David McInnis, for talking to us and delivering this excellent information on puns. But rather than something funny, I think my favorite pun would have to be serious, and whose rhetorical effect is just a killer way to start a Shakespeare play: the opening lines of Richard III, spoken by Gloucester: 'Now is the winter of our discontent / Made glorious summer by this sun of York.' (where you get the metaphor of sunshine cutting through the winter cold and the 'son' of York transforming fortunes in war)." See, this means you can even use puns in your business emails without being snickered at! That is, if your writing expertise matches that of Shakespeare, I presume. Lastly, I wanted to know whether Professor David McInnis had a favorite pun, to which he replied, "So many favorite puns to choose from. And without any more teasing, here it goes - a bone-rattling mash of skeleton puns! Anywho, for the love of puns, Bored Panda is dedicating this extensive list to any and all wordplay that's oh-so-appropriate for the Halloween season. And while I definitely do not have Witzelsucht, I am an absolute sucker for puns, especially the ones I mutter at the most awkward times (.waaaait a moment.). Saving you from any further confusion, Witzelsucht (joke addiction in German) is a set of pure and rare neurological symptoms characterized by a tendency to unwillingly tell puns, lame jokes, or pointless stories at the most inappropriate times. Not only was Oppenheim famous for his treatises on traumatic neuroses, but he had also reviewed the definition of Witzelsucht. By reading this far, you might wonder what Hermann has to do with skeleton puns but bear with me. He also published significant works on topics ranging from alcoholism to syphilis and many others. He was the author of a textbook on neurological diseases, considered one of the best textbooks of all time. Hermann Oppenheim, a leading neurologist in the nineteenth century in Germany, had many accolades to his name.
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