{"id":1226,"date":"2020-07-15T09:46:24","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T09:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/schliboz\/?page_id=1226"},"modified":"2020-09-08T14:19:37","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T14:19:37","slug":"puns","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/schliboz\/ch16\/puns\/","title":{"rendered":"More to explore about puns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oz packs the Scarecrows head with a mixture of bran, pins and needles and tells him <em>\u201cI have given you a lot of bran-new brains.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p>This is a play on the words &#8216;brand new&#8217; and is called a pun. A pun uses different meanings of the same word to make you laugh. Explore these websites and videos to find out more about puns, jokes and word play.<\/p>\n<p>You get a lot of <a href=\"https:\/\/examples.yourdictionary.com\/examples-of-puns-for-kids.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">puns in jokes<\/a>, especially Doctor Doctor jokes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Operation Ouch | Try Not To Laugh! | Doctor Doctor Jokes\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ChzhAsPMCio?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>People have been telling jokes for thousands of years. But did you know telling jokes is good for you?<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why jokes are good for kids?\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qoMrGnKW-kg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>There is a saying that laughter is the best medicine which means that jokes are actually good for your health.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Science for Kids - Why Do We Laugh? | Science Experiments for Kids | Operation Ouch\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u8U4znYyDpk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000\">Challenge yourself!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TkLBVMrcvYY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here is a collection of 12 jokes<\/a>. Can you guess the answers before they appear on the screen?<\/p>\n<p>You can also look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/schliboz\/help\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Help with Challenges<\/a> page to come up with your own pun challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oz packs the Scarecrows head with a mixture of bran, pins and needles and tells him \u201cI have given you a lot of bran-new brains.\u201d This is a play on the words &#8216;brand new&#8217; and is called a pun. A pun uses different meanings of the same word to make you laugh. Explore these websites &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/schliboz\/ch16\/puns\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">More to explore about puns<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":0,"parent":36,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1226","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/schliboz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/schliboz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/schliboz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/schliboz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/schliboz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1226"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/schliboz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1572,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/schliboz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1226\/revisions\/1572"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/schliboz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/schliboz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}