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...part of the university's quest to find the world's biggest punchline, that the people visiting the Laugh Lab's website gave the jokes they found there the highest "funny" rating ever. But I must have missed it. Last week, the Laugh Lab team had a giant chicken unveil the result of their research: the joke below was found to be the world's funniest. But I must have missed that, too. Some 65% of those polled allegedly rated this joke "very funny" or "funny." I couldn't rouse a chuckle. A little worried that I might...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last Laugh | 10/6/2002 | See Source »

...that France - surprise - likes surreal humor, or even that America - surprise, surprise - likes jokes that make people feel inferior. Nor am I worried about the self-esteem of ducks, surprisingly rated as the funniest - and thus the most laughed-at - creatures. ("My money would have been on the chicken," says Wiseman.) I am, however, worried about me. Why didn't I laugh? Eventually, I screw up the courage to ask Wiseman if he thinks the winning joke is funny. "The answer is ... at the moment ... well, no," he admits. "But I don't think it's a bad joke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last Laugh | 10/6/2002 | See Source »

...Since the University decided to ban kegs at this year’s Harvard-Yale Game, tailgaters will be forced to get more creative. Serving refreshing margaritas is one way to beat the rules and spice up your offerings this season. Margaritas are the perfect accompaniment for burgers, ribs, chicken or anything else hickory-smoked and fresh off the grill. Jeff Broadman, the general manager of RedBones, a Davis Square restaurant specializing in finger-licking-good Southern barbecue food, recommends margaritas as the best cocktail for tailgating. “Margaritas have a great flavor,” Boardman says...

Author: By Alice O. Wong, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Drinky-Drink | 10/3/2002 | See Source »

Last year, they made good on their pledge to bring Lord of the Rings star Elijah Wood. During a rowdy ceremony in a campus lecture hall, Wood won a chicken-wing-eating contest and took home the Lampoon’s “Best Actor of All Time” award...

Author: By Kyle J. Berkman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Strokes Punish ’Poonster In Go-Kart Around Castle | 10/3/2002 | See Source »

...move to dark meat chicken accompanies a new cashier system—installed in an effort to make Wrap service speedier and more accurate...

Author: By Katherine M. Dimengo, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dark Meat Lightens Fare at Wrap | 10/1/2002 | See Source »

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