Encyclopedia - Humour: Encyclopedia - Humour
Humour (Commonwealth English) or humor (American English) is the ability or quality of people, objects or situations to evoke feelings of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humour: Encyclopedia Ii - Humour - Understanding Humour
The term "humour" as formerly applied in comedy referred to the interpenetration of the sublime and the ridiculous. For this reason humou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humour: Encyclopedia Ii - Humour - Humour Formula
Required components: some surprise, contradiction, ambiguity or paradox. appealing to feelings or to emotions. similar to reality, but n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aqueous Humour: Encyclopedia - Aqueous Humour
The aqueous humour is the clear, watery fluid that fills the complex space in the front of the eye which is bounded at the front by the c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vitreous Humour: Encyclopedia - Vitreous Humour
Vitreous humour is the clear aqueous solution that fills the space between the lens and the retina of the vertebrate eyeball. The solutio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Asterix: Encyclopedia Ii - Asterix - Humour
Asterix - Stereotypes and allusions. Everywhere they visit, Asterix and Obelix encounter people and things borrowed and caricatured fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Teuchter: Encyclopedia Ii - Teuchter - Humour
Like other rural stereotypes, teuchters commonly feature in jokes (a teuchter visiting the city might marvel at a bus as "a hoose wi' whe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Asterix: Encyclopedia Ii - Asterix - Humour
Asterix - Stereotypes and allusions. Everywhere they visit, Asterix and Obelix encounter people and things borrowed and caricatured fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reboot: Encyclopedia Ii - Reboot - Humour
ReBoot is full of computer and popular culture in-jokes that few people get the first time around. Among the most notable references are ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bs 1363: Encyclopedia Ii - Bs 1363 - Humour
It has been stated in various comedy acts and lists of "universal truths" circulating on the Internet that the most painful household inc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coronation Street: Encyclopedia Ii - Coronation Street - Humour
Since its launch, Coronation Street has become famous for its humorous storylines. These include the notoriously prissy, reserved and pla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - J. C. Bamford: Encyclopedia Ii - J. C. Bamford - Humour
The cutting of network cables during road repairs is now so common, that network engineers often refer to "backhoe fade" as an inevitable...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue: Encyclopedia Ii - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue - Humour
Many of the games are inherently humorous and even those theoretically capable of being taken seriously are played for laughs. I'm Sorry ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue: Encyclopedia Ii - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue - Humour
Many of the games are inherently humorous and even those theoretically capable of being taken seriously are played for laughs. I'm Sorry ...   » Read the article

Article - Mathematics: Mathematics And The Calculus Of Humour  
The mathematics of humour, or the humour of mathematics? You're kidding. They're as different as chalk and cheese. Or are they?  ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canadian Humour: Encyclopedia - Canadian Humour
Canadian humour is an integral part of the Canadian Identity. Canadians have excelled at comedy and humour in many domains. There are sev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Surreal Humour: Encyclopedia - Surreal Humour
Surreal humour is a form of humour based on bizarre juxtapositions, absurd situations, and nonsense logic. Probably the most common form ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Humour: Encyclopedia - British Humour
British humour has a reputation for being puzzling to non-British speakers of English. Nonetheless, many UK comedy TV shows which use it ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Four Humours: Encyclopedia - Four Humours
In traditional medicine practiced before the advent of modern technology, the four humours were four fluids that were thought to permeate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Toilet Humour: Encyclopedia - Toilet Humour
Toilet humour (also potty humour) is a type of humour dealing with bodily toilet functions. Public reference to bodily functions is taboo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amusement: Encyclopedia - Amusement
Amusement is the state of experiencing humourous and usually entertaining events or situations, and is associated with enjoyment, happine...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Laughter: Encyclopedia - Laughter
Laughter is the biological reaction of humans to moments or occasions of humor: an outward expression of amusement. Laughter is subcatego...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deadpan: Encyclopedia - Deadpan
Deadpan is a form of comedic delivery in which something humorous is said or done by a person, while not exhibiting a change in emotion o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anecdote: Encyclopedia - Anecdote
An anecdote is a very brief tale narrating an interesting or amusing biographical incident. It may be as brief as the setting and provoca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bile: Encyclopedia - Bile
Bile (or gall) is a bitter, greenish-yellow alkaline fluid secreted by the liver of most vertebrates. In many species, it is stored in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whodunit: Encyclopedia - Whodunit
A whodunit or whodunnit (for "Who done it?" and sometimes referred to as a Golden Age Mystery novel) is a complex, plot-driven variety of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Volkspolizei: Encyclopedia - Volkspolizei
