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  2. Practical joke - Wikipedia

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    A practical joke or prank is a trick played on people, generally causing the victim to experience embarrassment, perplexity, confusion, or discomfort. [1] [2] The perpetrator of a practical joke is called a "practical joker" or "prankster". [1] Other terms for practical jokes include gag, rib, jape, or shenanigan.

  3. Men's parking space - Wikipedia

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    Men's parking space is an antonym to women's parking space. Normally mentioned only in satire, in July 2012 two men's parking spaces were opened in Triberg in the Black Forest of Germany . Planned as a practical joke presenting a specific challenge to unskilled drivers, they produced worldwide media interest in the combination of humour to ...

  4. Credulity - Wikipedia

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    The origin of the term is a practical joke where inexperienced campers are told about a bird or animal called the snipe as well as a usually preposterous method of catching it, such as running around the woods carrying a bag or making strange noises. [15] Superstition is a credulous belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge.

  5. List of practical joke topics - Wikipedia

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    A toilet papered residence in Deerfield, Michigan. This is a list of practical joke topics (also known as a prank, gag, jape, or shenanigan) which are mischievous tricks or jokes played on someone, typically causing the victim to experience embarrassment, perplexity, confusion, or discomfort.

  6. Joke - Wikipedia

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    Jokes are a form of humour, but not all humour is in the form of a joke. Some humorous forms which are not verbal jokes are: involuntary humour, situational humour, practical jokes, slapstick and anecdotes. Identified as one of the simple forms of oral literature by the Dutch linguist André Jolles, [4] jokes are passed along anonymously. They ...

  7. Hugh Troy - Wikipedia

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    Troy attended Cornell as an architecture student from 1922 to 1927, although he was suspended without receiving a degree due to a particular joke that offended the administration. Although many of his practical jokes on campus are legendary, university historians have been unable to prove their truthfulness and some suspect the majority of his ...

  8. Category:Practical jokes - Wikipedia

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    Practical joke devices (22 P) Prank calling (1 C, 43 P) Prank YouTubers (39 P) Films about pranks (2 C, 62 P) Pages in category "Practical jokes"

  9. Category:Jokes - Wikipedia

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    Practical jokes (12 C, 89 P) Puns (20 P) S. Stock characters in jokes (10 P) Pages in category "Jokes" The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total.