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    Keanu Johnson Mrs. Frey AP Language and Composition 13 March 2018 That is the Joke. Humor takes the edge of off troubling ideas so that they can be discussed, but a good humorist requires a certain level of technique for their jokes to land. Comedians are special in their use of this skill, as without such abilities the ideas they discuss would be uncouth and even horrific. Humor lies in execution, and the main bastion between a harsh satire and an angry audience member is the wit and delivery of the jester. Author Alain de Botton insists on the social vitality of humorists, and this implies a degree of responsibility for every able comedian to use their skills to their fullest ability. When these humorists have said abilities, that is. The…

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    Monyh python’s skit “The Funniest Joke in the World”, takes place in the days of WWII, where a British manufacturer of jokes creates such as funny joke that a result of that he dies. Following his death, every person who reads the joke dies from laughter as well. A special British military force translates the joke to German and then the British army read out loud the joke in German. The German soldiers who hear the joke start to laugh hysterically and die as a result of that. The Joke is read…

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    Knock Joke Research Paper

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    Knock-Knock Joke Who: Naim Johnson, who’s 18 years old, and goes to Indiana University, was the lucky interviewee. He is a bio major and is trying to work his way to med school. He loves to watch and play soccer, especially with his roommate Gus, who is also interviewed. What: The Knock-Knock joke Naim’s joke was “Knock Knock… Whos there? Cows go… Cows go who? No stupid, cows go moo. Knock Knock jokes are like an old American pastime. All ages can join in on the innocent fun of a knock knock…

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    Stereotypes Of Brake

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    According to the Collins dictionary, a joke ‘is something that is said or done to make you laugh, for example a funny story’(***). According to Long and Graesser in the Wit and Humor in Discourse Processing, a joke is a type of humour, which is intentionally performed or narrated with the purpose of reaching the humours outcome, that is laughter(1988: p. 37). Unlike wit, that often recounts and relates to the previous happenings, jokes contain all the information needed to be able to understand…

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    Iran People Stereotypes

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    Do you think that it’s funny to joke about Iranian people and their stereotypes that they have? For an example, like Iranian people are terrorists and that they can’t be trusted with any sort of weapon or bomb like substance. But in reality , not all the Iranian people are terrorists and that it isn’t really true what people say about them . These are the types of things that many people think of when Iranian people are mentioned in conversations or in jokes. In a comedy show night by Maz…

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    Cruel Practical Jokes

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    Life’s Cruel Practical Jokes I wish I knew my grandfather as people want me to know him. Everyone pictures my grandfather in his prime. People tell me that my grandfather became an accomplished professor and chemist. Time and time again, others said to me that he built his art creations using science. Pictures shoved in my face tell me of the years my grandfather and my grandmother traveled the world. “When I headed off to college, he built my shelves by hand! Everything he did, he did…

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    the reader in a fun way. There are many different stories that do this by not even talking about it. Authors can do this by saying jokes all throughout a story and they don’t even mention their jokes. This is one of the best ways to make a story because laughter is one of the best feelings. One of the main things an author strives for is to make their readers feel some type of emotion by only reading words on paper. For example, three stories that successfully do this are Independence Day by…

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    Comedy In Today's Society

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    Comically Crude The line drawn between comedy and vulgar references have become blurred in today's society. A comedian may make a joke which offends a great body of people all for the purpose of making a few laugh. Famous comedians make a living off of exploiting both groups, and individual peoples, with derogatory comments in order to make large masses of money. In the past, comedians would cross social lines and force society forward using both obscene language and seemingly deranged or lewd…

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    30+ Funny Knock Knock Jokes for Kids Looking for the best jokes to try out with your friends or maybe your kids? Today’s batch of old and brand new knock knock jokes will make everyone laugh out loud, if not because they’re so funny, but because they’re so silly and some of them stupid to the point of being hilarious. What’s a Knock Knock Joke? Knock knock jokes are questions and answer jokes that end with a pun on the name or object that you give as an answer. There are a few other variations…

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    Definition Of Humor

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    The definition of the word joke is: “a thing that someone says to cause amusement or laughter, especially a story with a funny punchline.” Humor has evolved over time, and everyone’s preference in comedy is valid. However, the word “joke” is starting to become warped. This is referring to offensive jokes. The world is full of cruelty, horrific crime, and twisted people. A common way to cope with our reality is through comedy, which is why offensive jokes exist. I’m not going to pretend that all…

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