The Volkspolizei (German: People's Police) was the national police of East Germany, whose officers were commonly nicknamed VoPos. Formed ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vladimir Putin: Encyclopedia - Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: Влади́мир Влади́мирович Пу́тин, pronunciation ▶ (help·info), Pútin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Existentialism: Encyclopedia - Existentialism
Existentialism is a philosophical movement that views human existence as having a set of underlying themes and characteristics, such as a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Asterix: Encyclopedia - Asterix
Asterix (French: Astérix) is a fictional character, created in 1959 as the hero of a series of French comic books by René Goscinny (sto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Masturbation: Encyclopedia - Masturbation
Masturbation is the manual excitation of the sexual organs, most often to the point of orgasm. It can refer to excitation either by onese...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Australian English: Encyclopedia - Australian English
Australian English (AuE) is the form of the English language used in Australia. Australian English - Relationship to other varieties of E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Russian Humour: Encyclopedia Ii - Russian Humour - Black Humour
Apart from jokes, Russian humour is expressed in plays on words and short poems including nonsense and black humour verses, similar to so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Russian Humour: Encyclopedia Ii - Russian Humour - Chastushka
Main article: Chastushka. A specific form of humor is chastushkas, songs composed of four-line rhymes, usually of lewd, humoristic, or sa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Russian Humour: Encyclopedia Ii - Russian Humour - Jokes
Main article: Russian joke. The most popular form of Russian humour consists of jokes (анекдо́ты — anekdoty), which are short ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Romanian Humour: Encyclopedia Ii - Romanian Humour - Personages
The earliest Romanian character found in an anecdote is Păcală. His name is derived from a se păcăli ('to fool oneself') and, since t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Surreal Humour: Encyclopedia Ii - Surreal Humour - History Of Surreal Humour
Humour which we might now consider surreal has been around at least since the nineteenth century. Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in W...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canadian Humour: Encyclopedia Ii - Canadian Humour - Literature
From the first major work of Canadian humour, Thomas McCulloch’s Letters of Mephibosheth Stepsure (1821-23) in the Halifax weekly Acadi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canadian Humour: Encyclopedia Ii - Canadian Humour - Music
Particularly in recent years, Canada has produced a number of famous musical groups who have been described as "comedy rock". Bands such ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canadian Humour: Encyclopedia Ii - Canadian Humour - Television
Many of Canada's most popular and enduring comedy shows are in the sketch comedy genre. Paradoxically, Canadian television has fared poor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canadian Humour: Encyclopedia Ii - Canadian Humour - Radio
Many of Canada's comedy acts and performers have started out on radio, primarily on the national Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Russian Humour: Encyclopedia Ii - Russian Humour - Political Satire
For most of Russian history, humour remained an expression of the human spirit. Under the ascetic dogmatism of the clergy in medieval tim...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Romanian Humour: Encyclopedia Ii - Romanian Humour - Ethnic Jokes
Roma: Jokes about the Roma (Gypsy) ethnic minority in Romanian. Recurring themes are stealing, refusing to work, having too many children...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bile: Encyclopedia Ii - Bile - Four Humours
Yellow bile and black bile were two of the four vital fluids or humours of ancient and medieval medicine; for example, melancholia was be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New Zealand Humour: Encyclopedia Ii - New Zealand Humour - The Trans-tasman Rivalry
Australians are the butt of Kiwi humour in many ways (and vice versa, of course) — even at the highest diplomatic level. During the 198...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New Zealand Humour: Encyclopedia Ii - New Zealand Humour - The New Zealand Experience
New Zealand is blessed with being a multicultural country that is isolated from much of the rest of the world geographically. All New Zea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New Zealand Humour: Encyclopedia Ii - New Zealand Humour - New Zealand Comedians
Ironically, some of New Zealand's best known comedians have for many years been working almost exclusively in Australia. This includes Jo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whodunit: Encyclopedia Ii - Whodunit - Humour In Whodunits
Whodunits -- no matter what their content or when, where and by whom they were written -- are never completely serious. Even if their aut...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Every Man In His Humour: Encyclopedia Ii - Every Man In His Humour - Plot And Style
In general outline, this play follows Latin models quite closely. In the main plot, a gentleman named Kno'well, concerned for his son's m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Masturbation: Encyclopedia Ii - Masturbation - Humour And Masturbation
Masturbation, mainly male masturbation, has long been the subject of humour. Even in the early Twentieth Century, Mail Pouch Tobacco adve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Masturbation: Encyclopedia Ii - Masturbation - Humour And Masturbation
Masturbation, mainly male masturbation, has long been the subject of humour. Even in the early Twentieth Century, Mail Pouch Tobacco adve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bagpipes: Encyclopedia Ii - Bagpipes - Bagpipe Humour
