2015-01-22 Structure: noun clauses/reported speech

Greg Malivuk
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p. 164 exercise 3, p. 167 exercise 5
exercise 3
1 I don't know what a pun is.
2 I have no idea what hyperbole means.
3 I don't have a clue what the humor of the unexpected happening is.
4 I'm not sure how repetition works in humor.
5 I don't have a clue what the humor of the incongruous situation is.
6 I have no idea how sarcasm differs from other humor.
7 I don't know what endorphins are.
exercise 5
2 by what you tell
3 Ask yourself if/whether the joke you want to tell is vulgar.
4 remember what the key details are
5 Make sure that you have
6 Be certain that you remember
7 (The fact) that you can remember
8 Whether to laugh
"shaggy dog story" - a long detailed story that you expect to be a joke, but there is no punchline at the end

bumper sticker: a sticker you put on the bumper of your car

1 similar to stickers that say things like:
  "Honk if you like the Boston Red Sox"
  "Honk if you support our troops"

2 similar to stickers on commercial vehicles like:
  "If you have complaints about my driving, call 1-800-555-2315"
  also: "If you don't like the way I drive, get off the road!"
	"Complaints about my driving? Call 1-800-FUCK-YOU"

6 original phrase: "Everyone is entitled to their own opinion."

7 similar to bumper stickers that say, "Visualize world peace."

8 (the meaning of the words is important - look them up in a dictionary)
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writing "advice": A preposition is a bad thing to end a sentence with.
		  All generalizations are bad.
		  You should try to never split an infinitive.
		  Eschew obfuscation.
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Why was six afraid of seven?
Because seven ate nine. (like 7 8 9)
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p. 173 reading

http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/04/everything-dont-know-tipping.html
(information about tipping in America, including a survey of people in NYC about how many people tip them and how much they tip)

In Boston: 7% meal tax + 18% tip = 25%

If you can't afford to tip, then you can't afford to go out.
Groceries that you cook at home have 0% tax, 0% tip.
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Homework: read the grammar notes (178-180) and do p. 181 A and B