Pun-Forgivable
"The hog products you crave", or a mammal with quills
pork you pine
"To live until you are very, very old", or to widen one's pupils
to dilate/die late
Even Psychology Today used the pun saying this "is not just a river in Egypt"
denial
"To prepare for an exam insufficiently", or a Broadway acting replacement
understudy
A type of party is named for this knight who likes to shock us & catch us unawares
Sir Prise (surprise)
The folks who made Bugs Bunny cartoons were rabbit punsters who came up with titles like 1945's this "Trigger"
Hare
"A spot for handing out pink slips", or a hearth at the base of a chimney
a fire place
"Things that can be seen from the Eiffel Tower", or animals that live & feed on other animals
Paris sites/parasites
The trigonometry teacher was reluctant to do this for her son's loan
co-sign
"After the corn bread", or to delay an event
postpone
Careful--this scaly knight is mentioned in the book of Genesis
Sir Pent (serpent)
A vulture boarding a plane holding 2 dead animals was told sorry, only 1 of these per passenger
carrion
"What you say to scare a lemon pie topping", or an Australian aboriginal weapon
Boo! meringue
"What a female softball player catches the ball with", or a religious recluse
her mitt/hermit
Of a German philosopher, it's said, "Immanuel doesn't pun, he" this
he can't
"Before a cell phone message", or a reason for taking action
pretext
Evidence presented by this knight points indirectly to guilt but doesn't prove it
Sir Cumstantial (circumstantial)
The I.M. Force knows 7-year-old Chris Elliott amused his family calling a Michigan Ave. traffic jam "Michigan" this
Impossible
"Where Noah stored his bees aboard his vessel", or a place where historical documents & records are kept
an ark hive
"What a chicken does to an egg", or a small ax
hatch it/hatchet
It was an emotional wedding--even the cake was in these
in tiers
"Put a noisemaker back on the cat", or to rise up in insurrection
rebel
It cuts like a knife to know this knight is a choice cut of a black Angus
Sir Loin (sirloin)
A group of cattle fired into Earth orbit was this, a twist on an Emerson quote about the Battle of Concord
the herd shot round the world
"To break God's law until a prime time hour", or to sparkle brightly
sin till late
"Former circus big top enclosure", or the distance something encompasses
ex-tent/extent
Those wacky 19th century Democrats won with the campaign slogan "We Polked you in '44. We shall" do this to "you in '52"
Pierce
"To fill in the ditch around the castle", or to reduce in rank
demote
He's insolent, he's gruff, he's just an ill-tempered knight
Sir Ly (surly)
A man sent a pun, then 9 more hoping one would make a friend laugh; unfortunately, this happened
no pun in ten did