Timothy, I've had to hang onto the Earth to keep from flying off because it was spinning too fast.
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Isaac Asimov, best known for his 500+ books was a fan of feghoots, AKA bad puns. This was one of his favorites.
In Victorian England, it was discovered that royal cock pheasants were being shot by the Lord Chief Justice of Scotland, who would hide them in a hole in the wall before coming up to the house to pay his respects to Queen Victoria. Clearly, it was impossible to treat him as a common criminal and drag him to court for poaching, so it was suggested that he be charged instead with male pheasants in orifice.