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...etului). In the substance of the volume we find their place and become poetry jokes and puns picked up from daily life: When you come again / -Over ... ...the always unforeseeable paradoxist has done to us. With the volume Time for joke (ABADDABA, Oradea, 2000) the humor, that is present in the entire... ...ill not be so surprised of those Proverbial distichs from the volume Time for joke (Timp de saga), having the aspect of proverbs in verses, after the... ...o. The perspectivism from his two last volumes ( Defective writings, Time for jokes) (Scrieri defecte, Vreme de saga), tends to generalize itself, a... ...7. 18. Niculescu, Gheorghe si Florentin Smarandache, Vreme de saga, Time for joke, ed. Abaddaba, Oradea, 2000. 19. Popa, Constantin M., Miscarea ...

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...inverse sense, in a syncretic way. Thus the paradoxism was born. The folk jokes, at great fashion in Ceausescu's 'Epoch', as an intellectual breathi... ...ybody tends to approach his specific level of incompetence! This is not a joke, but very truly: X gets a job at level say L1; if he is good, he's p... ...essimistic, what about a laughing philosopher? Would s/he be passed as a joker? Determinist theory asserts that every fact or event in the univ...

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... and to "ba", to "ra" and to "la". Adults do not – which is the source of numerous jokes. The equipment of the newborn is not limited to the audit... ...eved posthumously. That it was Hitler who invented the West is no cruel historical joke. Hitler and Nazism are often portrayed as an apocalyptic ...

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...arkness, divine intents, cosmic antitheses as corollaries of enormous cosmic jokes galactic paradox ineluctable part of universal order since Bigban...

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...ncretic way. Thus the paradoxism was born. The folk jokes, at great fashion in Ceau şescu “Epoch”, as an intellectual breathi... ...ry movement (without knowing about it ... paradoxically!!). We made inside jokes, spoke in slang, amused each other while the alcohol had its effect... ...yes, philosophic no. And now hear this Indian tale, more than 25 years old joke, that ends in a … mathematical formula! Once upon a time, somewhere... ...se sense, in a 49 syncretic way. Thus the paradoxism was born. The folk jokes, at great fashion in Ceau şescu’s “epoch”, as an intellectual breat...

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...ect! or: Nothing is absolute, even absolute! - Puns based on the namesake, but also contrarieri clichés of language ... - HEIGHTS famous or popular jokes are essentially bet on paradoxist ... - But paradoxism bet on images taken from folklore Internet daily, with parables and political ironies with this upgrade ... primitive country! A real world is upside ... bet on up...

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...re non-literators {excepting me and Co(n)st(antin) Dincă}. We built a new literary movement without even knowing – in a paradoxical way! We did it by jokes, against-the-grain speech, amusing themselves in that bad time! I had written in Romanian language the volume „Laws of internal composition. Poems with... problems!” (1982) as a preparadoxist volume, published lately. B...

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...one conversation with my friend and attorney, Leroy Wulfmeier III, we had joked about the possibility of me not being able to use my real name in b... ...he had an irrepressible sense of humor and was a connoisseur of practical jokes-with me a regular customer. Noticing how obsessed I was with money, ... ... They're clean feet," and made some 1/ easy money." Being the butt of her jokes was not without educational value. In addition to teaching me to us... ...which we some­ times conduct our relationship. Gregory did not see it as a joke. He never told me how hurt he felt, and the cards stopped coming. Ju... ... to board a plane for Honolulu. At first I thought it was an April Fool's joke. It wasn't. It might some­ day be a scene in a movie. I am being sued... ...ing on kazoos for all they were worth! I stood at the helm and told silly jokes to the crowd. Those kids giggled so hard that the sound of the kazoo...

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...med a lot more like me than like a God, the task of Sisyphus seemed like a joke in comparison. The anguish of the damned was nothing compared to the...

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...phistry; and as a storm seems to be gath- ering Socrates pacifies him with a joke, and Ctesippus then says that he is not reviling the two Sophists, h... ...sh. I saw that they were getting exasperated with one an- other, so I made a joke with him and said: O Ctesippus, I think that we must allow the stran...

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... form of aphorisms - from car plates, from various anonymous postings, from expressions heard in my discussions, from e-mails received, etc. Computer jokes, life taken upside-down, job related reflections, family connections, inside-out clichés of language, and so on. They are in a paradoxist style, or close, and full of humor… Some of them are cascading Murphy’s Laws (pes...

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...that none would miss or mistake its message. Was this the Alcaeus who had joked and sported and sung ribald songs, as the popular friend of young me... ...ste of nuts and fruit, the same questions, answers, family anec- dotes and jokes... How lonesome I was!” Growing quiet, all of us responded to the ev... ... homesick for the home she never had. Prefers women to men. Tells amusing jokes and stories. Loves laughter. Mimics. Is made jealous easily. Speaks ... ...an, and he was constantly visiting orientals to pick up their stories and jokes. I hear his smooth, somnolent voice...an effortless story- teller! ... ...There must be a better life. “A free society...this is the most fabulous joke of all time. The ones who rant loudest about it would run the farthes... ...naktoria dresses up a song, Helen and Gyrinno dance, Atthis tries a musty joke. It is a healing tempo...I am grateful... These are lazy, summer day... ... Later, we sat on our terrace and passed around sweets and nuts and Libus joked, sultry jokes of the last generation, wanting to impress the girls. ...

