Under the EEC Directive 385319, para 5 of the European Pun Quota 2006, I have to unfortunately close this thread.
The 2009/10 UK designated quote for puns has been exceeded well before the pun season has ended.
It should be noted that some of those puns were much smaller than officially sanctioned...and should have been thrown back for breeding purposes.
Closed.
P.S. The real reason....it was starting to get painful.