Article: joke

Article: Letterman apologizes again for 'bad' Palin joke
AP Online;  June 16, 2009 ;     343 words ...David Letterman said his joke about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's daughter was a lousy joke, no matter how you cut it, and he's sorry. But the...the misconception over which Palin daughter the joke was about. On Monday's edition of Late Show, Letterman...

Article: A Joke.(Lines That Rhyme)(Poem)
Children's Playmate;  January 1, 2004 ;     28 words ...A JOKE If you tell a friend a joke, they'll laugh. They'll laugh out loud. But it's not a good idea to tell a joke in class. The teacher will get mad. Bentzion Goldman Cleveland, Ohio

Article: joke
Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes;      110 words ...joke • awoke , bespoke, bloke, broke, choke, cloak, Coke, convoke, croak, evoke, folk, invoke, joke, Koch, moke, oak, okey-doke, poke, provoke, revoke, roque, smoke, soak, soke, spoke, stoke, stony-broke ( US stone-broke...

Article: If you're going to tell a joke ... try to get it right.(Dana Milbank's joke about Dick Cheney's shooting accident)
National Review;  March 13, 2006 ;     700+ words ......poker, made some kind of smart remark. A joke or something. So Johnny goes to Carmine...to sanction a hit on the guy who told the joke, Ralph Cifaretto. Carmine is nonplussed. What was this joke, anyway? he asks. So Johnny Sack with great...

Article: In need of a good joke. (Column)
The Christian Century;  August 11, 1993 ;     504 words ......announce Contest Number Two: the search for a joke about fundamentalism. It is occasioned...I am in search of--believe it or not--a joke about fundamentalism . . . Don't laugh...to fundamentalism's typical qualities. A joke that relates to the nature of modern radical...

Article: JOKE
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language;      200 words ...JOKE. Something said or done to cause amusement. Making or ‘cracking’ a joke requires certain well-established devices, such as, in English...jokes , waiter jokes , and even anti-jokes , in which the joke is the absence of a joke. See HUMO(U)R , POLITICALLY CORRECT...

Article: Hamilton rejects F1 racism is a joke
AP Worldstream;  November 6, 2008 ;     246 words ......at the driver had probably started as a joke. F1's first black champion was the target...abuse. (It was) probably beginning as a joke rather than anything abusive, Ecclestone...disagreed and said he didn't see it as a joke. It's something that happened but it is...

Article: Texas Inmate Executed; Doesn't Tell Joke
AP Online;  June 27, 2007 ;     513 words ......couple without delivering on a promise to tell a joke in his final statement. Patrick Knight has been...friends, he said, "I said I was going to tell a joke. Death has set me free. That's the biggest joke. I deserve this." "And the other joke is that...

Article: Radio Host Claims Colbert Stole His Joke
AP Online;  September 19, 2007 ;     149 words ......host is claiming Stephen Colbert stole his joke. Cenk Uygur of Air America's morning show...program Wednesday that Colbert used his joke on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report...posted a video on YouTube comparing his joke - which he claims he first told on his...

Article: No joke. (Letters).
Washington Monthly;  January 1, 2002 ;     193 words ......that most gay male relationships are a joke and rarely monogamous. Andrew, dear boy...that most gay male relationships are a joke, clearly you are hanging out with a bunch...But to describe our relationships as a joke just feeds into society's impression that...

Article: Letterman apologizes to audience for 'bad' joke
AP Online;  June 15, 2009 ;     110 words ...David Letterman says his joke about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's daughter was a lousy joke, no matter how you cut it, and he's sorry. But the...the misunderstanding over which Palin daughter the joke was about. On Monday's edition of Late Show, Letterman...

Article: McCain Message to Joke Critics: Get a Life
AP Online;  April 20, 2007 ;     292 words ......for any critics who thought his musical joke about bombing Iran wasn't funny: Get a...reaction to any negative response to the joke when he arrived in Las Vegas for a fundraiser...get a life." When reporters asked if the joke was insensitive, McCain said: "Insensitive...

Article: Ky. politician jailed after joke; charge dismissed
AP Online;  August 26, 2008 ;     401 words ......his thick Appalachian accent. I make one joke and go to jail. He could have faced as...those girls, Hensley said. I meant it as a joke. I've said it a million times. Most people...no harm, Smith said of Hensley. It was a joke to him. Appalachian scholar Loyal Jones...

Article: Group Launches Ad Against McCain's Joke
AP Online;  April 20, 2007 ;     308 words ......against Republican John McCain and his joke about bombing Iran, arguing that the nation...reckless president." McCain defended the joke during a campaign stop in Nevada on Thursday...Lighten up and get a life." Asked if his joke was insensitive, McCain said: "Insensitive...