A mill grinds grain, a windmill is just a mill powered by wind. It's not technically correct to call a wind turbine or wind-powered pump a windmill, but that's how it's commonly used. So this comment chain is a pedantic correction leading into the ground water pun.
It's a solid pun, but does require the background of pedantic Internet discussions
You said you don't see the joke. You didn't say anything about it being funny.
You might not believe it, but jokes aren't defined by being funny, as funny is subjective. So if you understood the meaning on the face of it, you saw the joke. You just don't think it's funny. That's you, not a joke problem.
Then you said it's not a pun. That immediately indicates you didn't actually get the meaning on the face of it.
It is a pun. Specifically a homonym. One which it seems, was too deep for you. That's another homonym pun.
The pun is that 'ground' can be a noun meaning 'soil, earth' as in playground or underground, or the past simple and past participle of 'grind' as in ground coffee or ground meat.
20 Comments
its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 95d
I don't see a joke in this.
_skj@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 95d
A mill grinds grain, a windmill is just a mill powered by wind. It's not technically correct to call a wind turbine or wind-powered pump a windmill, but that's how it's commonly used. So this comment chain is a pedantic correction leading into the ground water pun.
It's a solid pun, but does require the background of pedantic Internet discussions
Ghyste@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 95d
Also I couldn't think of a title and used the subject of the original post.
Ghyste@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 95d
its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 0 pts · 95d
Right I got that meaning on the face of it, but it's not funny. It's also not a pun.
Fetus@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 95d
Ground water.
its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 15 pts · 95d
Klear@piefed.world · 10 pts · 95d
The good ending.
acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 7 pts · 95d
Took me a bit too, thanks for your enquiry.
CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 95d
"Ground" water like "ground" coffee beans. It absolutely is a pun.
Steve@communick.news · 4 pts · 95d
You said you don't see the joke. You didn't say anything about it being funny.
You might not believe it, but jokes aren't defined by being funny, as funny is subjective. So if you understood the meaning on the face of it, you saw the joke. You just don't think it's funny. That's you, not a joke problem.
Then you said it's not a pun. That immediately indicates you didn't actually get the meaning on the face of it.
It is a pun. Specifically a homonym. One which it seems, was too deep for you. That's another homonym pun.
Edit: There it is! Congrats
Klear@piefed.world · 7 pts · 95d
Well...
fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net · 5 pts · 95d
Windmills were commonly used to grind grain.
its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 0 pts · 95d
Is that the pun?
OfCourseNot@fedia.io · 8 pts · 95d
The pun is that 'ground' can be a noun meaning 'soil, earth' as in playground or underground, or the past simple and past participle of 'grind' as in ground coffee or ground meat.
lime@feddit.nu · 6 pts · 95d
yes.
its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone · -1 pts · 95d
lime@feddit.nu · 3 pts · 95d
difference being?
prettybunnys@piefed.social · 2 pts · 95d
A pun is a play on words, a portmanteau is also a play on words.
This is both a pun AND a play on words.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 95d
Ow. I think i pulled something reading that.
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club · 4 pts · 95d
I spilled something (a bit of my IQ on the ground, now the dum-dum contaminated the ground water). Puns hurt.