Jest For Pun!

Unless you live in a remote part of the world, you’re bound to notice signs, message boards, bill posters, newspaper headlines and advertisements.

Some of these headlines and phrases contain puns, which are play on words.   For example, the words aisle, isle and I’ll.    Same sound but three different meaning.  Aisle reminds me of the famous joke of the bride-to-be who, upon walking down the aisle, promptly said, “Aisle altar hymn.”

Words, puns and headlines, either in phrases or short snappy slogans, can be used in your competition tiebreakers to win holidays, cars and exciting prizes, as well as reaping rewards as successful business slogans too.

Want to win yourself a computer, then how about?

I buy computers from X store because… customers “enter”, “save” and “return”!

For a computer shop, your business slogan may be… “Enter, save and return a-gain and a-gain”.  Or quite simply, “Enter, save and return!”

I’ve noticed some really interesting shop names when around town, such as, “Million-hairs”  and, “Curl up and dye!”

A magazine gardening feature on sowing seeds, hoe-ing weeds and planting trees, inspired me to come up with, “hoe, sow good, offering tree-mendous value at every branch!”

Fancy a cup of coffee?  It’s not a “mugs gain” when you use play on words:

Coffee every Thirst-day morning!

You’ll find the “blends justify the beans” when you’re awarded a “sip-loma” for your slogans!

I entered a competition to win a tool cabinet at a DIY store, and noticed that the shelves in-store were packed with goods.  The store produced leaflets showing its customers how to tackle simple repair jobs and I thought that’s a good idea, it inspires self confidence.  I decided to use self confidence as a starting point for my slogan, and playing around with words came up with the phrase, “shelf-confidence”.

My final tiebreaker of, “I buy from store because… it’s pack-ed with shelf-confidence!” scooped me a very useful prize of a professional DIY tool cabinet.

I began to compile a notebook of useful puns and phrases and even on holiday lazing round the pool, I’d ask family and friends for ideas.  How many phrases can you think of do with animals?  t’s surprising what you can come up - gnu dimension in, no point lion to you, fun and gir-affter, a-mouse-ment arcade.  Even non-animal puns came up -  wasp a way to go, bee-hive yourself.

Whilst many compers like to complete their tiebreakers in the maximum words allowed, for instance, twelve words, I prefer to make mine short and snappy.  For example, “gold-en opera-tune-ity” scooped a £2,000 music centre in a golden oldies music contest.  And all for two words!

This simple method developed and 4,000 puns and many months later, Pun-ch Lines! was born.

Here for you as a taster, are two ideas from each of the 43 categories in  Pun-ch Lines!

Animal Kingdom Gnu dimension in No point lion to you Babycare Baby steals the show From here to maternityBooks & Stationery Puts knowing into going Results are pen-ding Cameras & Films Giving it your best shot Scene the difference Cinemas, Movies & Theatre Just the ticket To my horror Cleansers Mould-ed into success Reflect-ing our image Computers Type the slate clean Wired up for Confectionery Pack-ful of fun You can-nut be serious Cosmetics & Perfumes Odour-whelming value Wins hands down Do It Yourself Full of shelf confidence Plane to see Drinks - Beers & Lagers Kicks your thirst Top of the hops Drinks - Beverages Don’t leaf me this way Tea-se made for you Drinks - Soft Drinks Burst into song Juice the tonic you need Drinks - Wines & Spirits Grin and tonic It’s still the best Electrical Appliances Hob nob with the best Steam-ing good value Financial Products Bank on our service Never a-loan with Food - Bakery & Cereals More follows a great cereal Toast-ing bride and groom Food - Dairy Spread-ing the moos Tastes just grate Food - Desserts Cater for your needs In the lick of time Food - Fish Fin-k about it When the chips are down Food - Fruit & Veg Back to the roots Pick-ing up where you left off

Food - Healthy Eating Figure it out Waist not, want notFood - Meat Pork-u-pine for On the tip of my tongue Food Sugar & Spice Pay at the dill Sauce of inspiration Footwear & Luggage Case dismissed Step to it Gardening Borders on the edge of Cut above the rest Haircare Barber her than me Set in its ways Health & Fitness Ego food Slim n’ trim Holiday Hotspots Broaden your horizons Weather or not Home Products Handles like a dream Top of the mops Jewellery On the stroke of Worth its weight in gold Laundry Products Drying is a breeze Keeps me hanging on Motoring Cutting corners In the head-lights Music It de-trend-s on you Leaves no tone unturned Sports - Ball Games Hole lot better for Tee and biscuits Sports - Non-Ball Games Rope-d into Under starters orders Suncare Always a shade better than No glare-ing mistakes Themes History in the making Present-ing the facts Toiletries Foam-ing the streets Load of flannel Toys & Games In a roundabout way Kept in the park Transport All aboard to Leave landing lights on TV, Satellite, Video Gains a good reception Reaching great volumes

*Be sure to visit eMenang.com, next week on Saturday to learn more winning tips by Lynne Suzanne. In the meantime, Happy Win-ning!

 

-Lynne Suzanne-

About the author
Lynne Suzanne is a consultant, freelance writer and author of Win With Lynne Intaslogans, Pun-ch Lines! and Win Your Fortune in Prizes. FREE Win With Lynne - How to Win Competitions guide. www.win-with-lynne.co.uk