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September 4, 2016

One-liners

Sentences in which one word clearly has two distinct meanings, and at the same time both these meanings can be (loosely) applied to the situation described. Alternatively, sentences in which one word clearly sounds the same as another word that has a distinct meaning, and at the same time both these meanings (loosely) apply to the situation described. 

Here are some examples, of which the keywords are underlined:

To write with a broken pencil is pointless.
Claustrophobic people are more productive thinking outside the box.
It's a lengthy article on Japanese Sword Fighters, but I can Samurais it for you.
Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
Einstein developed a theory about space, and it was about time too.