You Can T Joke About That

Author : Kat Timpf
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-04-18
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780063270435

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You Can't Joke About That by Kat Timpf Pdf

What happens when we can’t joke about some of the most important stuff in life? In a 2019 study, 40% of people reported censoring themselves out of fear that voicing their views would alienate them from the people they care about most. Those people should probably not read this book in public. In You Can’t Joke About That, Kat Timpf shows why much of the way we talk about sensitive subjects is wrong. We’ve created all the wrong rules. We push ourselves into unnecessary conflicts when we should feel like we’re all in this together. When someone says “you can’t joke about that,” what they really mean is “this is a subject that makes people sad or angry.” Hilariously and movingly, Timpf argues that those subjects are actually the most important to joke about. She shows us we can find healing through humor regarding things you probably don't want to bring up in polite conversation, like traumatic break-ups, cancer, being broke, Dave Chappelle, rape jokes, aging, ostomy bags, religion, body image, dead moms, religion, the lab leak theory, transgender swimmers, gushing wounds, campus censorship, and bad Christmas presents. This book is Kat Timpf with her hair down, except since hers is mostly extensions, this book is Kat Timpf with her hair out. Read it because you want to get to know her better. Read it because it’s the best book on free speech and comedy in a generation. Read it because you want to laugh out loud… even at the kind of stuff we’re afraid to say out loud. Just read it, and you’ll be glad you did.

Author : Editors of Portable Press
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781626866133

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The Funniest Joke Book Ever! by Editors of Portable Press Pdf

Over 500 giggles, groans, and belly laughs! Kids can’t resist sharing jokes (even you try to stop them), so they always need a fresh supply. We’ve stuffed the pages of this little joke book with the funniest jokes we could find. Old favorites, new favorites, and a few festering stinkers, all guaranteed to make kids laugh out loud. You’ll find Q&A jokes, knock-knock jokes, riddles, and one-liners. And, of course, we’ve included entire chapters of those all-time kid-pleasers: elephant jokes, pirate jokes, and space jokes. Here’s a sampling: What's black and white, black and white, black and white? A penguin rolling down a hill. Why don’t zombies eat clowns? They taste funny. Why did the hen scold her chicks? They were using fowl language. What kind of books do skunks read? Best-smellers! How does Darth Vader like his toast? On the dark side. . . . and many more!

Author : Gary Lukatch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-04
Category : Humor
ISBN : 1438945574

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If You Can't Take a Joke... by Gary Lukatch Pdf

The Information Age has unleashed a torrent of facts, stories, history and, well, information. Instant communication is the order of the day. What used to take weeks or months to make the rounds now takes mere minutes. And so it is with humor. Now we can send and receive jokes, funny stories and other humorous fancies any time of the day or night. And we all get the latest gags from our friends, don't we? Every day we get jokes and funny stories and interesting historical notes and other spam-type jottings. We all have friends who remember every joke they have ever heard. The Editor of this volume is not, unfortunately, one of those people. So, being the world's worst joke-rememberer, he saved every humorous anecdote and story and joke that was sent to him over the years since the Internet has been up and in general use. Yep, he even saved the very first joke sent to him via email. And, admittedly, there has been a lot of really great humor making the rounds. Some of these gems you've heard, some have been sent to you, but a lot of them are probably still new. Gary Lukatch's newest book, If You Can't Take a Joke..., is a compilation of many of the best of the best emails, jokes, gags, stories and even some thought-provoking items. Enjoy them all. (NOTE: This is also a great book to keep in the bathroom to while away those quiet times.)

