Category Archives: Jokes and Humor

Quotation of the Day

Posted on Wednesday - April 23, 2008 by Dr. Lucy Tse

Instead of forwarding this to all of you via (by) email, here is your quotation of the day: “What is a committee? A group of the unwilling, picked from the unfit, to do the unnecessary.” — (Richard Harkness, New York … Continue reading →

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Fun Puns

Posted on Tuesday - April 15, 2008 by Dr. Jeff McQuillan

Puns are jokes that use different meanings of the same or similar sounding words. English spelling allows different words with the same sound to be spelled differently, so there is more opportunity in English for puns. Puns are very difficult … Continue reading →

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Jokes: An Irish Toast

Posted on Tuesday - April 8, 2008 by Dr. Jeff McQuillan

I thought I would comment on a joke I found, since everyone enjoys a good laugh now and then (occasionally). I put a general explanation on the left side of the page which you can read to give you some … Continue reading →

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Tickling Your Funny Bone

Posted on Friday - March 28, 2008 by Dr. Lucy Tse

It’s been a hectic (busy) few weeks and I needed a good laugh. I came across these sayings that tickled my funny bone. To tickle is to touch someone else lightly to make them laugh. To tickle someone’s funny bone is … Continue reading →

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The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers

Posted on Wednesday - March 26, 2008 by Dr. Jeff McQuillan

In today’s Cafe, we talk about how to become a lawyer in the United States. Lawyers do not have the best reputation in many countries (including the U.S.). There are many jokes about lawyers and how greedy (wanting to have … Continue reading →

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The Onion Reports: Science is Hard

Posted on Monday - February 11, 2008 by Dr. Lucy Tse

The Onion is a well known newspaper published in the U.S., but be careful about getting your news from it. None of the stories are true. The Onion is a parody (imitation; false) newspaper that publishes satirical (using humor to … Continue reading →

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