By Jokes

This thread reminds me of a sports event I saw years ago on TV, in which several one-legged men were competing against each other in a high-jump event. It sounds like a bad joke, but it was really an incredible thing to watch. After a series of preliminary hops, they would just spring up into...

I agree, number 2. She is almost making a joke, if somewhat bitterly. I believe the author used this particular sentence to bring a bit of levity into the scene.

Thanks, Avangi. I get it now. Sorry but I failed to get your joke :(. Doing what in the master bedroom? Tickling each other?

With "continued to tickle," unless you specifically state that the action had stopped, the reader would assume that it hadn't.There were a lot of WWII jokes about American officers being put up at the homes of British gentry. After being invited to make themselves at home, they...

Farmer Joe decided his injuries from an accident were serious enough to sue the truck driver who hit him. In court the trucking company's fancy lawyer was questioning farmer Joe. Lawyer: "Didn't you say, at the scene of the accident, 'I am fine'?" Farmer Joe: "Well,...

Cheatin' Johnny In class one day, Mr. Johnson pulled Johnny over to his desk after a test, and said, Johnny I have a feeling that you have been cheating on your tests.Johnny was astounded and asked Mr. Johnson to prove it. Well, said Mr. Johnson, I was looking over your test and the...

It's a joke comparing some brides to Godzilla.Brides who get too carried away with their wedding arrangements and turn into monsters!

I googled some of your suggestions in case it was US slang or something I wasn't familiar with but looking at the results I don't think it is.Venus on the half shell - it's a jokey name for a famous painting called 'The Birth of Venus'.Otherwise it's usually a pun or joke...

Hi,I can't believe Trina left you for a stiff like that. The only punch that guy ever threw was in a glass.Does "stiff" in the above refer to a "bum" or a 'drunkard?" 'Stiff' is one of many very general and derogatory ways of referring to a person. Other...

For mea prank is something more complicated than this situation. More like a practical joke.If I told you to go outside because there's a guy giving away a Ferrari to anyone with 2 in their screen name, and you rushed outside in hope, it would be a prank.If I said that I'm not really a...