Author : I. P. Grinning
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1495995208

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101 School Jokes for Kids by I. P. Grinning Pdf

IP Factly presents... '101 School Jokes for Kids', a fun, funny, and often cheesy joke book. 101 School Jokes for Kids for Kids is a wonderful, natural way for children to improve their reading. They are able to practice their reading skills whilst enjoying themselves. Joke books for kids have the added benefit of improving memories, and importantly, instilling confidence. Children are given a great reason to talk in front of groups and with practice are able to feel comfortable doing it. Joke books for kids on kindle are also a fun way for a family to interact, laughing - or moaning - at the jokes. Click on the cover above to see a sample of the jokes or read on.... 1. Why did the teacher get stronger bulbs for the school room?Because the class was a little dim! 2. Who's the king of your desk?Your ruler! 3. Why did the sun not bother going to college?It already had a million degrees! 4. Teacher: How did the Dark Ages get their name?Pupil: From all the Knights! 5. History teacher: How did Vikings communicate?Pupil: Norse code! Reviews for other IP Factly joke books Child appropriate jokes, April 24 By A-J (Australia) Amazon Verified PurchaseThis review is from: 101 Jokes for Kids (Joke Books for Kids) (Kindle Edition)Got it for my son's 10th birthday, he loved it and I love the fact it gets him reading. I personally can't comment on the content as we have just spent 4 hours on the road, many of them listening to these jokes! Substitute Teachers Take Note, March 29, 2013 By Donna Galloway Amazon Verified PurchaseThis review is from: 101 Knock Knock Jokes for Kids (Joke Books for Kids) (Kindle Edition)This is fun and the elementary kids that I sub like to call it up and use it for our free time or great for indoor recess. I am afraid that I will need a new set of 101's before too long, the kids are learning these! Happy grandkid, March 11, 2013 By Priscilla Branham Amazon Verified PurchaseThis review is from: 101 Jokes for Kids (Joke Books for Kids) (Kindle Edition)I bought this for my grand child. He loved reading it on the kindle. He was trying the jokes out on all the family members. My son loves 'em., February 22, 2013 By James Leonard Amazon Verified PurchaseThis review is from: 101 Knock Knock Jokes for Kids (Joke Books for Kids) (Kindle Edition)My six year old gets a kick out of these corny little knock knock jokes. It entertains him, and makes him laugh. Scroll up and Buy this book now - your child will love going back to it again and again.

Author : Crazy Corey
Publisher : Try Not to Laugh Challenge Group
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-24
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1951025423

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The Try Not to Laugh Challenge - 11 Year Old Edition by Crazy Corey Pdf

Author : Susan Fenton,Sue Fenton
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2006-09-20
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780071479004

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The World's Wackiest French Joke Book by Susan Fenton,Sue Fenton Pdf

Teaches French vocabulary through five hundred jokes and quips, the answers to which are puns on French words. Includes related fun facts.

Author : Marcus Tullius Cicero
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780691206165

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How to Tell a Joke by Marcus Tullius Cicero Pdf

"Everyone knows that Marcus Tullius Cicero was one of the great statesmen, lawyers, and effective orators in the history of Rome. But did you also know he was regarded as one of the funniest people in Roman society as well? Five hundred years after his death, in the twilight of antiquity, the writer Macrobius ranks him alongside the comic playwright Plautus as the one of the two greatest wits ever. In this book, classicist Michael Fontaine, proposes to translate selections from Cicero's great rhetorical treatise, On the Ideal Orator (De Oratore). That larger work covered the whole of rhetoric and effective public speaking and debate. However, contained within it, is a long section focused on the effective use of humor in public speaking. In it, Cicero is concerned not just with various kinds of individual jokes, but with jokes that are advantageous in social situations. He advises readers on how to make the most effective use of wit to win friends, audiences, and achieve their overall ambitions. Cicero wants to teach his readers how to tell a joke without looking like a buffoon, and how to prevent or avoid jokes from backfiring. Hence, he does give scores of examples of jokes-some of which are timeless and translate easily, others that involve puns in Latin that challenged the translator's creativity. But overall, this work brings to the fore a little known, but important part of Cicero's classic work."--

Author : C. Adams,Howling Moon Howling Moon Books
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1711617962

