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Puns tagged ‘historical figures’:

10/22/06

Which saint had no problem seducing women?

Francis of Asseasy.

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09/10/06

When the saviour of Nottingham Forest got an honourary degree from Oxford, he had to wear a robe and hood.

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08/03/06

In the Bible, who was stowed away in the belly of a ship?

Jonah of Ark.

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11/04/05

Which famous playwright made fruit smoothies?

Shakes pear.

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08/08/05

Kepler and Galileo were deadlocked in the finals of the Great Astronomy Puns Contest. So judge Spooner was called in to Brahe-cho the Ty.

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08/05/05

When Napoleon came to New England, it was quite the spectacle; the people were so excited that they would pay admission even to watch him break wind! In Bangor in particular, the French Emperor’s farting was considered the Maine vent.

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07/18/05

When Sir Edmund Hillary got a chance to pitch in a baseball match, he fell asleep at the rubber. He must have thought it was Mound Have-a-Rest!

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06/23/05

What book did Mr. Darwin pen after a wayward finch pooped on his head?

The Origin of the Feces!

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06/17/05

When asked for advice on mountain climbing by his Roman colleagues, Caesar replied, “K2, Brute.

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03/31/05

Why did Einstein never stop at a single beer?

Because he was obsessed with re-ale-itivity!

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03/25/05

Why did the Italian dictator attack his son’s babysitter and take her wallet?

Because he wanted to be seen behaving mug-nanny-Mussolini! (magnanimously - needs to be read aloud)

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03/18/05

What did Archimedes’ wife say to him before he took his bath?

You reeka!

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02/06/05
If Buddha were reincarnated as a lobster - would he say the path to nirvana lies in renouncing one’s shellfish desires?
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12/13/04

Sir Isaac Newton, upon watching a large crowd of peasants pointlessly measure the duration of a speech about wheel rods, announced with ridicule - “mass-timed axel oration equals farce!”

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12/08/04

What did Philip II of Macedon say when his son refused to give up the cheese-slicer to the maid?

“Alex, hand her the grate!”

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