Pun Quotes

It is a linguistic trick. A clever word game. It relies on multiple meanings or similar sounds to create irony or humor. Some may consider it simple. But at its core it is a display of linguistic flexibility. And language's ability to be surprising. These sayings reveal the beauty of playing with words.

Quote by Tim Vine: I bought some Armageddon cheese today, and it said on the packet 'Best Before End...'...
Quote by Tim Vine: I saw this bloke chatting up a cheetah. He was trying to pull a fast one....
Quote by Tim Vine: Ive decided to sell my Hoover… well, it was just collecting dust....
Quote by Tim Vine: I was in this restaurant and I asked for something herby. They gave me a Volkswagen with no driver....
Quote by Tim Vine: Conjunctivitis.com — that’s a site for sore eyes....
Quote by Tim Vine: The other day someone left a piece of plasticine in my dressing room. I didn't know what to make of ...
Quote by Tim Vine: I've got a sponge front door. Hey, don't knock it....
Quote by Tim Vine: So I fancied a game of darts with my mate. He said, 'Nearest the bull goes first.' He went 'Baah' an...
Quote by Tim Vine: So I said to the gym instructor: 'Can you teach me to do the splits?' He said: 'How flexible are you...
Quote by Confucius: He who kisses girl on hillside is not level...
Quote by Confucius: He who crosses the ocean twice without washing is a dirty double crosser....
Quote by Tim Vine: So I rang up my local swimming baths. I said 'Is that the local swimming baths?' He said 'It depends...
Quote by Tim Vine: My DVD cellophane was put on by a psychiatrist. It was shrink-wrapped....
Quote by Tim Vine: You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the wind...
Quote by Tim Vine: I phoned the local ramblers club today and this bloke just went on and on....
Quote by Tim Vine: So I was getting into my car and this bloke says to me, 'Can you give me a lift?' I said, 'Sure, you...
Quote by Tim Vine: Black beauty - he's a dark horse....
Quote by Tim Vine: One-armed butlers, they can take it but they can't dish it out...
Quote by Tim Vine: I was reading a book... 'the history of glue' - I couldn't put it down....
Quote by Tim Vine: So I went to the Chinese restaurant and this duck came up to me with a red....
Quote by Tim Vine: So I went to buy a watch, and the man in the shop said
Quote by Tim Vine: My friend told me he was going to a fancy-dress party as an Italian island. I said: 'Don’t be Sicily...
Quote by Tim Vine: So I told my mum that I'd opened a theatre. She said,
Quote by Tim Vine: I went out on a date with Simile. I don't know what I metaphor....
Quote by Tim Vine: I went into a shop and I said,
Quote by Tim Vine: I met this gangster who pulls up people's pants. Name's Wedgie Kray....
Quote by Tim Vine: I was at sea the other day and loads of meat floated past. It was a bit choppy....
Quote by Confucius: Baseball is wrong, man with four balls cannot walk...
Quote by Tim Vine: Crime in multi-storey car parks. That is wrong on so many different levels....
Quote by Tim Vine: So I went down my local ice-cream shop, and said 'I want to buy an ice-cream'. He said Hundreds & th...
Quote by Tim Vine: I'd like to start with the chimney jokes - I've got a stack of them. The first one is on the house....
Quote by Tim Vine: Velcro: what a rip-off....
Quote by Tim Vine: So I rang up a local building firm, I said 'I want a skip outside my house.' He said 'I'm not stoppi...