I used to love listening to My Word on the BBC Home Service and later Radio 4. At the end, Frank Muir and Denis Norden had each made up stories from a phrase given to them by the chairman of the programme, It was somewhat long and convoluted and ended in a pun on the topic given. They are occasionally repeated on Radio 4 extra and were some of the finest ever wordplay.
There were also the double entendre jokes, some of which are just plain filth and which the Carry on films and later Julian Clary are champions of. A lot of puns I had to work really hard at to begin to understand them, but at school there were a group of us who used to hone our skills. It was certainly not a natural thing at first, and I used to marvel at people who could just come out with phrases.
I now often come up with phrases and puns quickly, more a case I have them stored in my head and a word may trigger an association. An example of this is at work, our IT technician is called 'Dai'. I had an urgent problem with my computer and was told I would have to wait till later in the week, and immediately I came out with "So it is Dai another day then" without even thinking which caused great laughter all about!
I used to love listening to My Word on the BBC Home Service and later Radio 4. At the end, Frank Muir and Denis Norden had each made up stories from a phrase given to them by the chairman of the programme, It was somewhat long and convoluted and ended in a pun on the topic given. They are occasionally repeated on Radio 4 extra and were some of the finest ever wordplay.
There were also the double entendre jokes, some of which are just plain filth and which the Carry on films and later Julian Clary are champions of. A lot of puns I had to work really hard at to begin to understand them, but at school there were a group of us who used to hone our skills. It was certainly not a natural thing at first, and I used to marvel at people who could just come out with phrases.
I now often come up with phrases and puns quickly, more a case I have them stored in my head and a word may trigger an association. An example of this is at work, our IT technician is called 'Dai'. I had an urgent problem with my computer and was told I would have to wait till later in the week, and immediately I came out with "So it is Dai another day then" without even thinking which caused great laughter all about!
