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Short Story: The sarcastic Zen master became, only witty

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 28 Mar 22

The Zen master, Thertu Zerploski, was prone to making slips of the tongue, and often these would come out as cutting remarks, containing some wit, but often sarcasm was attached to them too. The head monk, of his...

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What kind of jokes do you like?

Ericka @Serifina_Lovelace (85) • Philippines 27 May 18

People have different kinds of tastes when it comes to jokes. Sometimes they like self-depreciative humor, some like toilet humor, while some prefer puns. I, for one, like puns! They are what most millennials call "Dad...

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The humour and wit of Koalemos (@Asylum).

Jabo @jaboUK (64346) • United Kingdom 28 Apr 18

I'm devastated to hear of the death of Asylum (Koalemos), but am grateful to @BelleStarr for finding out about it. I thought you might enjoy seeing examples of his wit in the following exchange on my poem 'Road Rage'.....

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If this doesn't start a discussion nothing will!!

GreatMartin @GreatMartin (23670) • Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 5 Jun 17

I am 81 years old and have seen more movies and documentaries than you Iwill ever see but... This is the most overwhelming voices about age I have ever heard--I can't wait to be 90!! If you are 20, 30, 50 or 70--you have to...

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do you think WIT is Needed when you are POSTING BACK into a Discussion?!

missjahn @missjahn (4572) • Philippines 12 Sep 12

how would you like to consider yourself based on the title given above? what do you think about it? for me, as you participated and laid your points of views - you are already showing your wit. wit is something as synonym with...

acquiring wit

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Life should be faced with preparation, patience, wit,faith and confidence...

deodavid @deodavid (4147) • Philippines 15 Jan 12

Hey there everyone hope mylotting today is exciting. Anyway I just thought of something nice that I can use on my day to day life it's my own saying, Life should be faced with preparation, patience, wit,faith and confidence, I...

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Would you kill the dog that killed a person?

jsjose_myl @jsjose_myl (17) • Philippines 31 Aug 11

I come to over-hear the conversation of few teenagers - about seven of them or so. They were arguing about penalizing the animal to the capital punishment once it had killed a person. The teenagers, each of them made several...

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How to Become a Funny Guy?

jepoy11 @jepoy11 (56) • Philippines 29 Apr 11

I have lots of friend but every time I pull out some jokes they started to say to me that "your really corny". It seems that my sense of humor is not good at all. I don't know how to deliver great jokes. one of my friend is not...

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Laughter VS laughter

man2sting @man2sting (637) • Indonesia 9 Jul 10

Someone is laughing at you and you are laughing at him. Offended, he comes to you. Then you whisper something to his ear. He laughs! What did you say? Wanna try how witty you are here?

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What's life like without wit?

man2sting @man2sting (637) • Indonesia 8 Jul 10

I like to come up with witty remark in any social situations and it is spontaneous. If you have the same nature as me, what will you do when everything around sucks?

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Can you laugh at the idiosyncrasies of your own gender?

kalav56 @kalav56 (11464) • India 18 Feb 10

Whether you are a woman or a man , can you laugh at the weaknesses, peculiar traits, of your own gender? If you come across some joke or a funny write-up, mocking some peculiar characteristics of a woman or a man, or if against...

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The best compliments

anna728 @anna728 (1499) • United States 21 Aug 09

A lot of the time people will compliment someone's looks. But of course, you can also compliment someone on their intelligence, their wit, their talent, their style, their knowledge, their ethics, their bravery- any number of...

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If you could add all the knowledge of another person's brain into your brain,

NarcyzaProspera @NarcyzaProspera (154) • Philippines 20 Jul 09

whose brain would you choose? We often wish we could be smarter or more intelligent.. Just for the fun of it, if you will choose to have someone's brain, who would it be?

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This is just cold blooded!

Canellita @Canellita (12029) • United States 31 Mar 09

I was running errands with my honey the other day and we passed this place in Harahan with a crazy message on the marquee above the sign. I just had to get a picture of it! It's kind of funny but at the same time it is also kind...

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Do you find men funnier than women?

mimpi @mimpi1911 (25464) • India 7 Dec 08

Well I do. For some undefined reason, I find men wittier than women. Funny women of celluloid are always fat, eating lots of food with dumb one or two liners. On the contrary, the men are funny, more with their infallible sense...

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History's Zingers

CraftyCorner @CraftyCorner (5600) • United States 2 Dec 08

While history can seem a touch dull, it is in fact chock-a-block full of comedy gold. Many people had wit that could cause coffee contamination of one's screen and keyboard. I found some choice Zingers on Cracked.com which takes...

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Share a funny and/or witty line to help me smile...

wayz12 @wayz12 (2059) • United States 22 Nov 08

I'm feeling slightly blue today, so I've decided to drag out my list of funny one-liners that never fail to bring a smile to my lips. I admit I like collecting sarcastic, sharp, witty one-liners, and I was wondering if you guys...

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Reading "plays" by William Shakespeare mandatory in most schools......why?

orchid23391 @orchid23391 (47) • United States 13 Sep 08

Ok, this is a sore spot for a lot of teachers out there, but it's something that has always bothered me. How many kids do you know that had trouble with Shakespeare in school? Or maybe you had trouble yourself? Thankfully, I'm...

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Back or Front

njinks @njinks (46) • India 6 Sep 08

Are we moving backwards in the zest of moving fast?

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How well do you deal with sarcasm? IS it a lesser form of wit?

James72 @James72 (26790) • Australia 14 Aug 08

I am someone that I guess is pretty much known for having a sarcastic and somewhat cynical sense of humour. My mind also sometimes moves pretty quickly in this regard and before you know it I have said something straight after...

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