“No circumstance, however dismal, will ever be considered a sufficient excuse for the admission of that last and saddest evidence of intellectual poverty, the pun.” — Mark Twain
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If I had a dog I’d name it Virginia Woof.
If I had two dogs, I’d name the second Bark Twain.
If I had an elephant I’d name it Sagatha Christie.
If I had a bug I’d name it Harper Flea.
If I had a whale I’d name it Gustave Blowbert.
If I had a pony I’d name it Ernest Hemingneigh.
If I had two goats I’d name them Joyce and Carol.
If I had a sloth whose work was both classic and newly relevant, I’d name him George Snorewell.