Word: joking
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Final Test. A British joke about cricket, well told; with Robert Morley (TIME...
After the first few concerts and much publicity, the bells became something of a joke to the students. One Lowell House prankster sent a letter to President Franklin Roosevelt informing him that the Russian bells would be christened "The Roosevelt Bells." Shortly after, Master Coolidge received a gracious thank-you note and was forced to rectify the error. The President, in a return letter, said: "I am not in the least perturbed about the name of the bells because, strictly between ourselves, I should much prefer to have a puppy-dog or a baby named after me than...
...other court, it might have seemed that the bench was having a little joke, but District Judge Karl Holzschuh of Darmstadt, Germany, meant every word he said. The defendant in the case was a 17-year-old boy who had just been convicted of stealing a motorcycle and roaring about the streets. The judge, however, had no intention of clapping him in jail. "You will never know the beauties of nature," said he, "if all you do is drive through it like a madman." The boy's sentence: a year-long membership in the local walking club...
...Final Test. A British joke about cricket, well told; with Robert Morley (TIME...
...Final Test. A British joke about cricket, well told; with Robert Morley (TIME...