Nervous laughter

Now that I finally had my Costa Rican money in hand, I was prepared to start the ten day adventure. Although I could not understand the energetic conversations all around me, I could tell that people were happy. It was such an infectious feeling. We pushed through the glass doors, the atmosphere from inside the airport, to just a few steps outside was so different. The Costa Rican sun kissed my pale-skinned cheeks, and the chatter of people could be heard. Natives were yelling out, “Pura Vida,”…

These offensive lyrics aim to make people laugh and most importantly, to make people to discover the hidden meanings. Offensive humor is done by letting the viewer believing the joke is actually talking about something else or is the person who is supposed to be laugh at (Sienkiewicz & Marx, 2009).There are many individuals who after hearing the song condemn these lyrics as being powerful enough to incite a rebellion, whereas others will view the song as a satirical statement of the U.S.…

I remembered his laughter, our laughter, when he watched us dance as he giggles charmingly. However, I remembered his downfall. A “tragic” downfall. His muscles forgot how to operate, twitching from time…

Kaylah Lightfoot 1. Why does Dick tell the Korean children lies about America? Dick didn’t want to children to think America is a bad place. He wanted them to have a good imagination of the world since they are blind. Dick tells the children about clowns and the children come up with a cute nickname for him, ‘Crown’. All the children love how interacting, and loving Dick was when he came around. Cho let us know how interacting Dick was by saying, “To entertain the blind children he would try to…

attempt to lie down on it, only their torso fits on the bed, with their legs almost completely on the ground below. The character’s exacerbation upon discovering this in addition to the unexpectedness of the bed’s length would, of course, incite laughter. In addition to exploiting regularities and avoiding coincidences, the brain’s perception center also tends to attribute animacy to inanimate objects, thus allowing for entertainment that follows along the same lines as a stand-up comic…

“Rummy”, she would yell, all of us laughed until our insides hurt. My mom looked at me with shock. “How can a she beat us at Rummy?”, mom would say over the sound of laughter. I always looked forward to the nights spent at Grannys. She was a firecracker that loved cards. Oh, if you went to Wendover without her you were in for an ear full. You'd never guess by looking at her that she loved to gamble. Looks are deceitful though, her snow white hair and fragile skin did not accurately depict her…

“Back off man; I’m a scientist.” In the movie, Ghostbusters, Peter Venkman is a parapsychologist and the leader of the Ghostbusters. Peter and I are similar because we are both funny, random, and very talkative. Peter and I are both funny. Peter was never serious with anything he did, and he always had an amusing comment to add to any situation. In my opinion, I can be capricious at times. I love having a good laugh and sharing one. Sometimes when I’m goofing off with friends, I can sometimes…

Come on we have a mess to clean up the others will be here tomorrow and we have a lot to take care of. Oh… Didn’t I tell you. Now we have 4 extra hands to help us thanks to the Chief, Kyle said.” “You are sly my friend, Brandon chuckled.” “Na…The chief knew we were going to need some help after the quake so he sent 4 of his best guys to us. They were already on their way right before our uninvited guests showed up. Our chopper guy reported to him after the first quake and I think Chief Eagle…

Humor fails when a line is crossed. The older we get, the more we may realize how we should learn the circumstances in which humor might be used. The timing must always be right or it could place a strain on a situation such as a relationship. The Benign Violation Theory says that, “A joke can fail in one of two ways: it can be too benign, and therefore boring, or it can be too much of a violation, and therefore offensive. To be funny, a joke has to land in that sweet spot between the two…

Dumb Things Are Important Hello. I think you're pretty neat. Thank you for stopping by. So dumb things... If you wanna take the title as a complaint, you'll have a lot of ammunition to prove your point. In the education world, there are a lot of dumb rules and contradictory policies from the classroom level all the way up to the education policy makers. The problem, for me with this line of thinking is it's not what I do well. I mean, yeah, I can complain, and iddlI can point fingers, but I'm…