Bad joke may prove deadly for teller

MOSCOW: There's a ground comedians
call it "dying on stage". Research by a Washington State University linguist
establish that people who assure bad jokes often persist an astonishing outpouring of
hostility from the listeners.



"These were basically attacks intended
to result in the social exclusion or humiliation of the speaker, punctuated on
occasion with profanity, a nasty glare or tied a solid punch to the limb," said
investigator Nancy Bell. We're not talking about jokes that contain dysphemistic
material, or the type of slurs unleashed by former �Seinfeld' star Michael
Richards. The joke that Bell used in her inquiry was: "What did the big chimney
say to the little chimney?


Nothing, chimneys can't babble out."



The
responses to this infantile riddle included insults, glares, silence or even
blows. "The preponderating verbal reaction to failed humour in our study was
oriented exclusively toward attacking the speaker," Bell
said.



Reasons for the solid responses are many. First, such tinned
humour a great deal disrupts the natural current of conversation. And jokes that miscarry to
deliver humour are a infraction of a social contract, so punishing the cashier can
discourage similar conduct in the future.


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Artist: Lil Bow Wow

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Artist: Tommy Flanagan

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Tracks: 6


   
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Known for his flawless and tasteful playing, Tommy Flanagan received long delinquent realisation for his talents in the eighties. He played clarinet when he was six-spot and switched to pianissimo phoebe eld later. Flanagan was an important part of the productive Detroit jazz picture (other than 1951-1953 when he was in the Army) until he stirred to New York in 1956. He was exploited for many recordings after his arriver during that era; cut roger Sessions as a loss leader for New Jazz, Prestige, Savoy, and Moodsville; and worked regularly with Oscar Pettiford, J.J. Johnson (1956-1958), Harry "Sweets" Edison (1959-1960), and Coleman Hawkins (1961). Flanagan was Ella Fitzgerald's regular accompanist during 1963-1965 and 1968-1978, which resulted in him organism underrated as a soloist. However, starting in 1975, he began leading a serial publication of superior record book roger Sessions and since going Fitzgerald, Flanagan has been in exact as the head of his own triad, systematically admired for his swing and creative bop-based style. Among the many labels he has recorded for since 1975 ar Pablo, Enja, Denon, Galaxy, Progressive, Uptown, Timeless, and several European and Japanese companies. For Blue Note, he cut Sundown and Mockingbird in 1998, followed a twelvemonth later on by Samba for Felix. Despite a spunk shape, Flanagan continued performing until the terminal of his life sentence, acting two-week stints at the Village Vanguard twice a yr, transcription and touring. He died on November 16, 2001, in Manhattan from an arterial aneurism.