“No pun intended,” and  “Pardon the pun” are two phrases that most of us have heard several times. Why do we apologize for making puns? There seems to be a general, vague impression that puns are a low and unintelligent type of humor, but I cannot help but disagree with this assessment.  Rather than lending a sense of foolishness to a sentence, a well used pun gives a delightful mental burst of simultaneous complexity and understanding.
Recently, thanks to a friend, I was introduced to the Pillsbury Doughboy’s obituary. This little work of fiction is a pun filled piece of writing that can’t help but put a smile on it’s readers’ faces. If you feel like being amused at the expense of the poor Pillsbury Doughboy’s untimely demise, I encourage you to click on the link above and read his obituary.
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