An Allegorical Murder Most Punny

[lydamorehouse]

 Because people asked, here is a list of the characters in of the never-gonna-write it allegorical murder mystery:

Our heroine, Helena Handbasket (because her life goes to pot.)
The lawyer (and possible love interest,) Scott Free

Other characters in no particular order:

May Hem (possibly the killer)
Tom Foolery (Irish, comic relief)
Herr Trigger (another possible suspect)
Justin Case (the General Store keeper)
Ann Thrax (red herring, because too obvious to be the killer)
Sam Monella (Ann's brother, also a red herring)
Miss Demeanor (local drag queen)
Polly Hedron (math/geometry teacher)
Frau Du Lent (Herr Trigger's wife, works at the bank)
Fy "Ring" Blanks (sheriff)
Hugh Manity (the social worker)
John Dis (the doctor)
Mal Content (another possible killer)
May Day (911 Dispatch operator)
Phil Osopher (the professor)
Polly Amory (a ringer, since she's just living her best life, but everyone thinks she's up to no good.)
Phil Andering (the cheating husband)
Miss Givings (local spinster)
Miss Lee Ding (another red herring, though also feeds our heroine bad info/clues)

Comments

[profiterole_reads]

These are awesome! :D

[house_wren]

I love your list! Thanks for posting it.

I grew up with a mother and grandfather who loved - LOVED! - puns.

They had a specific form for the name puns: Mr and Mrs Hedron and their daughter, Polly; Mr and Mrs Foolery and their son, Tom, etc.

[dreamshark]

Hi-larious! It occurs to me that this would be a great source for knock-knock jokes, so I went back through them looking for puns that might be comprehensible to children (because who else actually likes knock-knock jokes?). Hmmm, not too many, unfortunately. Lena (age 9) might get some of these, but most of the vocabulary is probably too advanced for her. Let alone Leo (4) who is desperate to be a comedian but hasn't quite mastered the concept of a "joke" yet. He has learned the format of knock-knock jokes, but still thinks a good joke is "Chicken! Chicken who? Chicken Butt!"

Do you know any good kid jokes?

[kore]

Hah, these are hilarious!