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A joke is a very serious thing
A joke is a very serious thing
You throw a perfectly straight line at the audience and then, right at the end, you curve it. Good jokes read more
You throw a perfectly straight line at the audience and then, right at the end, you curve it. Good jokes do that.
"He started hating me, cause I couldn't laugh at his jokes. I just started finding it impossible to laugh at read more
"He started hating me, cause I couldn't laugh at his jokes. I just started finding it impossible to laugh at his jokes the way I used to."
Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any read more
Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments.
The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.
The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.
The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already read more
The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded
It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds read more
It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes.
The problem with political jokes is they get elected.
The problem with political jokes is they get elected.
A difference of tastes in jokes is a great strain on the affections.
A difference of tastes in jokes is a great strain on the affections.