Word: joking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Someone asks what became of the architect. Was he fired for his mistake? Contemplating the missing top rows, Castro shrugs. ``No,'' he deadpans, testing his listeners' sense of humor. ``He was shot.'' Then Castro roars with laughter at his joke, a parody of his image as a bloodthirsty dictator. And with that, the evening and the aging commandant suddenly come alive...
...just proud," said Roni Brunn '96, aLampoon editor. "When most people hear a joke,they laugh; when we hear a joke, we're proud...
Each song has a good joke, but unfortunately many of them have only a few clever lyrics that are used ad nauseum. The song "Dead Dogs" has six words, and even fewer chords. The charm of some tunes, while ample at first, quickly wanes as the band beats a thin joke to death. The listener discovers that he can only hear the words "I'm killing all the fucking hippies" so many times. Frequently aware of this weakness, Butt Trumpet saves itself with brevity. Only two of the songs on the album are longer than three minutes--most are even...
James may joke about murder but she considers crime in the first degree a serious matter. Does she think murder is ever justified...
Leverett resident Sarah J. Manguso '96 claims the painting "looks like it was made with a three-foot paint roller and poster paint. The most generous thing to call it would be bright. I some-times wonder if maybe it's a joke, a cute bit of irony played on us by the masters...