JONES: My family are huntin', shootin' & fishin' people.
HERSCHEL: Landed gentry?
JONES: No. Poachers.
(Goon Show, 16 Jul 1951)

[QUOTE=petrw1;521693]While most puns make me feel numb,
mathematical puns make me feel number.[/QUOTE] In addition to a clever play on words, this one has the extra added attraction of an apparent oxymoron!

"Numb" means "devoid of feeling," [i]n'est-ce pas?[/i] So to "feel numb" is an impossibility
:-D

[QUOTE=Dr Sardonicus;521788]In addition to a clever play on words, this one has the extra added attraction of an apparent oxymoron!

"Numb" means "devoid of feeling," [i]n'est-ce pas?[/i] So to "feel numb" is an impossibility
:-D[/QUOTE]

How about:

While most puns make me feel oddly numb
Mathematical puns make me feel even number

[QUOTE=Dr Sardonicus;521788]"Numb" means "devoid of feeling," [i]n'est-ce pas?[/i] So to "feel numb" is an impossibility[/QUOTE]NOPE
From the wiktionary for feel:
2. To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.
(transitive) To experience an emotion or other mental state about.
I can feel the sadness in his poems.

For numb:
Emotionally unable to feel or respond in a normal way.
numb with shock; numb with boredom

[QUOTE=petrw1;521789]How about:

While most puns make me feel oddly numb
Mathematical puns make me feel even number[/QUOTE]

:goodposting::missingteeth:

[QUOTE=petrw1;521789]How about:

While most puns make me feel oddly numb
Mathematical puns make me feel even number[/QUOTE]

Excellent extension! Double whammy!

Mathematicians keep their beer in freezy modules.

Mathematicians work it out with pencil and paper.

Mathematicians count.

I was lying in the bathtub the other day, considering whether to start a German course on Duolingo. Feeling peckish, I got out, dried myself and went over to the refrigerator and finished off some left-over sausage.

It was at that point that I realized that my situation had gone from Bad to Wurst.

[QUOTE=xilman;521857]I was lying in the bathtub the other day, considering whether to start a German course on Duolingo. Feeling peckish, I got out, dried myself and went over to the refrigerator and finished off some left-over sausage.

It was at that point that I realized that my situation had gone from Bad to Wurst.[/QUOTE]
The comic strip [i]Smoky Stover[/i] was riddled with such plays on words. One in particular showed two characters trading a sausage for a butter churn, saying "Good trade!" and "Nice swap!" The caption was, "Taking a churn for the wurst."