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When Poetry And Humor Get Hitched, Christian Hartselle
When Poetry And Humor Get Hitched, Christian Hartselle
Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection
Through humor, poetry explores the imagination and the mind just as it does through other means of expression. Comic poetry finds the truth in the illogical and in the absurd; it finds what unsettles us through its use of surprise; it finds delight and play in the unknown and uncertain. By its very nature, comic poetry clings to the edges of what we know, so pinpointing its characteristics is tricky. But the shared characteristic of all comic poetry is the permission the poet grants herself to disobey boundaries. The poet chooses not to fit her works within the reader’s expectations, …
Aptitude Tests, Bob Dyer
Aptitude Tests, Bob Dyer
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One of the ,devices most commonly used by universities to overawe incoming freshmen and to make them conscious of the tremendous amount of knowledge connected with the institution, is the college aptitude test. The test, presumably, is to serve as a key to the student's ability along various lines. How this purpose is served remains a mystery to the poor subject. The average college freshman cannot see how such a garbled mass of nothing can lead his instructors to a better understanding of his educational needs.
Professor Blank, Patricia Sylvester
Professor Blank, Patricia Sylvester
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He walked into the room, hung his umbrella on the thermometer (on sunny days he used the umbrella as a walking stick) and turned methodically to the speaking stand. Then it came-laughter! laughter! The professor filed through his mind to determine if he "cracked" any of his jokes at the last meeting of the class. No, the last meeting was Thursday, second Thursday of the month. He always pulled his jokes on Tuesdays. Maybe it was the blackboard. Someone had written something on the blackboard, - something funny, maybe even about him. He turned to look at the board, but …
The Lighter Side Of Rectal Surgery, Ed Friel
The Lighter Side Of Rectal Surgery, Ed Friel
Butler University Books
Sixteen chapters of light, laugh out loud reading; a book that looks at "The Lighter Side" of the insults that life deals all of us. If you have ever faced surgery of any kind, had too much to drink in public, or had a miserable flying experience, you will identify with the situations Ed describes.