People who make puns are like wanton boys that put coppers on the railroad tracks. They amuse themselves and other children, but their little trick may upset a freight train of conversation for the sake of a battered witticism. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Oliver Wendell Holmes: "People who make puns are like wanton boys that put coppers on the railroad tracks. They amuse themselves and other children, but their little trick may upset a freight train of conversation for the sake of a battered witticism."

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Amuse	Battered	Boys	Children
Conversation	Coppers	Freight	Little
Make	Other	People	Puns
Railroad	Sake	Themselves	Tracks
Train	Trick	Upset	Wanton
Witticism

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