Free the Cavan five thousand-Poultry in Motion

[Block G Raptor]

Why did the chicken cross the road










to get to the other 4,999

[hamish]

I've just discovered what we're doing here. It's called Paronomasia Sounds like some psychotic disorder or something associated with those bondage clubs.

"Paronomasia is a the most common type of pun. It makes use of words that sound similar to other words, but which have different meanings."

In Totty watch we'd call that Pornomasia.

I then found all these, some well known, others........well.........let's just say when I read through some of the stranger ones, my two remaining brain cells screamed, "Danger, Danger, Overload, Shutdown".. LOL

Here's the list:
http://www.badpuns.com/list.php?section=dictionary

Have a look at them.........words like "Feghoot", "Antanaclasis", something called a "Tom Swifty" or "Syllepsis".

Aren't these the types of words you'd hear from members of the legal profession such as lawyers, magistrates AKA "beaks" (honk) and certainly not us ...........eh.........lay-men. (boom boom)