Even among aficionados, it is recognized that bagpipes, bagpipers, and bagpipe music can all be legitimate sources of humour. A typical g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bagpipes: Encyclopedia Ii - Bagpipes - Bagpipe Humour
Even among aficionados, it is recognized that bagpipes, bagpipers, and bagpipe music can all be legitimate sources of humour. A typical g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bagpipes: Encyclopedia Ii - Bagpipes - Bagpipe Humour
Even among aficionados, it is recognized that bagpipes, bagpipers, and bagpipe music can all be legitimate sources of humour. A typical g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Recursion: Encyclopedia Ii - Recursion - Recursive Humour
A common geeky joke (for example [1]) is the following "definition" of recursion. Recursion See "Recursion". This is a parody on ref...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Recursion: Encyclopedia Ii - Recursion - Recursive Humour
A common geeky joke (for example [1]) is the following "definition" of recursion. Recursion See "Recursion". This is a parody on ref...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rugby Football: Encyclopedia Ii - Rugby Football - Culture And Humour
See also: Rugby culture. Because of its long adherence to amateurism, an ethic considered to have discouraged working class players, rugb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Private Eye: Encyclopedia Ii - Private Eye - Examples Of Humour
The magazine has a number of running in jokes, often accessible only to those who have read the magazine for many years: The phrase "Uga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Schrödinger's Cat: Encyclopedia Ii - Schrödinger's Cat - Related Humour
The term "Schrödinger's Terrorist" has been used to humorously label "terrorists" whose status as living or dead is unknown and/or subje...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kingsway Tramway Subway: Encyclopedia Ii - Kingsway Tramway Subway - The Subway In Humour
After closure, a number of cartoons appeared in London newspapers based on the closed tramway, with ghostly trams or 'lost' tube trains. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amusement: Encyclopedia Ii - Amusement - Reactions
Humans will typically laugh or smile to display amusement. For most people at some time, situations which would normally elicit amusement...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bile: Encyclopedia Ii - Bile - Physiology
Bile salts are steroid compounds (deoxycholic and cholic acid), often conjugated with glycine and taurine, and act to some extent as a de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mother And Son: Encyclopedia Ii - Mother And Son - Recent Events
In 2004, the creators of the show selected their favorite episodes - acknowledging that some of the episodes had become dated and lost mu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mo Lei Tau: Encyclopedia Ii - Mo Lei Tau - History
Mo lei tau humour is a recent phenomenon in the culture of Hong Kong. Mo lei tau - 1970s and 1980s. As a film form the earliest propone...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Teuchter: Encyclopedia Ii - Teuchter - Derivation
The word has an unclear origin. The most commonly stated one is that it is derived from the Lowland Scots word teuch (tough) (in Gaelic t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muhajir Urdu: Encyclopedia Ii - Muhajir Urdu - Culture
Muhajir Urdu - Taste and humour. Mujahirs are proud of their rich cultural and civilized backgroud. In art, literature, music and educa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Asterix: Encyclopedia Ii - Asterix - Setting And Characters
Asterix lives around 50 BC in a fictional village in northwest Armorica (a region of ancient Gaul mostly identical to modern Brittany). T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Quebec Media: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Quebec Media - Magazines
List of Quebec media - Society. L'Actualité L'Agora Recto Verso List of Quebec media - Women. Châtelaine Elle Québec List of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coronation Street: Encyclopedia Ii - Coronation Street - Background To Coronation Street
Originally broadcast live, it is now pre-recorded, usually four to six weeks in advance of broadcast. Whereas rival British soap operas a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Asterix: Encyclopedia Ii - Asterix - Setting And Characters
Asterix lives around 50 BC in a fictional village in northwest Armorica (a region of ancient Gaul mostly identical to modern Brittany). T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vladimir Putin: Encyclopedia Ii - Vladimir Putin - Quotations
In response to US and EU leaders who have criticised Putin on taking a hardline in dealing with the Chechens "Why don't you meet Osama bi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hello Garci Scandal: Encyclopedia Ii - Hello Garci Scandal - Pop Culture
Hello Garci scandal - Humour. There is also the wide spread use of a portion of the contents in Ong tapes as a mobile phone ring tone. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hello Garci Scandal: Encyclopedia Ii - Hello Garci Scandal - Pop Culture
Hello Garci scandal - Humour. There is also the wide spread use of a portion of the contents in Ong tapes as a mobile phone ring tone. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anecdote: Encyclopedia Ii - Anecdote - Well-known Examples
For example, Cary Grant is said to have been reluctant to reveal his age to the public, having played the youthful lover for more years t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Australian English: Encyclopedia Ii - Australian English - Use Of Words By Australians
Perception has it that a common trait is the frequent use of long-winded similes, such as "slow as a wet week", "built like a brick shit-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Masturbation: Encyclopedia Ii - Masturbation - Masturbation Techniques
Ways of masturbating common to members of both sexes include pressing or rubbing the genital area against an object, such as a pillow, in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Masturbation: Encyclopedia Ii - Masturbation - Masturbation Techniques
