Word: jokes
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...recall the first day on our own, when we sat down to 25-yuan plates of food, gloating at what a deal we had found, only later to discover that right next door a large bowl of noodles could be found for a fifth of the price. We often joke that it’s like going shopping and finding incredible bargains anywhere and everywhere. It’s been difficult to take my mind off what money must mean to the Chinese, and I still catch myself dividing price stickers by eight to check the price equivalent in dollars...
...construction costs. Congress subsequently expanded the network to include other routes and the new states of Hawaii and Alaska. And even now, ongoing fidgeting with the system - the repaving and widening of established highways and the construction of new metro commuter routes close to growing cities - suggests that old joke about New York City: "It'll be a great place if they ever finish building...
...slice of tickets going to New Yorkers than previous years, the Web was burning with a heated debate on the pros and cons of expanding the event's core mission. On the North Mississippi All Stars Message Board, "wdsmith" fumed: "The lineup for this year's Bonnaroo is a joke." Countered "Hipman": "Radiohead is amazing live, I think they fit in pretty good at Bannaroo really...
...more of a tool for Chavez to rally support behind his government than anything else. But in a country where many still blame the U.S. for tacitly supporting a failed coup against Chavez in 2002, the powers that be certainly don't act as if an attack is a joke...
...other renowned universities. That's right--a doctorate, not just a bachelor's. It's such an up-and-coming field in academe that there is an actual shortage of qualified educators. We don't have enough people to teach leisure. I am tempted to make a joke about this, but I don't want to incur the wrath of the leisure scientists. They'll beat me up with lawn chairs...