Puns are funny. Especially so – for those who make them.

I was chatting with my middle son tonight. Something I do often. Tonight, I took a moment to just sit there. He looked at me and said, “Awkward silence.”

I replied, “Nope, just listening to nothing.”

“All I hear is the ‘hmmm’ of the fridge.”

“Yeah. I guess that there isn’t much silence around here any way.”

“There is in space.”

“Yep, the vacuum of space doesn’t let sound travel.” I paused and looked him in the eye. “With all of that silence – it must be eerie.” Chuckling, I started pointing at my ear. “You know – EARY.”

A few moments later, the wife steps into the kitchen. I told her the same thing. No laughter. Just an oh-so-slightly amused snicker. She didn’t have to say it out loud.Her look said it clearly. ‘Where did you get that, from a Laffy Taffy wrapper?’

No, my dear. I didn’t get it from a candy wrapper. Although,those wrappers have some really funny stuff on them!

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What’s brown and sticky?

A stick!