Or the French Impressionist painter dozing on the grass overlooking the cliff that leads down to the sea, just behind the fish pond:
Manet, asleep, twixt the carp and the leap.
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Was this the same show where a contestant had to place horticulture into a sentence and came up with " you can lead a w hore to culture but you can’ make her think"?
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Clever word play is probably my favourite form of humour.
But slapstick is not necessarily terrible. Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin and The Marx Brothers all employed it most effectively.
And without puns, where would Dads get all their groan inducing jokes?
Some slapstick is ok, but as a general rule 
I remember a scene in The Three Stooges where Moe and, I think, Shemp, were talking to someone while Larry was assigned to make hot dogs. There was a cat and maybe a dog too, and every time the cleaver came down, the animal made a yowl or a meow. Just the looks on the others’ faces was hilarious. Not a faceslap or an eye-poke to be seen.
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There famous one was with the Eskimos out between the ice floes, and it was so cold they set a fire in the bow of the kayak…
Of course, you can’t have your kayak and heat it too.
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Eleanor Parker was the source of the horticulture pun.
Probably residual bitterness from being dumped in the Sound of Music
I liked when they played lawyers, “Dewie, Cheatem & Howe”.
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I’m in the dog house again. We went to a ’ Couples counseling ’ night and the counselor said that 85% of men don’t even know their wife’s favourite flower. Just because I said self- raising…
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The word ‘spelt’ gets a bash as well.
Some of these would also qualify for the “Dumb Questions Amnesty” thread.
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Four friends, who hadn’t seen each other in 30 years,are reunited at a party.
After several drinks, one of the men had to use the rest room.
Those who remained talked about their kids.
The first guy said, “My son is my pride and joy. He started working at a successful company at the bottom of the barrel. He studied Economics and Business Administration and soon began to climb the corporate ladder and now he’s the president of the company. He became so rich that he gave his best friend a top of the line Mercedes for his birthday.”
The second guy said, “Darn, that’s terrific! My son is also my pride and joy. He started working for a big airline, then went to flight school to become a pilot . Eventually he became a partner in the company, where he owns the majority of its assets. He’s so rich that he
gave his best friend a brand new jet for his birthday.”
The third man said: “Well, that’s terrific! My son studied in the best universities and became an engineer. Then he started his own construction company and is now a multimillionaire. He also gave away something very nice and expensive to his best friend for his birthday: A 30,000 square foot mansion.”
The three friends congratulated each other just as the fourth returned from the restroom and asked: “What are all the congratulations for?”
One of the three said: “We were talking about the pride we feel for the successes of our sons. …What about your son?”
The fourth man replied: “My son is gay and makes a living dancing as a stripper at a nightclub.”
The three friends said: “What a shame…what a disappointment.”
The fourth man replied: "No, I’m not ashamed. Why sould I be, He’s my son and I love him very much. Besides he hasn’t done too bad either.
His birthday was two weeks ago, and he received a beautiful 30,000 square foot mansion, a brand new jet and a top of the line Mercedes from his three boyfriends.
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