Recently, the Middle East has found itself in the center of a controversy surrounding a new Polish joke. The joke, which was told on a popular comedy show, revolves around the Hezbollah terrorist group and has sparked outrage among Lebanese and other...
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Humor humor space thought original femalePrinceton Professor Harry Frankfurt’s 1986 essay “On Bullshit” has been re-examined in light of the proliferation of “fake news” and the impact of politicians who regularly twist the truth or make baseless claims. When Frankfurt originally...
Humor humor title author harry examinationa closer viewThe secret in comedy writing is association. Let's see how this technique of association generates hilarious result. By association, means by pairing or combining thoughts, images or even words together. The most popular and obvious form of ass...
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Humor humor decade ruled time street speedOne week the inflammatory anti-American Iraqi cleric Mugtada Al-Sadr criticizes George Bush for not withdrawing American troops from Iraq, so, he apparently hopes, the Democratic government will collapse and he can rush in to govern like his fellow m...
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