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Stock Punishment is literally about stocks and/or pillories. But the name is also mildly punny, as a play on Stock... Things. Such as Stock Phrases, Stock Underwear, Stock Footage, Stock Superpowers, etc. Stock Punishment is a stock punishment.
The word "stock" in the name has two meanings.
Edited by SolipSchism

I feel like Stock Punishment should be listed on the Just For Pun index, considering that it's, well, a stock punishment.
Am I the only one? :o
Of course, I'm not sure how you would explain the pun on the index, since it's not a pun on a phrase, just the word "stock" (as in, Stock Characters, Stock Phrases, etc.).
Edited by SolipSchism