8 of Our Favourite Tweets From UK Pun Day
Whilst love and Valentine's Day may have been on many people's lips this week, the wordsmiths amongst us were seduced by a different mistress... UK Pun Day! "My dog's learning to speak a foreign language." "Español?" "No, he's a labrador." — GlennyRodge (@GlennyRodge) July 18, 2015 The unofficial national holiday is the brainchild of Leicester Comedy Festival – a day on which lovers of wordplay are encouraged to craft and share puns on social media and appreciate the efforts of others, all culminating in the UK Pun Championships at De Montfort Hall on Monday night. The puns were out in full force, particularly on Twitter. They varied from sigh-inducingly cheesy to painfully clever. Some fell flat (you could say they were punsuccessful), whereas others were pundamentally brilliant. But all – or at least most – drew a smile. Here's a selection of our favourites from #UKPunDay: A gang were caught...