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Best funny unintentional puns !

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flapjackfairy · 31/03/2019 20:38

My daughter was just hoovering her room and had connected the hose for the tools up to the wrong bit. She was getting v cross as it was spewing out dust .
She has just marched into my bedroom and announced " I hate this Hoover. It sucks ".
There was a pause then we both fell about laughing !
So as I am in need of a further giggle what unintentional puns have you made .

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Evennow · 31/03/2019 20:40

Asked a friend if he had always had a yen to go to Japan.

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flapjackfairy · 31/03/2019 20:41

Oh that's brilliant . I love word based humour like that !

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Tiredmum100 · 31/03/2019 20:48

I recently Said to a patient, "I don't want to go stepping on anyone's toes". I was in the middle of dressing his foot- he'd just had his toes amputated! He saw the funny side!

CurlsandCurves · 31/03/2019 20:53

I did once say ‘oh, I see’ when responding to a customer on the phone telling me he was blind 🤦🏼‍♀️

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flapjackfairy · 31/03/2019 20:53

Glad he saw the funny side ! That's the kind of mistake I would make.
I have another one from a few years ago . A friend told me his car was in the garage as he was having an issue with the indicators.
They are on the blink he announced! He didn't understand why we were all helpless at the gaffe .

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flapjackfairy · 31/03/2019 20:58

Oh Curls that is funny. I always think it is more awkward to cock up on the phone. No idea why !
A friend of mine was telling me of a fire and brimstone preacher in Northern Ireland when she was young who was talking about people doing things in fits and starts.
He got muddled and came out with spits and farts instead which always makes me giggle when I think of it !

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SrSteveOskowski · 31/03/2019 22:30

BIL'S wife is German. Their kids speak fluent German. MIL'S best one ever had to be "It's great that the kids will all grow up to be bisexual".

There was an awkward silence, then BIL'S wife (who has no sense of humor) snapped "I am assuming you mean bilingual", as everyone else fell around laughing Grin

CodLiverOil556 · 01/04/2019 22:06

So I had a call at the crematorium I work at today. The deceased the person was looking for had been changed to a burial but I didn't have anymore info to give out. The other person said 'oh, I'd better do some more digging then' Blush

Havalina · 01/04/2019 22:20

My friend made a new character in a game the other day, he called illiterate....but spelt it wrong Grin

Tiptopj · 01/04/2019 22:30

Years ago at work a colleague and I were looking up anniversairy gifts. I'd been with my partner 5 years at that point and exclaimed very loudly " well I'm glad I haven't got married just so he could give me wood after 5 years!" Not a pun but it makes still makes me smile

mummywingingit · 01/04/2019 22:37

Back when I was at school a hearse drove past and my friend exclaimed 'I wouldn't be seen dead in one of those'

We were all laughing our heads off

TellerTuesday4EVA · 01/04/2019 22:43

My friend went through a phase of reading celebrity autobiographies a few years ago. We were out for lunch with two other friends & she declared she wouldn't recommend Coleen Rooney's because 'it was all about her'

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flapjackfairy · 02/04/2019 14:39

Oh thanks all. I am having a giggle catching up on this thread .
Another classic one was when my dad came back from his holiday. He was v excited to share the details and proudly announced that the highlight was when he flew over viagra in a helicopter. Of course he meant Niagra ( Falls ).
In fact he was always saying funny stuff and once told us that the neighbours were very involved in the RSPB . You know he said The Royal Society for The PREVENTION Of Birds. I laughed for days over that one .

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Atalune · 02/04/2019 14:42

Don’t know where I heard it but one that makes me laugh is the one where my friend was telling me about her dad getting a shock and how he went “as white as a sheep”
Grin

DarlingNikita · 02/04/2019 17:20

Asked a friend if he had always had a yen to go to Japan.

a hearse drove past and my friend exclaimed 'I wouldn't be seen dead in one of those'

Grin Inspired.

I was once telling a friend about my trip to Marrakech and one thing (restaurant or sight, I think) in particular that I was underwhelmed by. Didn't realise until she took the piss that I'd said it was 'no great shakes'.

amusedbush · 02/04/2019 19:07

Not really a pun but DH and I were getting ready to leave a plane and he pulled our luggage down from the overhead bin. The shoulder strap had come off one side of his bag so I said, "hold on, let me get your strap on" and then fell about laughing. Nobody else even smirked HmmGrin

DarlingNikita · 03/04/2019 15:32

amusedbush, I would've LOVED that Grin

Lokidokiartichoki · 03/04/2019 15:34

My sister asked my if I wanted to go trekking in Peru to see the llamas. I said alpaca suitcase.

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flapjackfairy · 03/04/2019 20:13

Boom boom as Basil Brush would say Lok !
And yes I wouldve had a good snort at that Amused ! And I am quite impressed with your witty user name as well !

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