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defon
1 month ago
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Which sentence contains a pun?

English
2 answers:
Lady bird [7.4K]1 month ago
8 0

The sentence that contains the pun is: I could not remember how to throw a boomerang, but it eventually came back to me.

The humor relies on knowing that a boomerang is "a curved stick that, when thrown correctly, returns to the thrower." The pun plays on the idea that a memory can "come back" to you just like a boomerang does.

Bond [7.5K]1 month ago
7 0
<span>The correct answer is C. Boomerangs are designed to return to the thrower; the joke hinges on the memory "coming back" to the person in the same way the boomerang returns.</span>
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