Tag: Twitter
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Joke About Trump’s Twitter Account
The joke: Yesterday Twitter suspended the account of President Trump. He responded by launching his own version of Snapchat–Crapchat. How I wrote it: The biggest news story at the time was the storming of the Capitol building, but that didn’t lend itself easily to joke writing. So instead I chose for a topic a related…
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Joke About a Bear Attack
The joke: A woman in California was attacked by a bear but fought it off with her laptop computer. She said the bear ran away terrified when she showed it President Trump’s Twitter feed. How I wrote it: This news item caught my eye because it’s easy to understand and has a couple of promising…
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Joke About O. J. on Twitter
The joke: Released from prison after only nine years, O. J. Simpson has now joined Twitter. That makes sense. O. J. loves short sentences. How I wrote it: This topic caught my eye because both handles–“O. J. Simpson” and “Twitter”–seemed to have enough associations that could be linked to form a punch line. I know…
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Joke About Twitter’s “Like” Tool
Setup: Twitter to remove ‘like’ tool in a bid to improve the quality of debate Punch Line: But when are they going to remove all the other tools? Writer: J.D. Smith Joe’s analysis of the joke
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How to Write a Joke
There are formulas for writing jokes. Experienced joke writers go through a systematic process to turn something like a news item into a sentence or two that will make people laugh. You may have heard that “Writing is rewriting.” That describes only part of the process. Writing a joke is first thinking of what to…