The name is based on a funny joke many years ago on a British television show, "Monty Python's Flying Circus."

VOA: special.2010.08.01

" It was Shadowday (Saturday)! That's some joke,eh,Boss!" Chico also played the piano in a funny way.

VOA: special.2009.07.19

He seemed to know the perfect time to tell a joke and when to remain silent.

VOA: special.2009.10.11

The name sounds funny but the idea is no joke: a personal toilet called the Peepoo.

VOA: special.2010.03.15

The victims cannot understand a joke, or cannot cook a meal, or perform simple work.

VOA: special.2009.09.15

At one point,the husband, played by Clifton Webb, plays a joke on their son Bill.

VOA: special.2009.05.04

The name was meant to be a joke, because all of the members hated collectivism.

VOA: special.2010.06.06

When he heard the news, he thought it was a joke.

VOA: special.2009.11.10

A little later, Bill plays the same joke on his father.

VOA: special.2009.05.04

He terms the rebel's announcement a joke as they are on the verge of being totally defeated.

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

Locals joke that Yemeni trees are actually blue and red, the color of the plastic bags that you get when you buy qat, a mildly narcotic leaf, and the Yemeni national past time.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01