Metaphors, similes, puns – all manner of metonymy – I’m interested in language that cannot be parsed by a machine – language that can only be understood through acculturation. – Joshua Cohen
Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them. – Edgar Allan Poe
Puns are often unacceptable to the feelings; they come like a spoonful of ice-cream in the midst of a comfortable smoking-hot steak, or as a peppery morsel when your palate was in expectation of a mild pudding. – Sara Coleridge
