I am a great lover of puns. Wikipedia: "Puns are used to create humor and sometimes require a large vocabulary to understand. Puns have long been used by comedy writers, such as William Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde, and George Carlin." Even Scott Adams uses puns in his Dilbert cartoon strip. He has a pun mailing list: "Can Napoleon return to his place of birth? Of Corsican."
Puns are a kind of litmus test....there are those who groan out loud, visibly demonstrating their distaste for this "lowest form of humor." Admittedly, there are a lot of bad puns, and sometimes it all depends on one's humor. Even I don't like a person who resorts to lame puns, such as "oh, that's punny." I am careful which puns I send to my associates. I don't want to overdo it (But, if I keep sending puns out late, then do I overdue it?). So I walk a fine line, knowing that some people have a strong visceral reaction to puns.
From time to time, I will include a short pun in this blog, just to change up the pace a bit. Please keep coming back.
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