The trick to concocting a really bad pun it to start with a really bad premise. The other day at work, just such a premise occurred to me. Come on, it’s not like I was in the finance section of the government supposed to be working on a solution for the economic mess, and had the solution in hand but instead decided to foist a malicious pun on my readers. I had been thinking about it all morning (sad, I know) and as I ate my sandwich at lunch, it finally gelled. Maybe not a good term in light of... Sign in to see full entry.