The Daily Star’s ‘Top of the mourning’ tribute was the epitome of bad taste – but the paper can’t support itself. The rest of us should know betterPeople bear been objecting to the Daily Star’s headline Top o’ the Mourning to report the death of Terry Wogan,and rightly so. It is crass because it forces the reader’s attention on the trick being performed instead of on the subject, which – when that is loss and bereavement – is inappropriate.
But this is the besetting sin of puns and punsters generally, or why there should be heavy fines and prison sentences for anyone who uses them in conversation. I once had to punch a friend to the ground when he replied to the opening question “How are you?” with Pretty well. Or at least one of those.” He can’t support himself.
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Source: theguardian.com