Word: jokes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...working out well," forward Tim Smith said of Bourbeau's addition to the first-line, which also includes wing Lane MacDonald. "Al and I always joke around in practice. We get along well...
Money, for one participant, was the only attraction. "I was very broke. I look at [the study] as a job with incredible benefits. But you should get into the program, get your money, and get out. It's not a game or a joke; it's a business and a risk where the odds don't always stay the same...
This pose of respectability is part of the joke, of course. Nothing underscores outrageousness better than a no-nonsense manner. Frazier's method reaches an apotheosis of sorts in the title story. Things begin innocently enough: "In today's fast-moving, transient, rootless society, where people meet and make love and part without ever really touching, the relationship every guy already has with his own mother is too valuable to ignore." In arguing that men should start taking a sexual interest in their moms, Frazier, like any responsible essayist, raises possible objections to his plan: "One problem is that lots...
POOR RUTGER HAUER. A sinister delight in Blade Runner, he is trapped by poor screenwriting and character development. Hauer seems to regard his role as the methodically killing John Ryder as an irreparable joke, and therefore he plays the joke for all it's worth. When asked where he is from, Ryder quips "Disneyland," with a mocking half smile. Ryder is funny, but completely unthreatening...
...when the hospital called the Amzallags they were unwilling to believe what had happened. "I told my wife not to worry, it must be a joke," Andre Amzallag said. They didn't want to believe...