BREAKING THE SILENCE, 2014 Breaking The Silence | Page 60

LET’S
HAVE
SOME
PUN!
ADEFOLALU TOYOSI, 300L MBBS
A pun is a joke
exploiting the different
possible meanings of a
word or the fact that
I didn't have the faintest idea as to
why I passed out. I once had insomnia so bad I was
awake until it dawned on me.
Organ donors put their heart into it. Break a bone today and you will feel
hurt to marrow.
there are words that
sound alike but have
different meanings
Did you hear about the guy whose
whole left side was cut off? He's all
right now.
There was a sign on the lawn at a
drug rehab center that said 'Keep off
the Grass'.
The painter was hospitalized due to
too many strokes.
After having a knee dislocated and
an elbow fractured in two bathrom
brawls, Bradley should have learned
to stay away from those joints.
The patient decided against an
organ transplant. Instead, he
changed his mind.
He was wheeled into the operating
room, and then had a change of
heart.
I was going to buy a book on
phobias, but I was afraid it wouldn't
help me. My friend had amnesia and couldn't
remember how to walk up the
stairs, so I had to go back and teach
him step by step. I once heard a joke about amnesia
but I forgot how it goes. Being crushed by large objects can
be very depressing. I always believed my body was a
prison for me. I was right, in biology
I learnt they were made of cells.
I was arrested after my therapist
suggested I take something for my
kleptomania. I had some back trouble, but it's all
behind me now. Never lie to an x-ray technician.
They can see right through you.
I probably have blind spots, but I
don't see them.
An unusual medical book is one
which has no appendix.
I have a fear of needles. They really
get under my skin.
Deafness is getting to be quite a
problem for me lately. I never
thought I'd hear myself say that.
People have many misconceptions
about pregnancy.
Next time your doctor is
examining you, listen
attentively, he might just be
cracking a punny joke.
Medical practitioners aren't
boring after all.
AMSUL Digest 2014