There was a rich king of a south sea island (maybe not too far from Trid). He was so rich that he had a two-story grass hut/house. He also had an expensive hobby; he collected thrones and would often buy them from kings on neighboring islands. He stored his thrones on the second floor of his grass house. One day he came home from one of his throne-collecting trips to find that his house had collapsed.
The moral of the story: People who live in grass houses should not stow thrones.
It (along with many others) are here.
ggurman asked: Is there a term for the kind of joke that ends in a play on a well-known expression?
I believe it's just another form of "pun" ... that's what I'd call all these examples anyway. So here's my contribution:
A golfer was warned by his doctor that his heart was too weak to continue playing the game, but he refused to give up his favorite sport. Sure enough, next time he played, he suffered a heart attack and ended up in the hospital. When his doctor saw him again, he admonished the guy, saying "What did I tell you? You should have put the heart before the course!"
Heimhenge said
ggurman asked: Is there a term for the kind of joke that ends in a play on a well-known expression?
I believe it's just another form of "pun" ... that's what I'd call all these examples anyway. So here's my contribution:
A golfer was warned by his doctor that his heart was too weak to continue playing the game, but he refused to give up his favorite sport. Sure enough, next time he played, he suffered a heart attack and ended up in the hospital. When his doctor saw him again, he admonished the guy, saying "What did I tell you? You should have put the heart before the course!"
Some of the word play almost become Spoonerisms, but, Spoonerisms transposed word sounds without trying to make real words. The Pee Little Thrigs and Rindercella are retelling of classics completely full of Spoonerisms.
By contrast, many of these puns given in this topic use real words to transpose word sounds.
