So, as we know, punning is universally outlawed when writing copy. However, my problem is that, because I’ve taught myself to repress even the slightest whiff of a pun when thinking of ideas, the side effect is that now, as soon as I’m out the door my pun-reflexes go into overdrive. I’m suddenly propelled into thinking of the most awful pun-jokes all the time; in bars, restaurants, parties, wherever. Like a more sinister kind of tourettes, they just pop into my head and I feel compelled to release them. Even though friends are accommodating and do laugh at some of them, it’s still a terrible affliction and one I’m forever apologizing for.

Beaky had Pun tourettes. He couldn't help but juxtapose words. He made a list of his favourites to cheer me up but no pun in ten did.

It's no surprise. But I have Pun-Tourettes. There is no medication for it :(

Mr Cameron is generally pretty comfortable in these situations, but if he has a weakness, it's a tendency to pun under pressure. It's almost a kind of pun Tourette's. At one point he namechecked the local Tory MP. "Ian Liddell-Grainger – that's Liddell with two Ds and E-L-L, not L-I-D-L! Better make that clear now we're in Morrisons, very important!"

e_b_draggin wrote:

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> Pun Tourettes is not a talent, it's a social stigma...

ten_bucks_down, Tue Nov 13, 2012 7:58 pm

Sounds to me like you have PAS (Pun Anxiety Syndrome), first discovered by the

French doctor Jude De Mots, who, when confronted with another victim during a

reading of the works of Ambrose Bierce, said "N'est-ce PAS?" De Mots was thus

credited with the most rapid psychological diagnosis in history !

Dick Rees:

At my office (the local coffee establishment) they call it "pun-Tourettes". Someone should hire us for crowd control!!!

Just to keep the ball rolling, here's a little something from a good friend:

With all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at the moment, itis worth reflecting on the death of a very important person, whichalmost went unnoticed last week. Larry LaPrise, the man that wrote 'The Hokie Pokey' died peacefully atthe age of 93. The most traumatic part for his family was getting himinto the coffin. They put his left leg in. And then the troublestarted.

TIMtheTOON, April 27, 2008 at 8:40 pm

Uh-oh, Myles’ pun tourettes are acting up again!

"What was what?" replied Sahil. "That fucking pun. Why the fuck did you say another pun? What is with you and puns?" asked Onbizzle. "Oh, shi-- Onbizzle, I'm sorry! I can't help it! It's like Tourettes, or something!" replied Sahil. "Oh, bullshit! You can't have Pun Tourettes." said Onbizzle. "Well, apparently I do." said Sahil.

sonnetscrewdriver:

I started re-reading Moby-Dick a couple of weeks ago, and was all “Holy shit, I’d genuinely forgotten how adorable Ishmael and Queequeg sharing a room at the inn was.”

Now that’s a ‘whaling ship’, am I rightJesusIcan’tbelieveIsaidthatI’msosorry.

geekykristie:

My husband’s default setting of life is pun tourettes so I rather enjoyed that. But they are cuties aren’t they?

2. Play with language. This involves many different activities.and this is the part my son wanted me to write about.

Our family suffers from a condition someone once called "pun tourettes." An uncontrollable urge to pun, often badly, and in public.

D'oriel, 16-11-2012, 07:13 PM

It's just so easy.

Pun tourettes.

(I know, I know, enough already with the Pedestrian puns. Sorry but I can’t help myself, it’s got legs... ooops, I seemed to have acquired unfunny pun tourettes)

One recurring problem with interviewing comedians is the compulsion to work in a few gags of your own along the way. It doesn't happen with, say, musicians - I can't imagine some hack interrupting Lady GaGa mid-sentence to sing her a few of their own compositions - but get talking to a comic and a sort of cheesy-pun Tourettes kicks in.

comment by: Beth {local milk}, 10.28.2012

Whoa. a) butternut squash is the new black (I've been working on a pie filling w/ them!) b) these photos... take the cake! Ugh, forgive me, I couldn't help myself...I have pun tourettes. But seriously, inspiring stuff.

Odysseus, 01-31-2011, 03:22 PM

Sounds like you're deep in De Nile...

Arroyo_Doble, 01-31-2011, 05:54 PM

Dammit all!

Sorry. I have pun tourettes; every time I hear one, I swear uncontrollably.

thelastgherkin @pawnheart, Sunday, 16-Oct-11 12:44:38 UTC

Of course not. You're a fine pun appreciator. Usually my puns are just taken for granite.

pawnheart @thelastgherkin, Sunday, 16-Oct-11 12:45:20 UTC

Stop it. My pun tourettes has an override that forces me to press the heart.

Alice, January 15, 2011 at 3:04 pm

What are you trying to do to me?! You know I have pun tourettes………I’m gritting my teeth and all I’m going to say is penguins are totally cool.

Yup, it really is a mass of nastiness at all levels. Old Phil, his Grandpappy, was, reportedly, one heck of a rake but I doubt his exposure, (oh dear, I'm in a pun tourettes mode) to nubile phonographers would have been so easily exposed. (sorry!).

Last three home matches - two points. Not good enough. Our home form needs a huge and immediate improvement if we are going to threaten the playoffs.

I realise that I have missed the chance to indulge my pun-Tourettes and make lots of cow/ox/bull related quips. You don't know how lucky you all are!