This page will contain videos about Jokes, as they become available.JokeA joke is a short story or short series of words spoken or communicated with the intent of being laughed at or found humorous by the listener or reader. A practical joke differs in that the humour is not verbal, but mainly visual (e.g. putting a custard pie in somebody's face). Most jokes contain two components: joke setup (for example, "A man walks into a bar...") and a punchline, which, when juxtaposed with the setup, provides the necessary irony to elicit laughter from the audience. Psychology of jokesWhy we laugh has been the subject of serious academic study, examples being:
Laughter, the intended human reaction to jokes, is healthful in moderation, uses the stomach muscles, and releases endorphins, natural happiness-inducing chemicals, into the bloodstream. One of the most complete and informative books on different types of jokes and how to tell them is Isaac Asimov's Treasury of Humor, which encompasses several broad categories of humor, and gives useful tips on how to tell them, who to tell them to, and ways to change the joke to fit your audience. Types of jokesJokes often depend for humour on the unexpected, the mildly taboo (which can include the distasteful or socially improper), or the playing on stereotypes and other cultural myths. Many jokes fit into more than one category. Mathematical jokesMain article: Mathematical joke There are numerous jokes related to mathematics. Many of them are in-jokes, but may also be understandable by laymen. A series of them parodies mathematical/logical chains of reason.
Jokes in a certain category superficially look like math, but their essence is more akin to chemical composition. Yo' mama jokesMain article: The dozens. Jokes of this kind originate in the dozens, an African-American custom with West African roots in which two competitors -- usually males -- go head to head in a competition of comedic, often ribald, trash-talk. The target of the traded insults is most often the opponents' mothers, but can involve other family members as well.
Political jokesPolitical jokes tell about politicians and heads of states. There are two large categories of this type of jokes. The first one makes fun of a negative attitude to political opponents or to politicians in general. The second one makes fun of political cliches, mottos, catch phrases or simply blunders of politicians. ExamplesA related subcategory is lawyer jokes plays on the commonly-held stereotypes about lawyers. The following joke circulates for quite some time, with many different versions for <President> and <Other Country>. This page about Jokes includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Jokes News stories about Jokes External links for Jokes Videos for Jokes Wikis about Jokes Discussion Groups about Jokes Blogs about Jokes Images of Jokes |
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The following joke circulates for quite some time, with many different versions for <President> and <Other Country>. Seven is:. A related subcategory is lawyer jokes plays on the commonly-held stereotypes about lawyers. There are two large categories of this type of jokes. It is very popular among teens. Political jokes tell about politicians and heads of states. It is coined for the negative phrase "You are 7", which has a slightly different meaning to "You are the male genitalia". The target of the traded insults is most often the opponents' mothers, but can involve other family members as well. In Cantonese, the 16th most popular language in the world, the number 7 is pronounced exactly like the word for the male genitalia. Main article: The dozens. Jokes of this kind originate in the dozens, an African-American custom with West African roots in which two competitors -- usually males -- go head to head in a competition of comedic, often ribald, trash-talk. In astronomy,. Jokes in a certain category superficially look like math, but their essence is more akin to chemical composition. In fonts with text figures, 7 usually has a descender, for example, . A series of them parodies mathematical/logical chains of reason. The reason is that 7 is written as ① in Japan,Korea and so on. Many of them are in-jokes, but may also be understandable by laymen. Most calculators use three line segments, but on Sharp, Casio and a few other brands of calculators, 7 is written with four line segments. There are numerous jokes related to mathematics. On the seven-segment displays of pocket calculators and digital watches, 7 is the number with the most common glyph variation (0, 6 and 9 also have variant glyphs). Main article: Mathematical joke. This horizontal stroke is, however, important to distinguish the glyph for seven from the glyph for one in writings that use a long upstroke in the glyph for one. Many jokes fit into more than one category. This is analogous to the horizontal stroke through the middle that is sometimes used in handwriting in the Western world but which is almost never used in computer fonts. Jokes often depend for humour on the unexpected, the mildly taboo (which can include the distasteful or socially improper), or the playing on stereotypes and other cultural myths. For the Khmer this often involved adding a horizontal line above the glyph. One of the most complete and informative books on different types of jokes and how to tell them is Isaac Asimov's Treasury of Humor, which encompasses several broad categories of humor, and gives useful tips on how to tell them, who to tell them to, and ways to change the joke to fit your audience. As is the case with the European glyph, the Cham and Khmer glyph for 7 also evolved to look like their glyph for 1, though in a different way, and so they were also concerned with making their 7 more different. Laughter, the intended human reaction to jokes, is