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Try Not to Laugh Challenge Joke Book 13 Year Old Edition by C. Adams,Howling Moon Howling Moon Books Pdf

STOCKING STUFFER GIFT for 13 YEAR OLD TEEN BOYS & GIRLS! WELCOME to the Try Not to Laugh Challenge Joke GameTM Joke Book - 13 Year Old Edition! The Try Not to Laugh Challenge Joke Book isn't your ordinary Joke Book, it is a Hilarious Interactive Game to Play with one or more people! This LOL Book is Full of Clean, Funny Jokes, Silly Puns, along with some Tricky Questions that are geared towards TEENS! Perfect for the Car & Plane Travel, Holiday Parties, Reunions, Family & Friends! Santa-Approved Stocking Stuffer Gifts for Teens! An Awesome Gift for that special 13 Year Old! Try Not to Laugh Challenge Game Rules Pick your team, or go one on one. Sit across from each other & make eye contact. Take turns reading jokes to each other. You can make silly faces, funny sound effects, etc. When your opponent laughs or cracks a smile, you get a point! First team to win 3 points, Wins! For Teens 13 years old! PERFECT GIFT FOR YOUR KIDS AND FAMILIES THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON! Get Ready for Hours of Family Fun! Check out our other-Try Not to Laugh ChallengeTM Joke Books!

Author : Sally Holloway
Publisher : Book Shaker
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Comedy
ISBN : 1907498370

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Serious Guide to Joke Writing by Sally Holloway Pdf

This comprehensive joke writing masterclass has been devised for beginners and experienced joke writers alike. The techniques you will learn can be used again and again to write funny and original material. You hold in your hands the key to unlocking your inner comedy genius.

Author : Todd McGowan
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780810135826

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Only a Joke Can Save Us by Todd McGowan Pdf

Only a Joke Can Save Us presents an innovative and comprehensive theory of comedy. Using a wealth of examples from high and popular culture and with careful attention to the treatment of humor in philosophy, Todd McGowan locates the universal source of comedy in the interplay of the opposing concepts lack and excess. After reviewing the treatment of comedy in the work of philosophers as varied as Aristotle, G. W. F. Hegel, Sigmund Freud, Henri Bergson, and Alenka Zupancic, McGowan, working in a psychoanalytic framework, demonstrates that comedy results from the deployment of lack and excess, whether in contrast, juxtaposition, or interplay. Illustrating the power and flexibility of this framework with analyses of films ranging from Buster Keaton and Marx Brothers classics to Dr. Strangelove and Groundhog Day, McGowan shows how humor can reveal gaps in being and gaps in social order. Scholarly yet lively and readable, Only a Joke Can Save Us is a groundbreaking examination of the enigmatic yet endlessly fascinating experience of humor and comedy.

Author : David E. Low
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781040008775

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Transgressive Humor in Classrooms by David E. Low Pdf

In this innovative book, David E. Low examines the multifaceted role of humor in critical literacy studies. Talking about how teachers and students negotiate understandings of humor and social critique vis-à-vis school-based critical literacy curriculums, the book co-examines teachers’ and students’ understandings of humor and critique in schools. Critical literacy centers discussions on power and social roles but often overlooks how students use transgressive humor as a means to interrogate power. Through examples of classroom interactions and anecdotes, Low analyzes the role of humor in classroom settings to uncover how humor interplays with critical inquiry, sensemaking, and nonsense-making. Articulated across the fields of literacy studies and humor studies, the book uses ethnographic data from three Central California high schools to establish linkages and dissonances between critical literacy education and adolescents’ joking practices. Adopting the dialectic of punching up and punching down as a conceptual framework, the book argues that developing more nuanced understandings of transgressive humor presents educators with opportunities to cultivate deeper critical literacy pedagogies and that doing so is a matter of social justice. Essential for scholars and students in literacy education, this book adds to the scholarship on critical literacy by exploring the subversive power of humor in the classroom.

