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I rang Seaworld to order some tickets,the booking clerk told me to say "Jump through the hoop! Do a flip!"
He said my call was being recorded for training porpoises.Comment
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Do you wake up grumpy?
No, he wakes up on his own.Comment
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Originally posted by Alison View Post
Which reminds me 'I needed a password with eight characters so I picked Snow White and the Seven Dwarves'Comment
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I went into a shop and said, "Can someone sell me a kettle ?."
The bloke said "Kenwood" I said, "ok thanks,is he in today ?."Comment
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The version of that which I heard had Russell Hobbs as the answer, to which the retort was "does he really?"...Originally posted by EdgeleyRob View PostComment
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What croaks and is small and red?
– A hoarse radish."...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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'Two monkeys in a bath. One says, 'Ooh ooh ooh ah ah ah.' The other says, 'Well put some water in from the cold tap'.
How do you make a cat go woof?
Soak it in petrol and throw a match at it.
These were some of the opening lines on a very interesting exploration of laughter on Horizon last night hosted by Jimmy Carr. It was wonderful to see that people recognise laughter right over the world and the suggestion that it pre-dates speech. There's an American who has come up with a theory of laughter that there is an element of what he called 'Benign Violation'.
For me it also explained why I might have laughed at something in the 70s but would find it a violation (and not benign) and therefore not laugh at it now. Sorry, as the programme said dissecting humour is like dissecting a frog...noboby laughs and the frog dies.
Anyway, I found it very interesting.
Don't let Jimmy Carr put you off.
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He has the most off-putting laugh. Ironically.Originally posted by johncorrigan View PostDon't let Jimmy Carr put you off."...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Funnily enough, Cal, and happily, that laugh doesn't make an appearance in the programme;but in a bit of the programme about the physiological activity that goes on in the body when someone is laughing, he told a great story about his Mum's laughing; seems she laughed without making a sound and then was known to pass out. Jimmy said he used to take great joy in getting his mother to this state and said it was that which led to him going into comedy.Originally posted by Caliban View PostComment
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Q- How does one milk sheep?
A- Sell them i phone accessoriesComment
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Good Joke from David Baddiel in this week's Guardian Guide.
An Englishman, a Frenchman and a Jew sit on a bench. The Englishman says: “I’m so tired and thirsty, I must have beer.” The Frenchman says: “I’m zo tired and theersty, I must ’ave wine.” The Jew says: “I’m so tired and thirsty, I must have diabetes.”
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