The pun exists in a social and political void, caring nothing for the issues of its day, content merely to display itself in its small cleverness.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A pun is the lowest form of humor, unless you thought of it yourself.
Puns are a form of humor with words.
For my own part I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry should be suppressed: and that a good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation.
A good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation.
I think puns are not just the lowest form of wit, but the lowest form of human behavior.
Only the pun remains. The pun, beloved of Shakespeare, children and tabloid headline-writers, is normally eschewed in the modern, sophisticated circles in which I move.
Puns are the droppings of soaring wits.
It is hard for power to enjoy or incorporate humour and satire in its system of control.
It requires genius to make a good pun - some men of bright parts can't reach it.
A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect.