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Jokes and Anecdotes : |
| Jokes are short, funny, fictional tales, usually ending in a punchline. Common types of jokes are numskull jokes (about naivete and foolishness), political jokes, sexual jokes, moron jokes, and immigrant jokes.
Anecdotes are short, humoristic legends told about famous people or local characters. |
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13 web sites matced for Jokes and Anecdotes |
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Bluejay's Review of Jokes
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Discussion by Michael Bluejay on the psychology of the traditional and the absurd joke.
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20 Years of Political Humor
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Treatise of political jokes form Alan Dundes' collection.
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Laughing Under the Covers
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Russian oral jokes and anecdotical tales compiled, edited, translated from the Russian and supplied with an introduction and commentaries by Mark Perakh.
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Selections from Legman's "Rationale of the Dirty Joke"
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Excerpts from the section on foreigner jokes.
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Examples of "Confucius Say, ..." Jokes
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Includes introduction to this juvenile English-language word-play humor.
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Examples of "Knock-Knock" Jokes
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One of the most common juvenile humor forms in English.
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Senator Johnson's Great Speech
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Anecdote excerpted from Vance Randolph's classic "Pissing in the Snow, and other Ozark Folktales," with comment.
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Selections from Pissing in the Snow
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Excerpted from Vance Randolph's classic "Pissing in the Snow, and other Ozark Folktales."
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Making a Big Apple Crumble
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Monograph by Bill Ellis studying the emergence of WTC humor as a phenomenon.
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Mexican Women's Sexual Jokes
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Article by Rafaela Castro discussing erotic jokes among Mexican and American Mexican women.
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Anecdotes
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Funny stories about famous people from Yeats to Gates, arranged by theme.
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Humor Reference Guide A Comprehensive Classification and Analysis
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Prepared and illustrated by Warren Shibles, University of Wisconsin.
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The Use and Abuse of Humor
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Essay by Ed Reber, Dixie State College, looking at theories of humor, with examples.
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