Look at the number to get the joke.  Can YOU dial it correctly?

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We all enjoy a good guffaw on the interweb, but when it comes to writing, the art of the joke requires serious study.  While Miss Applesassy claims no fame as a netisphere comediane, she can offer some basic lessons on the anatomy of a joke.

First comes the set up.  A sentence or two as introduction to the topic.  Then we move into the description.  Like any good essay outline, it will consist of three short sub topics.  Last is the punch line.  It should be off subject and totally unexpected.  A common mistake in joke writing is to add additional information AFTER the punch.  Do not do this.  It  diminishes the value of the joke like drinking watered down booze in a bar.

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Miss Applesassy loves the blog world, but cautions against socializing with trolls.  TROLL is a term for an argumentative sort of blogger who uses anonymity and alias to infiltrate user communities and cause trouble.  These people are of a neanderthal mindset, and should be ignored at all times.  DO NOT engage them.   Just follow Miss Apps netiquette etiquette advice and

Don’t Ever Feed the Trolls!

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How Linguitastical!

1. ginormous (adj): bigger than gigantic and bigger than enormous
2. confuzzled (adj): confused and puzzled at the same time
3. woot (interj): an exclamation of joy or excitement
4. chillax (v): chill out/relax, hang out with friends
5. cognitive displaysia (n): the feeling you have before you even leave the house that you are going to forget something and not remember it until you’re on the highway
6. gription (n): the purchase gained by friction: “My car needs new tires because the old ones have lost their gription.”
7. phonecrastinate (v): to put off answering the phone until caller ID displays the incoming name and number
8. slickery (adj): having a surface that is wet and icy
9. snirt (n): snow that is dirty, often seen by the side of roads and parking lots that have been plowed
10. lingweenie (n): a person incapable of producing neologisms

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My fourth grade daughter was in CRISIS!!!!
She was supposed to memorize the poem “Too Many Amanda’s” by Loris Lesynski.

She forgot the poem, and left it at school.

“MOTHERRRRR, WHAT am I going to DOOOOOOOO?”
She cried, (at eight pm Sunday night.)

“You could e-mail the author.”

Thus began a charming exchange:

My child sent her flowery, hopeful, pleading request.
Ms. Lesynski replied right away and saved the day.
Little Shelby wrote back, her dramatic and heartfelt thanks, typed in three colors of bold mix matched fonts:

“Thank you, Thank You, YOU’VE Saved
MY LIFE !!!!!!!!”

To which the author and poet, responded:

“Oh that’s great! I like saving lives with poems !!!!!!”

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