Skating puns are an art form that is often misunderstood by those who use them. The only way to properly understand a pun is through practice, but that’s easier said than done. In today’s blog post, I’m going to share with you the ten best lessons I’ve learned from skating and using them when possible. Hopefully this will bring your puns up a few notches!
Here are the things I’ve learned from skating puns, and what I’ve done to use them.
1. Puns are meant for everyone.
This is a big one. Skating Puns are great, but you might be too good for them! “How could I be too good for a pun?” you may ask, but there’s more to it than you think. The thing is, if you’re allergic to milk, eggs and nuts, then punning about milk eggs and nuts is not going to make anyone friendlier towards puns.
2. Find the grater.
This has more to do with using puns, but it’s important. Sometimes, you’ll start a transition into a long, technical combo, and you’ll be feeling pretty good about yourself. Then BAM, you hit a grate on your wheels and all your momentum is lost. The same goes for Puns. When you first start them out they might not be great, but they can grow into something very nice in the end if you don’t give up on them too soon.
3. Don’t get a cow.
You heard me. Don’t get a cow, or any other farm animal for that matter. No one wants to hear your puns about a farm animal, and people will stop liking you if they think you don’t respect them enough to come up with a better pun than “I got the mooove on.” Unless you are physically lactating, then try and keep that to yourself.
4. Give your puns time to marinate.
If you have something good and it isn’t getting the response you want from others, then it’s probably because you rushed it. Take the time to put your puns in the oven, and marinate them long enough for everyone to get a taste of what’s on it.
5. Don’t try to do too many tricks.
If you have a ton of cool tricks, then it’s okay to use some of them when you’re talking to people. But if you only have a few good ones, then stick with those, don’t try and fill the entire conversation with only your best tricks. People won’t want that, they want variety. Also they might not believe you do all those tricks anyway if you force it too much!
6. Know when to go big, and when to go home
This is very important. Some puns are best kept small, while others need the whole arena to hear them. It’s best to think up your pun before you even talk to a person, so you have time to decide if it’s going in a big arena, or staying in your head. I like keeping my puns in my head so that I can focus on the person I’m with instead of how long I’ve been thinking about the pun.
7. Don’t try pulling out moves on newbies.
This is always a good rule to follow. Newbies don’t know what you’re doing, and they’ll never be able to tell how good you are if you try to pull some type of trick out on them. Besides that, if they are newbies they’re probably nervous, so having your arm stuck in the bowl may be a bad idea. You don’t want to scare someone off by having them think their friends might get mad because of their first experience with a skating pun! Try something small and safe with new people so that you can have fun with them.
8. Have fun!
This one goes for pretty much everything when you’re skating, but especially for puns. If you aren’t having fun with your puns, then don’t use them. No one wants to hear a pun if you’re not smiling while you say it. Sometimes I come up with some really good ones that I end up not using just because i’m not having fun with them. If someone uses a pun on me and it’s really funny, I’ll be sad that I wasn’t there to hear it!
9. You can always bake them later.
This has less to do with skating, but it’s about puns so why not? Sometimes you have something so good that needs to come out of your mouth RIGHT NOW or else your brain will explode from thinking about it too long.
