Reading Addicts are refined and high brow people with a sophisticated sense of humour… Usually.
Ok who are we kidding- you love the puerile, pun-tastic, and perfectly poor taste joke as much as the next person. The only difference is that we Reading Addicts occasionally mix a little literary knowledge into their humour, and come up with some jokes only fellow readers will understand.
How many of the following literary jokes do you understand? And can you come up with any more?
Rap/Lit because why not, eh?
OMG NO ROMEO
Answers on a postcard…
Jesus take the bill
Seems simple enough
Medusa rocks
Genius/gross
A weirdly specific working scale…
Which payment system would you prefer- Dickens or Dumas?
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