John Kerry may have trouble telling jokes, but he knows how to get down to serious business.
And he had a practical sense of humor that - he was always playing jokes.
Over the years, plenty of real estate jargon has become the butt of jokes.
Cheap jokes, or laugh tracks instructing you when and where to chuckle, are the norm.
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At first, this intellectual-property strategy seemed to be just another of Bikram's wry jokes.
The silences that followed these jokes always turned her cheeks a deep shade of purple.
Referring to one of the show's many in-jokes, comedian Dave Gorman simply wrote: "Ulrika-ka-ka-katastrophe!"
Kermit is a frog and Miss Piggy is a pig, so lose the felt jokes.
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Mr Ryan's replacement was one of the standing jokes of American politics, Alan Keyes.
Their jokes, while juvenile, were innocuous, whereas Richards displayed a self-importance verging on grandiosity.
Chambers jokes that it keeps him from interfering in any one part of the empire.
Still, Colbert and Stewart might want to think about skewing their jokes a little older.
The jokes are funnier in dialect too, with a host of rude plays on words.
The jokes might not be considered particularly edgy to non-Iraqis -- or even necessarily that funny.
Not just that the magazine also has games, jokes and other related activities in each issue.
She remembers the little brother who loved playing pool, doing the jitterbug dance and telling jokes.
Issues become more complex upon setting the jokes aside and considering serious economic and environmental concerns.
They eat, tell jokes, and discuss school, work, and the importance of being a close family.
After trying my new jokes at my next gig, I was disappointed when they fell flat.
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In many ways, these jokes experienced their genesis in the hands of Hendren and his ilk.
Every April Fools' Day, tech companies big and small roll out carefully constructed jokes.
He could laugh at jokes, and his awakenings stretched from a few hours to entire days.
Winning the trophy is a serious business, and there are few jokes between competitors.
Since he couldn't become a Nobelist, he jokes, he'll now try to be a novelist.
You can dismiss these as simply jokes, but then you aren't grasping how political comedy works.
Mr. Velshi, a veteran host of the IR awards, got a few jokes in at J.
Jokes that the Pope is a fan because he has been photographed using a Sony tablet.
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So despite all those lawyer jokes we love, we do need them from time to time.
The most popular jokes these days tend to lampoon the strong, rather than the weak.
And for some, that has made it the butt of jokes in the online world.
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