Stories tagged “pun”
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Light On, Lights Out
Mrs. Light stuck her head in her daughter’s room, “Ezzie, are you…” “Oh! Mom, hey mom! Yes, mom, hi, mom. Yeah! Hey, you look great, great. Great? Great! Mom…” This kept going, and all Mrs. Light could do was r...
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Posttranscriptional Event
Dr. Sterngold is very agitated. His assistant is late again and the photolithographic microarrays need to be characterised. He paces up and down checking his watch every five seconds. He is about the pick up the EST chart to do the job himself when she...
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42 Jump Street
The art gallery owner was glaring down at the amphibian police Sargent standing behind the station’s visitor’s counter. “No I don’t know what you mean by procedures” “I’ve only been here a month and now my Anse...
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A "Just So" Story
Gunman-ji closed the gate of Diplomat-sahib’s compound and then ducked through the small side door to resume his post. He looked up and down the street both ways, ensuring that no bad elements had followed Driver-bhai home on the circuitous drive...
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Wee Difficulties
“We – need – the – bathroom.” “Oui oui.” The clerk pointed to the back – the restrooms were on a side hall. “No – I just got some grease on my hands.” She shook her head – she knew...
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It's All in the Name
Ms. Ava Rice sat at her oak desk on her leather chair glaring at her stock portfolio. Two percent increase? Did her broker really expect her to be satisfied with that? Oh, she knew the story of the faltering economy, but her company had manage 1o perce...
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Flight
One step at a time To take the flight But I look up And I can only stair
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Pun Poem Just For Fun Poem
Be great. lyrically lacerate. Fully incapacitate hate With all of love’s hug weight (And love is a big sassy black woman).
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A Pun Most Noble
“I beg of your pardon, craftsman.” The knight sat on his horse with all the poise of a man of his station. “Can you tell me, please, how do I get to the Duke’s castle from here?” The glassblower, preparing coal for the day...
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Homegirl
I am a home. Of course, I’m also a girl. The home part, you can’t really see. But there’s a spell that installed a handy little apartment inside my imagination. My residents step through a portal in my hair, and turn into figments unt...
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Derailing Inanity
“Sergeant, can I be frank?” “Only if I can be Ernest, sir.” “A fair point, but in retrospect, perhaps you should be frank, and I shall be earnest.” “Either way I’m not sure I like the direction this conve...