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...hey give him Hecuba, the old queen, the wife of Priam. Isn’t this a cruel joke? What is a warrior going to do with an old woman? In the Odyssey,... ... to do so and to compete with others to see who is best at complaining and joke about it in a group context. Knowing how to go from complaining to b... ...) In answer to his prayers the gods fill his eyes with sleep. Is this a joke, or is it one of Ulysses’ usual inventions so he can avoid owning hi...

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...ter turned into an unlooked-for fun in connection with the hint to of the jokes circulating on account of Ceausescu. This reaction of those present ...

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... his friends and we learn little lessons about life such as the importance of always keeping one's temper, keeping promises and not playing practical jokes. We are also treated to a philosophical discussion by Jimmy Skunk on the advantages of defensive weaponry. (Summary by John Lieder.)...

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...t] Misha! What are you doing? You frightened me! I can’t stand your stupid jokes when I am so nervous as this. And having frightened me, you laugh! [H... ...ree, and happy at times, but now I am a dependent, an object of charity, a joke to the world. When I am at last exasperated and defy them, they answer... ...fortune. MARTHA. Thank you very much, your highness, but I don’t like such jokes. SHABELSKI. My dear little gold mine, do you call that a joke? It was... ...to her, the miserable old miser! How I should like it! Does she think it a joke to leave us sitting here since five o’clock without even offering us a... ... house, not like this place. Come to-morrow. [T o BORKIN] Or is this all a joke? BORKIN. [Angrily] How could I joke on such a serious sub- ject? MARTH... ...Just out of spite? I shall cer- tainly do it, upon my word I shall! What a joke it will be! Enter LVOFF. LEBEDIEFF . We bow before you, Aesculapius! [... ...ut coat—without gloves! How many scornful glances I get for it! Such silly jokes and vulgar grins! Disgusting people. Enter BORKIN quickly. He is carr...

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... way, may I ask? SAVOYARD. Well, Vaughan has no sense of humor; and if you joke with him he’ll think youre insulting him on pur- pose. Mind: it’s not ... ...hink youre insulting him on pur- pose. Mind: it’s not that he doesnt see a joke: he does; and it hurts him. A comedy scene makes him sore all over: he... ...cy! he stopped to laugh at the copper! He thought the copper would see the joke, poor lamb. He was arguing about it when the two that took me came alo... ...ve shes really a clergyman’s daughter, do you, you silly boy? It’s a stock joke. BOBBY. Do you mean to say you dont believe me? MARGARET . No: I mean ... ...ain. KNOX. Do you mean to tell me that my daughter laughs at a Frenchman’s jokes? GILBEY. We all know what French jokes are. JUGGINS. Believe me: you ... ...ly be true to your- self, Miss O’Dowda. Keep serious. Give up making silly jokes. Sustain the note of passion. And youll do great things. FANNY. You t...

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... the Christians light-hearted and determined to treat their hardships as a joke and encourage one another. A bugle is heard far behind on the road, wh... ... like of this? LAVINIA. Captain: there will be nobody to appreci- ate your jokes when we are gone. THE CAPTAIN (unshaken in his official delivery) I c... ...r- ished in the arena has really committed suicide. LAVINIA. Captain: your jokes are too grim. Do not think it is easy for us to die. Our faith makes ... ... ANOTHER. Ferrovius shall be the roast boar. FERROVIUS (heavily) I see the joke. Y es, yes: I shall be the roast boar. Ha! ha! (He laughs conscientiou... ...Each an- nouncement is received with a louder laugh by all the rest as the joke catches on). CENTURION (scandalised) Silence! Have some sense of your ...

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...ng my Home Secretary, as he very wittily called it. DOYLE. I don’t see the joke. BROADBENT . Y ou can spoil any joke by being cold blooded about it. I... ...re yar. KEEGAN. My way of joking is to tell the truth. It’s the fun- niest joke in the world. NORA [incredulous]. Galong with you! KEEGAN [springing u... ...humorist and incorrigible spendthrift. Aunt Judy seems to him an incarnate joke. The like- lihood that the joke will pall after a month or so, and is ... ...ome other arrangement. [Cheering up irrepressibly] Still, it’s no end of a joke. How do you like the Irish, Hodson? HODSON. Well, sir, they’re all rig... ...warn you. BROADBENT [breezily]. Why, so much the better! I shall enjoy the joke myself more than any of them. [Shouting] Hallo, Patsy Farrell, where a... ...e that? DORAN. They call a pig that in England. That’s their no- tion of a joke. AUNT JUDY. Musha God help them if they can joke no better than that! ... ...its are still slow, you see. Besides, calling me a hypocrite was too big a joke to swallow all at once, you know. 75 GB Shaw KEEGAN. You must also al... ...ought I should like to marry an Irishwoman. She would always understand my jokes. For instance, you would understand them, eh? NORA [uneasily]. Mr Bro...

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...ting and not amusing. And so, when Barbara cuts the regular Salvation Army jokes, and snatches a kiss from her lover across his drum, the devotees of ... ...people among whom the depressing noise called “sacred music” is a standing joke; a flag with Blood and Fire on it is unfurled, not in murderous rancor... ...l kidney are now revelling in “the whiff of dyna- mite” (the flavor of the joke seems to evaporate a little, does it not?) because it was aimed at the...