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IT'S FUNKY FEBRUARY!
Copyright "The Quipping Queen" 2005. IT'S FUNKY FEBRUARY OF COURSE! (Calendar of Odd Events for - FEBRUARY 2005) **Compiled by Lady Beatrice Blitterlees and edited by Lord Earl Craboon -- Why is everyone so happy? Because it's festive,...
Silver linings are everywhere.
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Stop Needling Me!
Sometimes it's possible to accomplish something important by doing nothing at all. Well, actually, I did do something. I resisted. I think that counts. Here's my story.
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Tenderizing Meat and Other Uses For Home Exercise Equipment
Almost everyone has bought home exercise equipment at some point in their life, be it a few rusty dumbells at a garage sale all the way to a complicated new home gym. But how many people continue to use it consistently? Here are some uses (that you...
Things to Say to Make a Woman Laugh
Well if all men knew the things to say to make women laugh, this world would then be called Utopia :-). The birds would be singing once again, the sun would be shining, and if my wife knew what I was writing right now in this article, she would...
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How to write funny ideas
People are always curious as where do humorists get their wacky
ideas all the time. Once awhile you may hit upon a funny line or
silly joke, but to churn out an endless stream of funny ideas is
no joke(no pun intended).
So, where and how do the professional comedy writers do it? It's
all up in the head and the deep secret is the thinking process.
The combination of creativity and imagination is the first step
that will lead your thoughts to the funny finish.
To be imaginative and creative, you got to let your mind wander
freely and illogically even to absurdity. Don't be inhibited.
Many a times, the best joke appeared in the most unexpected
combination.
Here are five techniques which you can generate humorous ideas:
1.Incongruity - by pairing of opposites or contrasts. 2.Reverse
- by switching or reverting of situations.
3.Similarity - by
pairing of the same or similar things, person or situations
4.Words - by using puns, oxymorons, cliches and figure of speech
5.Switches - by using others'ideas only as a starting point.
These are the four essential elements of humor:
1.Surprise - unexpected twist to the ending 2.Realism - truth or
logic that can be related to or recognised 3.Exaggeration -
simple distortion to the extent of absurdity 4.Victim - the butt
of the joke
About the author:
A freelancer from Malaysia who dabbles in both visual and
performing art. Cartooning, script-writing, acting in TV and
movies, doing voice, sound and singing impressions under the
stage-names: Wacky Willy and SFX-Man.
Read more articles and free tips at:
http://funny-ideas.blogspot.com/
Reach me at: kertoon@yahoo.com
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