Jokes that would be played on there type. ... The very root of this kind of joke is known as the April fish .(being that young nave fish are easily caught. ) A common joke that arrived by this was to hook a animated cardboard fish on a country folks back with out his awareness as incriminating joke of this person being behind time. ... Or "jello in the toy- that is to pour a box of jello in the toilet let it harden and wait for the joke to unfold but one that can easily be cleaned up by merely flushing the joke. ... Later on April first, every year he still claims he was just joking. ...

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The same idea could be applied to a joke. For example, my dad told me this joke a few days ago: "The beach is the perfect vacation spot. ... When I heard the joke I laughed and thought that it was corny but humorous as well. ... In actuality, to my dad it was nothing more than a mere, unimportant joke, but to my mother it was a rash and inconsiderate statement. The same type of situation could apply with any story, article, or joke that is expressed. ...

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Arnold Schwarzenegger is one of the many people running in the 135 candidate race to win the California Governor seat replacing Gray Davis. This race is seen upon as a mockery by the world, with the late night shows making joke after joke including some as the "The Governator". Arnold is not the onl...

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Some of his thoughts were more graphic than others, but nonetheless, Eminem claims to be saying it all as a joke and therefore it should not be taken as more than that. ... However, he insists that he is just joking and a sense of humor is needed to understand that. ...

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Peewee responds to fear and confusion with brave humor, making jokes out of any unsettling doubts. When Peewee is momentarily stunned by the Vietnamese mother's sacrifice of her child, Richie is able to pull himself out of his paralysis by joking, "They got kids over here?" ...

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America has always been known as the land of the free where individual rights are of the highest value. Freedom of speech is one of these rights and loses accuracy more and more as each day passes. The word "sue" was hardly known in the early 1900's, harshly regarded in the mid 1900's, but today it ...

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I personally think that America is a racist in their own little not showing way because there is a still issue that has to be cleared up mainly between the blacks and the whites because you can go to a comedy club and 10/10 a comedian would announce a racist joke. ...

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He point's out a problem and then presents us, the reader with solution to that particular problem, an example racism, though you're not a racist you still adhere to it by just saying a racist joke, not meant to harm anyone or belitle them, but just have a laugh, but when you tell that joke althiough you're not a racist you hold open the rift between the white and the black man, though you personally believe that white people are created equall to black people, the joke is saying that we're different from each other and that only takes away from the goal to end all racism, ...

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When one gets excited with an idea, one thing commonly happens. They rush into it. They follow their gut and with an adrenaline rush, run into a situation blind and deaf. When George Bush diverted his attention to sad dam in order to bring recognition to the U.S, he definitely dug himself into a dit...

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Many of our grandparents, our relatives, and our friends are immigrants. They came over for various reasons, such as religious persecution, racial tension, and the looking for freedom. The freedom to live where they want, to own property, to take part in government, and to live and be treated like a...

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Although some military men and women want t o go, they joke about it; a group of men in Colorado have a saying about Iraq, "Blood makes the green grass grow" and also "kill, kill, kill" Although Americans will never agree on what is right or wrong, we all understand how we feel about this war. ...

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My Best Friend I can recall at time when I have had a preconception of an individual based on limited interaction, lack of knowledge, and stereotypes portrayed by the media. Upon meeting my current best friend, Camille, who is of Jamaican descent, I really thought that she would embody negative rep...

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Donald Trump is a politician, an American businessman and a reality television star. However, he is also a candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in the 2016 election. Aside from his extreme wealth, not much qualifies him for running the country. Some people belie...

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Gloria Jahoda, the author of The Trail of Tears talks about how Indian populations dropped and how white people are the ones responsible for the drop of their population. The white men are not responsible for the drop of the Indian population. Johoda makes all Indians sound like defenseless c...

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REPORTING TERRORISM Since the increase of available information and around-the-clock news coverage the interaction between the media and terrorism has intensified throughout the 20th century. Freedom of speech is guaranteed by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which meant that the peop...

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When we look at music that was written before the height of Vietnam War we can see that some people are already opposed to war. The best example of this anti-war anti-government music is that of Bob Dylan. Bob Dylan's blues/folk music was far from the main stream, but people slowly came to realize t...

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The South Here in the southeastern part of the United States the way of life is different than all other parts of the country. Teenagers in the south tend to interact with one another in different ways than other teens throughout the country. The friendliness and extreme generosity that peop...

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The Jungle Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is the story of a Lithuanian family that immigrates from their home city in Lithuania to the city of Chicago. The novel begins with the strong description of a wedding in which Ona Lukoszaite and Jurgis Rudkus are united in Holy Matrimony. The two of the...

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I"d like to you tell that I"m definitely not for this proposition at all! Sure they have some good reasons for this, but they are definitely outweighed by the bad. The selling of candy and pop in schools does generate a lot of income, and if you look at it in Harlem's scenario we definitely need ...

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2004 Going' Out With A Bang In the beginning there was a LITTLE BIT of a conflict with where we were going for our senior trip. We took a vote and it ended up we were going to San Fransisco the first day, with an tour of Alcatraz which was awesome, Great America the second day, and Sa...

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She joked with James Many Horses that, " making fry bread and helping people are the last two things Indian are good at" (170). Norma knows that Indians are useless and only joked about this sensitive topic because she believes that "humor [is] an antiseptic that cleaned the deepest of personal wounds" (164). ...

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In the 19th century, American blackface minstrelsy was a form of entertainment performed by white men and women with blackened faces. By imitating dances and songs which were especially inspired by black people working on Southern plantations and their typical African-American vernacular, white mins...

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Verbal abuse may take the form of sexual jokes, comments with sexual overtones, inquiries about a person's sex life and unwelcome gestures, indecent exposure, and unwelcome display of sexually explicit pictures or objects. ...

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The term "American Dream" is used in various ways across the globe. It basically means that with sacrifice, hard work, and good education people can succeed and live their lives happy with little to no worries. The American dream is the ideal life for everyone. Many people have expanded upon this de...

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Andrew Jackson: Presidential Bully? Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States (1829-1837), was a presidential bully. He did not make decisions based on the interests of the whole nation but on his own personal benefit. Although he portrayed or possibly manipulated the citizens to...

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