon of Life Reply:
July 10th, 2007 at 1:59 pm
I know some authors who have sought to prove you wrong on that count.