healthful in moderation, uses the stomach muscles, and releases endorphins, natural happiness-inducing chemicals, into the bloodstream. Both modern Arab forms influenced the European form, a two-stroke character consisting of a horizontal upper line joined at its right to a line going down to the bottom left corner, a line that is slightly curved in some font variants. Why we laugh has been the subject of serious academic study, examples being:. The eastern Arabs developed the character from a 6-look-alike into an uppercase V-look-alike. . The western Ghubar Arabs' main contribution was to make the longer line diagonal rather than straight, though they showed some tendencies to making the character more rectilinear. Most jokes contain two components: joke setup (for example, "A man walks into a bar...") and a punchline, which, when juxtaposed with the setup, provides the necessary irony to elicit laughter from the audience. In the beginning, various Hindus wrote 7 more or less in one stroke as a curve that looks like an uppercase J upside down. putting a custard pie in somebody's face). . A practical joke differs in that the humour is not verbal, but mainly visual (e.g. The SI prefix for 10007 is zetta (Z), and for its reciprocal zepto (z). A joke is a short story or short series of words spoken or communicated with the intent of being laughed at or found humorous by the listener or reader. 7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. Yo mama's glasses are so thick, she can see the future. For the albums called "7", go to 7 (album).. Yo mama so fat, when her pager goes off, people think she's backing up. For the Australian television network, go to Seven Network. Yo mama so fat when she gets on the scale it says to be continued. For the 1995 American murder thriller movie, go to Seven (film). Yo mama so dark that she can leave fingerprints on charcoal. This article is about the number seven. Yo mama's so dumb when your dad said it's chilly outside, she ran out with a spoon. In Fist of the North Star (Hokuto no Ken), the main character, Kenshiro, is also known as "the man with seven wounds" for the seven scars on his body in the shape of the Big Dipper. Logic Sigmund Freud's "Jokes and Their Relationship to the Unconscious". The Seven Sages of Greece: Solon, Chilon, Thales, Bias, Cleobulus, Pittacus and Periander. "Seven Nation Army," a popular single by the White Stripes. The metal band Avenged Sevenfold, also known as A7X. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, a book by Stephen Covey. The Seven Network of Australia. the sport itself. The World Sevens Series in Rugby Union, including the Hong Kong Sevens. The crewmember, Seven of Nine, in the Star Trek universe. Seven Sisters, a 1998 song album by pop singer Meja. An anonymous 17th Century carol, The Seven Virgins. the Saptha Kanniyar were seven faithful devotees of Siva, who give birth to seven boys, in Hindu mythology. The Seven Virgins mountain range in Sri Lanka, which was the scene of an air disaster on 4 December 1974, involving a DC-8 Series 55F passenger jetliner operated by the charter company Martinair which left 191 dead. The Seven Virgins:
The book Seven Years in Tibet. The Secret Seven, name of children adventure book by Enid Blyton. Lawrence. E. Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a book written by T. Part of the names of:
The film Seven (or Se7en), directed in 1995 by David Fincher and starring Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt and Kevin Spacey. The title of:
The name of an elite agency of photojournalists founded by seven leading photographers, including James Nachtwey and others. Septidi was the seventh day of the decade in the French Revolutionary Calendar. After the reform that led to the current order, the seventh month is July. September was the seventh month in the ancient Roman calendar, as its name indicates. The Heptarchy, from the (Greek for seven realm, is the name applied by historians to the period (500-850 AD) in English history after the Anglo-Saxon conquest of England, derived from the seven kingdoms of Northumbria, Mercia, East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Sussex, and Wessex, which eventually merged to become the Kingdom of England during the early 10th century. Aleksis Kivi's masterpiece "Seven Brothers" is the most famous book of Finnish literature. The number of "Zoomers" on the PBS children's show Zoom. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. The number of rings given to the Dwarf Lords in J.R.R. The number of dwarves in the movie Snow White. For example, the UESC Marathon from the self-titled game series was built by hollowing out Deimos, a moon discovered in 1877 and first photographed in 1977. Many Bungie games directly and indirectly reference the number seven often. Lord Voldemort is suspected to have split his soul into seven pieces. In the Harry Potter series, seven is considered to be the most magically powerful number. Seven is the sum of any two opposite sides on a standard six-sided die. In the videogame Viewtiful Joe 2, there are seven Rainbow Oscars in the colors of the rainbows, that have unknown powers in the fictional Movieland. In the Sonic the Hedgehog series of videogames, there are seven mystical Chaos Emeralds scattered in special stages, that contain inexhaustible energy. In the Yu-Gi-Oh anime cartoon, there are seven magical Egyptian artifacts called the Millennium Items that each possess supernatural powers. In the Dragon Ball cartoon anime series, there are seven magic Dragon Balls that when gathered together can summon a dragon that grants wishes. In the Sailor Moon cartoon, the characters must find the seven Rainbow Crystals. When rolling two standard six-sided dice, you are statistically more likely to roll a seven than any other number. In other European folklores, the