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Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?
Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?<br>
A: To get to the other side!
A: To get to the other side!<br>
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An example:
An example:
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There once was a man from Nantucket
There once was a man from Nantucket<br>
Who kept all his cash in a bucket
Who kept all his cash in a bucket<br>
he had a daughter named Nan
he had a daughter named Nan<br>
who ran off with a man
who ran off with a man<br>
and as for the bucket, Nan took it.
and as for the bucket, Nan took it.<br>
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A Spoonerism is created by swapping the first letters of two words, named after Edwin Spooner who often switched letters by accident. (It is suspected that Spooner had a brain tumor.){{fact}}
A Spoonerism is created by swapping the first letters of two words, named after Edwin Spooner who often switched letters by accident. (It is suspected that Spooner had a brain tumor.)
An example of a Spoonerism:
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A teacher, speaking to a student, says, "you've tasted two worms!" instead of 'you've wasted two terms!'.
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== Irony And Sarcasm ==
Irony is lost on most people, because they've only heard the Alanis Morissette song that equates irony with "rain on [your] wedding day" and "a black fly in [your] Chardonnay".
Irony is not this sort of occurrance. Irony is saying, "I hate hate HATE cats! I will never own a cat in my life!" and then finding a lost kitten shivering on your doorstep.
Sarcasm is a type of humor that depends heavily on tone of voice, though it's possible to use sarcasm in a text-based medium. It generally consists of making a