One word puns

**sasvermont** · 07-28-2005, 07:36 AM

1. ARBITRATOR: A cook that leaves Arby's to work at McDonalds.

2. AVOIDABLE: What a bullfighter tried to do.

3. BERNADETTE: The act of torching a mortgage

4. BURGLARIZE: What a crook sees with.

5. CONTROL: A short, ugly inmate.

6. COUNTERFEITERS: Workers who put together kitchen cabinets.

7. ECLIPSE: What an English barber does for a living.

8. EYEDROPPER: A clumsy ophthalmologist.

9. HEROES: What a guy in a boat does.

10. LEFTBANK: What the robber did when his bag was full of money.

11. MISTY: How golfers create divots.

12. PARADOX: Two physicians.

13. PARASITES: What you see from the top of the Eiffel Tower

14. PHARMACIST: A helper on the farm.

15. POLARIZE: What penguins see with.

16. PRIMATE: Removing your spouse from in front of the TV.

17. RELIEF: What trees do in the spring.

18. RUBBERNECK: What you do to relax your wife.

19. SELFISH: What the owner of a seafood store does.

20. SUDAFED: Brought litigation against a government official.

**Killearn Kitties** · 07-28-2005, 08:01 AM

I'm speechless. I just can't express how shockingly bad some of these are, and yet remain polite.

**Barbara** · 07-28-2005, 08:03 AM

Wow, these are difficult for non-native speakers

But the more difficult the more fun if you finally get it

Can now make a variation of one of them:

Paradox: Simba and Nala

**sirrahbed** · 07-28-2005, 08:12 AM

How funny to read thse puns SallyAnn! I just had my hubby "RUBBERNECK"

Yes I see how these would be hard for those who do not have English a s first language - I am an English major and had trouble thinking about some of these!

**Pam** · 07-28-2005, 08:16 AM

Now someone truly is very clever to put together such a list!! What a riot. I particularly loved:

Eyedropper: A clumsy ophthalmologist

I work for an ophthalmologist and got sort of a mental picture!