Author : Billy Boy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-19
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1951025199

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The Don't Laugh Challenge - 10 Year Old Edition by Billy Boy Pdf

The Don't Laugh Challenge(TM) - 10 Year Old Edition is HERE! Why did the t-shirt only text his girlfriend? He didn't like to COLLAR! Welcome to The Don't Laugh Challenge(TM) (A.K.A. The BEST kids joke book and game)! If you are open-minded about your kids learning new jokes, becoming more self-confident, AND developing a stronger sense of humor then this book is for you, well really... THEM! I'm sure by now you have heard of The Don't Laugh Challenge(TM) Joke Books Series, but in the rare case, you haven't, please allow me to explain what all of the fuss is about! The Don't Laugh Challenge(TM) Joke Books are unlike any other joke books on the market! It is not meant to be read in isolation, but instead, it is a game or a challenge that is to be played between friends, siblings, cousins, or any two people who like to tell jokes. In this case, our 6 Year Old Edition is the ultimate showdown between two players or '2 Jesters' that include kid's jokes AND silly scenarios! This book is hours of fun, and great gift ideas for 10 year old boys and girls! If you haven't heard of the rules, here they are: Each round is set up so that the 2 jokesters will take turns reading jokes to the other player. Next comes the Silly Scenarios, where each player will read the scenario to themselves, and act it out to get the other player to guess what in the world they are doing (think Charades)! Don't forget to use your silliest faces to get your opponent to crack a smile! When the person listening laughs or even cracks a smile, the joke teller gets a point. Follow the instructions at the bottom of each page until you tally up the final score and crown the Don't Laugh MASTER! Who should I get this new take on toy for, you ask? Do you know a boy or a girl that likes to laugh? The Don't Laugh Challenge(TM) game is good for all girls and boys age 10 and up! Give it as a stocking stuffer, Christmas gift or present! This imaginative book will spark your child's creative side all while being screen-free! Some old-fashioned, friendly competition never hurt anybody! Whether you are looking for the newest gifts, games, presents, best sellers, or toys on the market, this renovated classic is a guaranteed hit for all ages! Your children will love it and so will you. Try it today!: )

Author : John R Skull
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798719549927

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If You Can't Take a Joke.... by John R Skull Pdf

This is the story of one boy's journey from his dysfunctional family in the 1960s slums of Belfast during the 'Troubles' to his welcoming and caring family in the Royal Navy. Part one, a story of depravity, abuse and incarceration is tragic and told with dark humour . Part two, the author's hilarious account of the beginnings of his naval career, is tragically funny.You will not find yourself feeling sorry for the 'poor wee Johnny Wardlow' of his childhood, but will cheer him on, as he avoids violence at home and evades paramilitary, police and army patrols on the streets. You'll have some sympathy for his criminal activities and will laugh with him as he navigates the welfare system, the justice system and the youth detention system.Part two will have you laughing out loud, as Paddy Skull (all will become clear!) describes in hilarious detail his first two years in the Royal Navy, taking you from a cold, wintry parade ground near Ipswich, to Central Park in New York City on the 4th of July 1976.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1010 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : American literature
ISBN : UCD:31175023710026

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Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Harper's Magazine made its debut in June 1850, the brainchild of the prominent New York book-publishing firm Harper & Brothers. Harper's Magazine, the oldest general-interest monthly in America, explores the issues that drive our national conversation, through long-form narrative journalism and essays, and such celebrated features as the iconic Harper's Index. With its emphasis on fine writing and original thought Harper's provides readers with a unique perspective on politics, society, the environment, and culture.

Author : Henry Mills Alden,Frederick Lewis Allen,Lee Foster Hartman,Thomas Bucklin Wells
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 952 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Periodicals
ISBN : STANFORD:36105007120053

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Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden,Frederick Lewis Allen,Lee Foster Hartman,Thomas Bucklin Wells Pdf

Important American periodical dating back to 1850.