2014-11-20 Communication: humor/jokes

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Nov 21 (Friday): Thanksgiving food party at the school
	(bring some kind of food from your country)
(No School November 27 and 28)
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School is open on December 24, and again January 5, 2015.
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On Friday: give a brief presentation about an important food from your country (it can be the food you bring for the party) - "important" means a typical food for some specific holiday or occasion, or a traditional food in your country
- When do people eat it?
- How do you make it? Are there different varieties?
- Why is it important in your country?
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pun: a joke that depends on different meanings a word can have, or on words that sound very similar

Q: Did you hear about the guy who lost his entire left side in an accident?
A: No.
Q: Well, he's all right now.

Q: Why was six afraid of seven?
A: Because seven ate nine.

A newspaper is black and white and read all over.
A bloody penguin is black and white and red all over.

Q: What's brown and sticky?
A: A stick.

Q: Where did Napoleon keep his armies?
A: In his sleevies.
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History Channel: "History of the Joke"

http://www.richardwiseman.com/LaughLab/home.html

http://richardwiseman.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/ll-final-report.pdf
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gallows humor

black comedy - a movie/book with a lot of black humor

Q: What's worse than finding a worm in an apple?
A1: Finding half a worm in an apple.
A2: Cancer./Murder./...
(subvert the joke)

satire ("A Modest Proposal")

"dad jokes"

Child: I'm hungry!
Dad: Hi Hungry. I'm Dad.

nervous laughter

inside jokes
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Q: Why can't Helen Keller drive?
A1: Because she's a woman.
A2: Because she's dead.
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Homework: put together a presentation and make your food for the party tomorrow