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The setup of a typical joke of this kind is the assumption that the listener lives within a given system and has two cows, a very relatable occupation across countries and national boundaries. The punch line is what happens to the listener and the cows in the system; it offers a brief and humorous take on the subject or locale.
Glenn Morshower (born April 24, 1959) [1] is an American actor and inspirational speaker. He is best known for playing Secret Service Agent Aaron Pierce in 24 and Colonel Sharp in the first Transformers film; he returned in future Transformers films as a different character known as General Morshower.
Stories from the world of football are satirised in "reports" by E.I. Addio (a reference to the football chant Ee Aye Addio) about the mythical and notoriously under-performing club Neasden F.C., which plays in the depressing North Circular Relegation League, with quotes from its manager "tight-lipped, ashen-faced supremo Ron Knee (59)" and ...
These are the best funny quotes to make you laugh about life, aging, family, work, and even nature. Enjoy quips from comedy greats like Bob Hope, Robin Williams, and more. 134 funny quotes that ...
Doo Dah, doo dahs, doodah or doodahs can refer to: the repeated line-ending of the lyrics of the 1850 song "Camptown Races" "DooDah!", 1998 song by Cartoons, inspired by "Camptown Races" Doo Dah Parade, held in Pasadena, California, US; a placeholder name for an object, also doodad and doohickey
Louis Moreau Gottschalk quotes the melody in his virtuoso piano work "Grotesque Fantasie, the Banjo", op. 15, published in 1855. [ 17 ] [ full citation needed ] In 1909, composer Charles Ives incorporated the tune and other vernacular American melodies into his orchestral Symphony No. 2 .
Nikolai Gogol (1809–1852, Russia) – The Government Inspector, Dead Souls; Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849, US) – The Man That Was Used Up, A Predicament, Never Bet the Devil Your Head; William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863, England) – Vanity Fair; Charles Dickens (1812–1870, England) – Hard Times, A Tale of Two Cities
After the 2000 presidential election, people inside the Bush White House reportedly began using the term as a joke, but it later became a term of art meaning the oversight of any activity by Bush's political consultants. Bush's strategists also came to be known within the White House as "The Department of Strategery", or the "Strategery Group".