The Trouble With Jokes

Author : Marcus Tullius Cicero
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691211078
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Tell a Joke written by Marcus Tullius Cicero and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Timeless advice about how to use humor to win over any audience Can jokes win a hostile room, a hopeless argument, or even an election? You bet they can, according to Cicero, and he knew what he was talking about. One of Rome’s greatest politicians, speakers, and lawyers, Cicero was also reputedly one of antiquity’s funniest people. After he was elected commander-in-chief and head of state, his enemies even started calling him “the stand-up Consul.” How to Tell a Joke provides a lively new translation of Cicero’s essential writing on humor alongside that of the later Roman orator and educator Quintilian. The result is a timeless practical guide to how a well-timed joke can win over any audience. As powerful as jokes can be, they are also hugely risky. The line between a witty joke and an offensive one isn’t always clear. Cross it and you’ll look like a clown, or worse. Here, Cicero and Quintilian explore every aspect of telling jokes—while avoiding costly mistakes. Presenting the sections on humor in Cicero’s On the Ideal Orator and Quintilian’s The Education of the Orator, complete with an enlightening introduction and the original Latin on facing pages, How to Tell a Joke examines the risks and rewards of humor and analyzes basic types that readers can use to write their own jokes. Filled with insight, wit, and examples, including more than a few lawyer jokes, How to Tell a Joke will appeal to anyone interested in humor or the art of public speaking.

Author : Nick Butler
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1529232546
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Trouble with Jokes written by Nick Butler and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2023-12-18 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We’re accustomed to seeing humour as a diversion from the serious side of life, but humour also permeates some of the most troubling political developments in recent years. From the resurgence of white nationalism to the erosion of democratic norms, jokes force-feed us objectionable ideologies while we gasp and splutter at all the side-splitting shenanigans. This book explores the relationship between humour and offensiveness in contemporary society. Drawing on examples from philosophical thinkers and popular culture, it invites readers to consider the dark side of humour. Weaving together cultural analysis, political discussion and philosophical reflection, the book provides an antidote to positive thinking about laughter and a roadmap for navigating different types of offensive humour.

Author : Garrison Keillor
Publisher : Blackstone Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pretty Good Joke Book written by Garrison Keillor and published by Blackstone Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 2,200 Jokes from America’s favorite live radio show A treasury of hilarity from Garrison Keillor and the cast of public radio’s A Prairie Home Companion. A guy walks into a bar. Eight Canada Geese walk into a bar. A termite jumps up on the bar and asks, “Where is the bar tender?” Drum roll. The Sixth Edition of the perennially popular Pretty Good Joke Book is everything the first five were and more. More puns, one-liners, light bulb jokes, knock-knock jokes, and third-grader jokes (have you heard the one about Elvis Parsley?). More religion jokes, political jokes, lawyer jokes, blonde jokes, and jokes in questionable taste (Why did the urologist lose his license? He got in trouble with his peers). More jokes about chickens, relationships, and senior moments (the nice thing about Alzheimer’s is you can enjoy the same jokes again and again). It all started back in 1996, when A Prairie Home Companion fans laughed themselves silly during the first Joke Show. The broadcast was such a hit that it became an almost-annual gagfest. Then fans wanted to read the jokes, share them, and pass them around, and the first Pretty Good Joke Book was born. With over 200 new and updated jokes, the latest edition promises countless giggles, chortles, and guffaws anyone—fans of the radio show or not—will enjoy.

Author : Milan Kundera
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 006099505X
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The JOKE written by Milan Kundera and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1993-02-26 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All too often, this brilliant novel of thwarted love and revenge miscarried has been read for its political implications. Now, a quarter century after The Joke was first published and several years after the collapse of the Soviet-imposed Czechoslovak regime, it becomes easier to put such implications into perspective in favor of valuing the book (and all Kundera 's work) as what it truly is: great, stirring literature that sheds new light on the eternal themes of human existence. The present edition provides English-language readers an important further means toward revaluation of The Joke. For reasons he describes in his Author's Note, Milan Kundera devoted much time to creating (with the assistance of his American publisher-editor) a completely revised translation that reflects his original as closely as any translation possibly can: reflects it in its fidelity not only to the words and syntax but also to the characteristic dictions and tonalities of the novel's narrators. The result is nothing less than the restoration of a classic.

Author : Daniella Burr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780590995528
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bailey School Kids Joke Book written by Daniella Burr and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of jokes and riddles about the weird figures living in Bailey City.

Author : Roald Dahl
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141370599
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Roald Dahl: Whizzpopping Joke Book written by Roald Dahl and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of hundreds of great jokes would make even the Trunchbull laugh! Inspired by Roald Dahl's wonderful world, these gigglesome gags are guaranteed to raise a chuckle from human beans young and old.

Author : Kathi Wagner
Publisher : Castle Point Books
ISBN 13 : 1250238692
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ultimate Jokiest Joking Joke Book Ever Written . . . No Joke! written by Kathi Wagner and published by Castle Point Books. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A big, bold, unbelievable collection of the world's funniest jokes! A hysterical collection of jokes, puns, and knock-knocks to crack up kids of all ages, this enormous book features all of the best jokes from the wildly hilarious Jokiest Joking Joke Book series. Accompanied by clever illustrations, these sidesplitting wisecracks will keep kids amused for hours!

Author : Hugh Moore
Publisher : ABDO Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1617859516
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book School Jokes written by Hugh Moore and published by ABDO Publishing Company. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title from Buddy Books contains colorful, easy-to-read jokes with imaginative illustrations.

Author : Matt Lucas
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0008491364
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Silly Book of Pranks written by Matt Lucas and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2021-04-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hilarious new book of pranks from multi-award-winning actor and comedian MATT LUCAS – star of The Great British Bake Off and creator of Thank You, Baked Potato, an official UK download chart-topper and Amazon bestseller!

Author : Joseph Rosenbloom
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781402763977
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hans Wilhelm Treasury of Jokes written by Joseph Rosenbloom and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A band of wacky animals, zany dinosaurs, and kooky monsters are all in on the goofiest jokes ever -- and now you will be too!