Greece, its histrionic effectswere studied and exploited. Asa technique in modern humor it pretends to dull the edge of dire news while reallysharpening it.was nothing," he said. "I was climbing onthe kitchen ladder and I fell down.""Kitchen ladder? What were you doing onthe kitchen ladder?" "I was trying to get theglue." "Glue? What did you want the gluefor?" "So I could fix the vase in the livingroom." "The vase? Did you break thevase?" "No, the ball broke it." "The ball?""Yes. After it broke the mirror, it bouncedoff and hit the vase." "Were you playing ball in the living room?" "Oh, No. We were playing in the yard and the ball brokethrough the big bay window. Now, Mother,will you please hurry and put some iodineon my knee. The boys are waiting for me." boner
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校园幽默
The boner is a humorousdevice and a category of theslip. Boners are short and pointed mistakes that have anamusing effect. They are thereplies made by schoolchildren or college students toan oral or written question.I.Teacher to pupil: Tell me two pronouns.Pupil: Who!? Me!?II.A science graduate asks, “Whydoes it work?” An engineeringgraduate asks, “How does itwork?” A business graduate asks,“How much will it cost?” A mediastudies graduate asks, “Do youwant fries with that?”catch tale
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抖包袱
The Catch tale is a funny storywhose name derives from itsessential catch nature, thedeception of the reader constituting the basis of itshumor. The descriptive catchtale usually misleads the reader by implying somethingdreadful ending with a suddentrivial denouement.She laid the still white form beside thosethat had gone before. No groan, no sobforced its way from her heart. Thensuddenly she let forth a cry that pierced thestillness of the place, making the air vibratewith a thousand echoes. It seemed to comefrom her very soul. Twice the cry wasrepeated, then all was quiet again. Shewould lay another egg tomorrow.epigram
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文字游戏
An epigram is a short & clever saying referring to a generalgroup of persons or things.Epigrams are mostly satire anddeal with evils and follies of mankind. There are two basictypes of epigrams, wordplayand thoughtplay. All epigramscontain both, but generally oneor the other dominates.I. "The world should make peace first andthen make it last".II. When you are right, no one remembers;when you are wrong, no one forgets.exaggerism
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This type of comic sayingamusingly overstates thespecial features, defects or peculiarities of a person or thing.I. The kitchen was so small the mice had towalk on their hind legs.II. She is so industrious, when she hasnothing to do she sits and knits her brows.extended
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proverb
巧改谚
Of all twisted proverbs themost extensive class is theI. Money talks, but it has few intimates. II.Talk is cheap, except when you hire a
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