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I Like Puns

Okay I have a bunch of chemistry puns. Name the element.

1 Half of a dime
2 The Lone Ranger's horse
3 Not fat
4 Watered down gin
5 A police officer
6 What I do when I'm hungry
7 What torpedoed ships do
8 DELETED
9 What he did with a bucking horse
10 What should be done with an ailing man
11 What she got after the divorce
12 What to do with the dead
13 Frivolous prisoner
14 Night messenger for Helen of Troy
15 Storage place for street cars
16 To shock speechless
17 To grab a guy
18 Molly's blue jeans
19 Base of a house under construction
20 What many courses do (but not Chemistry)
21 When there is no gas left we say its:
22 When I meet a 6'6" mugger ______ away very fast
23 Chemist from Delhi
24 A houseplant
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SW-User
That sounds interesting, but I'll have to get back to that when I'm at the computer. A periodic table next to this would be useful.

BTW, are they all elements or are there molecules among the answers too?
LilFoot · F
Just elements, and I just figured people would look up the periodic table
SW-User
@FieryWolf: On my phone that would require a lot of switching back on forth, but on my pc I gave it a try. I couldn't figure them all out, but here are my guesses:

1. Nickle, or Md (Mendelevium)
2. Silver
3. At? (Astatine)
4. ...
5. Copper
6. Yttrium? (Eat-trium) Or just Be? (Beryllium)
7. Zinc
8. Argon (Are gone)
9. Lead? (In the other pronunciation.)
10. Helium (Heal 'em)
11. Al (all) or Antimoney (no money), depending on her lawyer
12. Barium (bury 'em)
13. Silicon (silly con artist)
14. Nitrogen (knight Trojan)
15. Rhodium? (Road-ium)
16. ...
17. ...
18. ...
19. ...
20. ...
21. ...
22. Iron (I run)
23. ...
24. ...
I can figure out some of them. Chemistry was so long ago :s
FeetAreFantastic · 41-45, M
@DesiredNightmare: Well this is a little disappointing. I thought you'd be the first to answer them all!
@FeetAreFantastic: I wasn't the best at chemistry. Have any physics questions?
FeetAreFantastic · 41-45, M
@DesiredNightmare: I am still learning the basics of physics myself.
StefanoHopkins · 56-60, M
When Cal, the Indian, lost a lot of weight, he said, "See? Nobellium ! "

When he saw his friend go into the drug store to get an antacid, he said, "Cal see-um buy carbonate."

When I told these to my good Native American friend, he threw a beer can at me. Uh, good-naturedly, and..the beer can was empty.
StefanoHopkins · 56-60, M
Nice list. I shall work on it. It'll take a while. Uh, nickel, silver, copper, barium, molybdenum, so far...
Churchy · 56-60, F
Not remotely interested...Sorry hon
LilFoot · F
@Churchy: I'm pretty sure they're puns. I mean the answers I have to them ..
Churchy · 56-60, F
The pun, also called paronomasia, is a form of word play that suggests two or more meanings, by exploiting multiple meanings of words, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect. These ambiguities can arise from the intentional use of homophonic, homographic, metonymic, or figurative language.


HMMMM...I GUESS THEY ARE PUNS
LilFoot · F
@Churchy: I think the stress is getting to me
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FeetAreFantastic · 41-45, M
Oh so they're not actually puns, they're riddles or cryptograms?

 
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