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Not in attendance for the president's final turkey pardoning ceremony were first daughters Sasha and Malia Obama, who gamely laughed alongside their father last year. So instead, the president's nephews Austin and Aaron Robinson stood by for what Obama called his "corny-copia of dad jokes about turkeys."

Indeed, where pure description is inadequate to truly capture the spirit of an object, Ponge employs auditory effects (e.g. assonance, sibilance, and paronomasia) as well as images that delight all the senses. He was operating a late night train and fell asleep at the controls. He ended up failing to recognise a stop sign and as a result his train hit a person and killed them immediately. He was tried for manslaughter and sentenced to the electric chair. Just before being put in the chair, he was given the choice of final meal and chose a single banana, oddly. His time came and he was placed into the chair, the room vacated and then the switch was thrown.used, with rising inflection, as an elliptical form of I beg your pardon, as when asking a speaker to repeat something not clearly heard or understood.) There were several examples of the word play paronomasia like: "We cannot guarantee the outcome, but we shall guarantee the opportunity."

Oni biorą dla imienia czyje pierwsze litery są takie same jak ich własny albo oni od czasu do czasu układają kalambury na sensie swoich imion. He writes, "Many such cases of double entendre, paronomasia in one language or another, sometimes two at once, numerical-literal puzzles, and even (on one occasion) an illuminating connexion of letters in various lines by a slashing scratch, will be found in the Qabalistic section of the Commentary." of the penalty. A pardon is granted to an individual, often by the action of a government official such as

Edmond's affianced Mercedes transforms herself (in an unforgivable example of automobile paronomasia) into Portia. from NPR -- http://www.npr.org/2016/11/23/503178220/president-obamas-2016-turkey-pardon-dad-jokes-the-definitive-list?utm_source=facebook.com And thus began a pun-fest for the ages. Here's a list of President Obama's groaners from this year's pardoning ceremony: The annual turkey pardon is a silly tradition, and President Obama knows it. On Wednesday, before pardoning turkeys named Tater and Tot, Obama summed up his feelings about this particular duty. Once again he faced a jury, once again they found him guilty and a judge sentenced him to the electric chair. This time he asked for 5 bananas, but the guard was wiley - he has read about this man and how he always had bananas before his sentence was carried out, and so this time (with a grin, it's said) he brought the train driver 5 apples instead. The guilty man plead and begged for bananas, but the guard claimed it was an honest mistake but too late to change now.

during which no penalties are assessed. A reprieve is a delay of impending punishment, especially a death sentence; it does not cancel Pardon, amnesty, reprieve are nouns referring to the cancellation, or delay with the possibility of eventual cancellation, of a punishment or penalty assigned for the violation of a military regulation or a civil law; absolution from guilt is not implied, merely a remission of the penalty. A pardon is granted to an individual, often by the action of a government official such as a governor, president, or monarch, and releases the individual from any punishment due for the infraction of the law, as a death sentence, prison term, or fine: to be released from prison with a full pardon.An amnesty is a pardon granted to a group of persons for past offenses against a government; it often includes an assurance of no future prosecution: to grant amnesty to political prisoners; an amnesty period for delinquent taxpayers during which no penalties are assessed.A reprieve is a delay of impending punishment, especially a death sentence; it does not cancel or remit the punishment, it simply delays it, usually for a specific period of time or until a decision can be arrived at as to the possibility of pardon or reduction of sentence: a last-minute reprieve, allowing the filing of an appeal to the Supreme Court. There is a tradition that the puns ordinary people make are so bad they make us wince i.e. are painfull to the ear/eye.There are many componants to 'good' English. One of them is the ability to play with words and language. The pun, the ironic comment, the double meaning, are amongst the many markers of those whose English is admirable; who excell in knowledge and use of English. Well, as he gets into that little town he starts to notice something peculiar. Not a soul is out. Sun's setting, but still plenty of light. Water in the horse troughs tells him it ain't a ghost town, but folks ain't comin' out for some reason.

Father loves to pun, his mother said, her tone amused so Rojer realized that he hadn't embarrassed her.SYNONYMS 3. absolution, remission. pardon, amnesty, reprieve are nouns referring to the cancellation, or delay with the possibility of eventual Ahmose I. Jacobovici suggests that the name of the Pharaoh at the time of the Exodus may have been a pun ( paronomasia). They take a name whose initials are the same as their own or they occasionally pun on the meaning of their names.