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It’s all in good pun

04/07/2007 01:00 AM EDT

Recently, we published a story about puns that included such groaners as “Should you age your wine in a wooden coffin? Yes, it’s better to casket” and “How about that Trojan War? It was Helen earth.” And then we asked you to share your favorites.

Now it’s time to publish something that’s all in good pun.

Myra Shays of Providence reports that college students who concentrate their studies on ancient Egyptian plumbing are called pharaoh faucet majors (as in Farrah Fawcett-Majors).

Rene Giguere of West Warwick says that while it sounds counterproductive, there are people who would give their “right arm to be ambidextrous.”

Dan D’Alessio of North Providence enjoys fantastical things: “The invisible man would be out of sight.”

A reader who did not identify himself/herself (gee, I can’t imagine why) sent us this one, which combines Mary Poppins with spiritual and cultural history: Ghandi was a small man who as he aged became plagued with injuries. He walked everywhere, and his feet became very tough. His diet was also irregular, which caused him bad breath.

“So we can say he was a super-fragile-calloused mystic plagued with halitosis.”

Our final offering is from Don Jackson of North Providence.

“Did you hear that Jane Fonda had an abscessed tooth? After her root canal, she noticed her heart beating faster, so she went to her cardiologist. After the exam, the doctor told her not to worry, that her heart had become just a little enlarged. ‘Enlarged?!’ she said. ‘Yes,’ the doctor said. ‘Abscess makes the heart grow, Fonda.’  ”

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