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Hammer and Nails (1977) by Hans Godo Frabel.A "glass hammer" is a highly impractical object which an apprentice might be sent to fetch as part of a fool's errand. A fool's errand prank is a type of practical joke where a newcomer to a group, typically in a workplace context, is given an impossible or nonsensical task by older or more experienced members of the group.
Shaggy dog story. In its original sense, a shaggy-dog story or yarn is an extremely long-winded anecdote characterized by extensive narration of typically irrelevant incidents and terminated by an anticlimax. In other words, it is a long story that is intended to be amusing and that has an intentionally silly or meaningless ending. [1]
These cute dad jokes and funny one-liners will have adults and kids laughing until their bellies hurt. Check out some of the best corny jokes of 2024. 130 Best Corny Jokes That Are Actually Funny
Funny Quotes. “My friends tell me I have an intimacy problem. But they don’t really know me.”. — Garry Shandling. “People can’t drive you crazy if you don’t give them the keys ...
It got a purr-fect score. Why is the ocean so clean? It has mer-maids. Why did the king go to the dentist? He needed a crown. Funny Jokes. Did you hear about the archeologist who got fired? His ...
Witzelsucht. Witzelsucht (German: [ˈvɪtsl̩ˌzʊxt] " joking addiction ") is a set of pure and rare neurological symptoms characterized by a tendency to make puns, or tell inappropriate jokes or pointless stories in socially inappropriate situations. It makes one unable to read sarcasm. A less common symptom is hypersexuality, the tendency to ...
Husband: “Hi pregnant, I’m dad.”. Wife: “No, you’re not.”. My marriage counselor asked if it was true that I generally wake up grumpy in the morning. I said, “Nah, most of the time I ...
Anti-humor. Anti-humor or anti-comedy is a type of alternative humor that is based on the surprise factor of absence of an expected joke or of a punch line in a narration that is set up as a joke. This kind of anticlimax is similar to that of the shaggy dog story. [1] In fact, some researchers see the "shaggy dog story" as a type of anti-joke. [2]