A pun is the lowest form of humor says Doug Larson and then continues, unless you thought of it yourself. Regardless of what Larson says, puns can be funny, tongue in cheek and a clever way to say something. Sometimes puns are just silly but still fun, as in the case of Shashi Tharoor sharing a ‘punny’ conversation that a lot of people found very funny.
Tharoor shared an image shot of people speaking in puns – about naan non violence, culture kulcha and let’s see lassi. He speaks about his college days when punning was apparently all the rage. In his usual style, he used the term ‘bon mot’ to speak about witticisms of this sort and said he would rise rice to the occasion if sambhar some-bar wasn’t there.
Parminder Singh, (his Twitter bio says he is ex-MD Google/Twitter) who was quoted in Tharoor’s tweet said this about ‘rasam’ (tradition) and idli (idly?). Clearly he felt compelled to carry forward the foody puns.
Never too late lait, kaafi coffee for now, said Tharoor.
This commentator wanted to know if these guys practice pattice daily. Someone else suggested that they should meet meat and jam.
Vikram Chandra chimed in with this comment about a daily dose dosa of humour and rote roti learning.
All about eggs and Easter.
Recently, Indian American author and television host Padma Lakshmi shared a twitter post about a ‘naan bed for sale’ which comes with ‘2 pilau cases’. Mentioning that in this discussion seemed apposite.
The food word play continued with a lot of people adding their own ingredients to the mix.
Turns out it’s all just a non naan issue
It may be a non naan issue but people enjoyed the punny repartee of Shashi Tharoor and others because people are fed up of political discussions that turn their brains into curd.
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