1001 One-Liners: Jokes and Zingers for Every Occasion and on Every Subject - Puns, Dad Jokes and Witty Asides for Weddings, Speeches an - Geoff Tibballs

Descriere 1001 One-Liners: Jokes and Zingers for Every Occasion and on Every Subject - Puns, Dad Jokes and Witty Asides for Weddings, Speeches an - Geoff Tibballs

Short, quick-fire jokes have \nbeen popular for centuries. Indeed the world's oldest surviving joke book, the \nPhilogelos, which was written in Ancient Greek, contains this classic doctor \njoke: Patient: Doctor! When I wake up I'm all dizzy. Then after half an hour I \nfeel fine. Doctor: Well, wait half an hour before waking up. \n\n Meanwhile in Rome, they had a gag for every occasion, from \nsenate orations and lavish feasts to throwing Christians to the lions. A Cicero \nstand-up gig was the hottest ticket in town. Shakespeare readily slipped \none-liners into his comedies, while medieval jesters used pithy quips to amuse \nthe royal court, well aware that if the joke backfired and somehow offended the \nmonarch, their next audience might be with the executioner. \n\n Dying on stage carried a more sinister meaning for \ncomedians in those days. It's not hard to see why one-liners remain in vogue \nwith today's comedians. They are easy to remember, quick to deliver and if one \ngag dies on its feet, the next is waiting in the wings, hopefully to a better \nreception. \n\n Here is a compilation of the best one-liners around - a heady \nmix of old and new favourites, Dad jokes, thoughtful musings, corny puns and \nwitty observations, covering a vast range of topics from Families to Fish, \nMoney to Music, Relationships to Religion and Technology to Travel. \n\n They can be \nused to brighten up business conferences where the delegates are as tired as \nthe sandwiches; dinner parties where the conversation is threatening to slide \ninto a discussion about spreadsheets; seemingly interminable Zoom calls; and, \nof course, speeches at weddings that are so emotional that even the cake is in \ntiers. \n\n

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