Ways of masturbating common to members of both sexes include pressing or rubbing the genital area, either with the fingers or against an ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Masturbation: Encyclopedia Ii - Masturbation - Masturbation In History And Society
Masturbation - Antiquity. There are depictions of male masturbation in prehistoric rock paintings around the world, though these are al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Masturbation: Encyclopedia Ii - Masturbation - Masturbation In History And Society
Masturbation - Antiquity. There are depictions of male masturbation in prehistoric rock paintings around the world, though these are al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Double Entendre: Encyclopedia Ii - Double Entendre - British Comedy
Sexual innuendo is common in British sitcoms and radio comedy such as I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. For example, in Are You Being Served?, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Innuendo: Encyclopedia Ii - Innuendo - British Comedy
Sexual innuendo is common in British sitcoms and radio comedy such as I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. For example, in Are You Being Served?, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Australian English: Encyclopedia Ii - Australian English - Phonology
Australian English is a non-rhotic variety. It is unique in its remarkable homogeneity over a vast area. Unlike most varieties of English...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Masturbation: Encyclopedia Ii - Masturbation - Law
In most countries, masturbation tends to be legal, even by children, as long as nobody else is involved and no image is made. However, a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Masturbation: Encyclopedia Ii - Masturbation - Law
In most countries, masturbation tends to be legal, even by children, as long as nobody else is involved and no image is made. However, a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Masturbation: Encyclopedia Ii - Masturbation - Law
In most countries, masturbation tends to be legal, even by children, as long as nobody else is involved and no image is made. However, a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Duke Nukem 3d: Encyclopedia Ii - Duke Nukem 3d - Gameplay
Duke Nukem 3D - Level design. A notable quality of the game was the immense interactivity and realism of its levels. While many past fi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Australian English: Encyclopedia Ii - Australian English - Vocabulary
Australian English - The origins of Australian words. Australian English incorporates many uniquely Australian terms. One of the best-k...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Masturbation: Encyclopedia Ii - Masturbation - Health And Psychological Effects
It is held in many mental health circles that masturbation can relieve depression and lead to a higher sense of self-worth. Masturbation ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Masturbation: Encyclopedia Ii - Masturbation - Health And Psychological Effects
It is held in many mental health circles that masturbation can relieve depression and lead to a higher sense of self-worth. Masturbation ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Masturbation: Encyclopedia Ii - Masturbation - Masturbation Frequency Age And Sex
Frequency of masturbation is determined by many factors, eg. one's ability to resist transient sexual tension, hormones levels influencin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Innuendo: Encyclopedia Ii - Innuendo - U.s. Politics
Rumors surfaced during the 1950s that politicians would exploit the ignorance of Southern audiences at campaign stops. George Smathers wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Quebec: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Quebec - Events
Le Carnaval de Québec is held every winter in Quebec City and is famous for its world-class ice sculpture competition, sledding at the f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Quebec: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Quebec - Cultural Institutions
Many cultural institutions were set up in Quebec, in the wake of the Quiet Revolution. Among the key institutions are: the Archives nati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Quebec: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Quebec - Lifestyle
Quebec is fairly typical of most Western societies in many regards, with, however, a few particularities of its own. Culture of Quebec -...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Robert Colombo: Encyclopedia Ii - John Robert Colombo - Works
John Robert Colombo - Poetry. Lines for the Last Day (1960) The Mackenzie Poems (1966) Miraculous Montages (1966) The Great Wall of Ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Masturbation: Encyclopedia Ii - Masturbation - Masturbation Frequency, Age And Sex
Frequency of masturbation is determined by many factors, eg. one's ability to resist transient sexual tension, hormones levels influencin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Australian English: Encyclopedia Ii - Australian English - Relationship To Other Varieties Of English
Australian English began to diverge from British English soon after the foundation of the colony of New South Wales (NSW) in 1788. The se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Australian English: Encyclopedia Ii - Australian English - Varieties Of Australian English
Most linguists consider that there are three main varieties of Australian English: "Broad", "General" and "Cultivated". These three main ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Masturbation: Encyclopedia Ii - Masturbation - Masturbation Frequency Age And Sex
Frequency of masturbation is determined by many factors, eg. one's ability to resist transient sexual tension, hormones levels influencin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Masturbation: Encyclopedia Ii - Masturbation - Masturbation Techniques
Ways of masturbating common to members of both sexes include pressing or rubbing the genital area, either with the fingers or against an ...   » Read the article