Category Archives: humor
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Laughing at Pandemics, Kings, and Abracadabra
Leave a commentJanuary 14, 2021 by libroshombre
Merriam-Webster.com has announced that, “based upon a statistical analysis of words that are looked up in extremely high numbers …
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Founts, Gags, and Reality
Leave a commentOctober 2, 2020 by libroshombre
A “fount of knowledge” is “a person, organization, book, etc. that provides reliable information, advice, or ideas,” according to …
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Happiness, Jokes, and Nachos
Leave a commentAugust 15, 2019 by libroshombre
Good news: August is National Happiness Month! Joy’s in short supply these smoky, hyper-political days, so the arrival of the …
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Superiority, Incongruity, and Benign Violation
Leave a commentDecember 13, 2015 by libroshombre
Many of us feel strongly about the newspaper’s daily comics. Personally, I’ve cherished the inventive diversions comic strips supplied during …
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Tree Asps, Knock-knock Jokes, and Surprising Books
Leave a commentJanuary 5, 2015 by libroshombre
The powerful 17th century French nobleman Francois de La Rochefoucauld made a sad commentary on his life when he wrote, …
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Grammar Jokes, German Genders, and Frank Lloyd Wright
Leave a commentApril 10, 2014 by libroshombre
Successful jokes depend greatly upon their recipients. Some listeners recoil at puns while others revel in them. Dante must have …
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