seventh son of a seventh son will be a vampire. In other folklores, after six daughters, the seventh child is to be a son and a werewolf. In Galician folklore, the seventh son will be a werewolf. In the movie The Ring, the number of days until you die, after watching The Cursed Videotape. The average number of digits that can be stored in short-term memory. The number of points on a sheriff's star. The number of basic principles of the bushido. The number of colors of the rainbow (the asteroid 7 Iris is named after the rainbow goddess Iris). The figurative number of seas. The number of the ages of man into which William Shakespeare divided a lifetime. Referred to in bingo as 'Lucky Seven'. Whether Saturday or Sunday is the seventh day varies across cultures. The number of days in a week. Viewed as a lucky number in many Western cultures, and in Japanese culture. The traditional number of Wonders of the Ancient World. In Astrology, Libra is the 7th astrological sign of the Zodiac. The number of spheres in the Ptolemaic system. The number of openings into the human head (mouth, two eyes, two ears, two nostrils). This may have led to the number being viewed with mystical significance by ancient man. The largest number of sticks (or other cylindrical objects) that can be tied into a bundle such that the shape of the bundle remains fixed. Serial sevens are used as a diagnostic test in medicine. Many cities are claimed to be constructed amidst seven hills; see Seven hills of Rome and List of cities claimed to be built on seven hills. The British fifty-pence and twenty-pence coins are heptagons, with the sides curved to give them a constant diameter. The most famous set of septuplets are the McCaughey Septuplets, who were born in 1997. There are seven musicians in a septet and seven babies born in a set of septuplets. Seven is the smallest positive integer requiring two syllables in English. There are seven continents on Planet Earth. 7, 7 B.C., or 1907. Historical years: A.D. with Children who was quickly removed. A character added to the cast of Married.. The name of one of the monsters in the cartoon television show Seven Little Monsters. In an episode of Seinfeld, the name George Costanza desired to give his first-born (with Susan Ross) due to a promise he had made to the widow of Mickey Mantle, whose number was 7. In ASCII character set, the bell character. In most Sonic the Hedgehog video games, the number of Chaos Emeralds. In all Microsoft Office programs, the F7 function key calls up the spelling and grammar checker. The number of individual segments in one digit on a digital clock or calculator seven-segment display screen. The number of digits in an American telephone number, excluding the area code. On most phones, the 7 key is associated with the letters P, R, and S (there are a few phones that also put Q on 7, such as Sony Ericson cell phones), but on the BlackBerry it is the key for C and V. The code for international direct dial phone calls to Russia and Kazakhstan. Boomer Esiason's jersey number. Retired jersey number of former baseball player Mickey Mantle and former hockey player Ted Lindsay. In baseball, seven represents the left fielder's position. In rugby union, the openside flanker. The number of times Cain will be avenged upon for the murder of his brother Abel. The minor symbol number of yang from the Taoist yin-yang. The number of heads of the beast of the book of Revelation, and of some other monsters, like the hydra. The number of palms in an Egyptian Sacred Cubit. The number of sacraments in the Roman Catholic faith. The seven terraces of Mount Purgatory (one per deadly sin). The number of the Deadly Sins: lust, avarice, envy, pride, sloth, gluttony and wrath. Between 3 and 7, 3 is smaller so 7 is chosen to represent infinite. 8 is also an even number so divisible by 2. 8 is closer to the end although it is larger. This leaves 3, 7, and 8. This is because 1 is the smallest, 2 is just after 1, 5 and 10 are exact, 4 and 6 are just before and after 5, 9 is just before 10. is used to mean infinite. In Arabic seventy, seventy thousand, etc. are also used in Islamic traditions to denote an infinite or high number. The numbers seven, seventy, seventy thousand, etc. The number of Earths in Islamic tradition. The number of heavens in Islamic tradition. The number of ayat in surat al-Fatiha. 7:1)"When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and shall cast out many nations before thee, the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, seven nations greater and mightier than thou". (Deut. The number of nations God told the Hebrews they would displace when they came to Israel. A highly symbolic number in the Hebrew Bible, being, for example, the day on which God rested in Genesis. A 1991 album by Mannheim Steamroller: see Fresh Aire 7. A 1981 album by Madness: see 7 (Madness album). A 1985 album by David Meece: see 7 (David Meece album). A 1986 album by George Strait: see 7 (George Strait album). A 1992 album by James: see Seven (James album). A 1996 album by Apoptygma Berzerk: see 7 (Apoptygma Berzerk album). A 1997 album by Zap Mama: see 7 (Zap Mama album). A 2000 album by S Club 7: see 7 (S Club 7 album). A 2002 EP by U2: see 7 (EP). A 2003 album by Enrique Iglesias: see 7 (Enrique Iglesias album). A 1992 pop song by Prince. (세븐). A pop music singer in South Korea. The number of completed, numbered symphonies of Jean Sibelius and Sergei Prokofiev. In music, the Roman numeral vii is the subtonic (bVII) or leading tone (VII) scale degree, chord, or diatonic function, when distinguished V = major and v = minor. The number of notes in the musical scale. The neutral pH - the pH level of pure water. The number of carbon atoms in heptane, a hydrocarbon. The number of periods, or horizontal rows of elements, on the periodic table. The atomic number of nitrogen. |