The anatomy of a joke
Polite Ire takes on 'banter' by analysing what makes a joke funny. Written in the wake of the website 'UniLad' openly advocating rape 'as a joke'.
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David Spade buys a modern mansion near the Comedy Store for $13.85 million
Actor and comedian David Spade just paid $13.85 million for a Hollywood Hills mansion, one of the community's priciest deals so far this year.
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The 20-page rule: how much time should you give a devastatingly boring book?
Novelist Mark Billingham advises readers to angrily launch a book across the room after 20 non-gripping pages – but almost 40% of people will keep going right to the end
Source: theguardian.com
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Andy Kaufman - Performance Artist / Comedian (January 17, 1949 - May 16, 1984) Andy Kaufman was probably the worlds only successful nihilism|nihilistic...
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1980s Glastonbury with a country wedding feel: the poetic charms of Laugharne Weekend festival
With no big sponsors or hashtags, the low-key literary festival punches way above its weight. But what would Dylan Thomas have made of it?
Source: telegraph.co.uk
Novel idea: judge books on their first 20 pages, says leading crime writer
Crime writer Mark Billingham says life is too short for boring stories and urges people to stop reading if first chapter fails to deliver
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