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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I always thought that joke needs an actual pun in the first half so the "no pun intended" has a valid double meaning. I came up with:

I told the sad ghost ten puns to raise its spirits. No pun intendid.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's word play.

No pun intended.
"No pun in ten did [win the contest]"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Yes I understand. It works spelled that way. But "no pun intended" doesn't work because there was no pun in the initial setup. In my version both meanings make sense