READING GLORIAGARCI JOKES: THE SEMANTIC SCRIPT THEORY OF HUMOR/GENERAL THEORY OF VERBAL HUMOR AND FILIPINO POLITICAL HUMOR Maria Rhodora G. Ancheta‚ PhD Department of English and Comparative Literature University of the Philippines Diliman 1.0 Political Humor and the Creation of Joke Work Who has not heard of at least one GloriaGarci joke? Or has not laughed at [if not downloaded and made a mobile phone ring tone of] the “Hello Garci” opening of the continuing political debacle that is now termed Gloriagate
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A Best Friend is... “Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never ever the same” (Unknown). What is a “best friend”? Almost everyone has one‚ and almost everyone is one. There’s something about a best friend that cannot be duplicated. Everyone has their own definition of what their own best friend is like and what an impact he or she has made in their life. In this essay I would like to take a better
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My Best Friend My best friend is very special to me because she is one of a kind. Its hard to find a friend like her because she is helpful and kind. I think I am very lucky that I met her because I would have been another person without her. She is the friend that I will never forget because I have many special memories with her. I hope I never loose her because if I do I probably look for her all over the world just to find her. I have many things in common like‚ we like soccer and the color
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course‚ this is known as informal justice. Informal justice can also be described as the cooperation between the offender and the law. This cooperation can take place pre or post conviction. For example‚ police may be willing to make a deal with a suspect to gain cooperation or a prosecutor may bargain with a defense attorney to get a plea of guilty as charged for a promise of leniency. I see informal justice as a compromise to benefit both parties. I feel that informal justice is an important
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sarcastic about a shirt that looked absolutely ridiculous on him. After I said it I realized that it was really wasnt the way that I wanted to say it. It was ment as a joke. But I had said it in a tone that didn’t sound like a joke. And when I went to tell home that it was a joke he had all ready taken it the wrong way. He took it the absolute other way and we got into an argument about it. I told him that it was just a joke and that I was just kidding. But he had already made up his mind about what I
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As humans we encounter‚ each and every day‚ with different types of people ‚ whether in school‚ home‚ or at work. But can these people be called my friend?‚ In this essay‚ I’m going to address three different types of the people that we know. Basically‚ those three types are; acquaintances‚ colleagues‚ and best friends. The first type of those people are acquaintances.This means that you basically only know their names. Sometimes you might not even remember them. Usually‚ you meet these people
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A Man’s Best Friend This can’t be happening! I don’t believe this is happening! He was my best friend. They were both my best friends. How does one go from having two best friends to having none at all? I’m all alone…and he is who I have to thank! It was him who did this. He is responsible—him and him alone! And I will make him pay if it’s the last thing I do. [Pause] It seems like yesterday me and ‘ol Murph were playing fetch out back. I’d throw his favorite stick and he’d bring it back every
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September 2009 BUILDING A QUALITY-FOCUSED CUL TURE CHALLENGE A consumer products manufacturer competes in a mature and declining commoditised market with a small number of competitors. As such‚ the organisation must compete on quality to retain its share of the market. With quality becoming an increasingly important strategic imperative‚ the organisation wanted to understand how it could execute this strategy more consistently and effectively . RESPONSE Research of high performance companies
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Recognition of Prior Informal Learning (Health & Social Care 4) 4 Re ective Exercise 2 Re ect on a work experience in which you have applied your learning from your life experience to your current Social Services practice. Experience: Describe the experience‚ what happened? In a supervision session I supported Jean‚ a care worker‚ who was finding it difficult to focus on her work because of difficulties she was experiencing at home. Although we had agreed an agenda for this meeting beforehand
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sinner and I repent‚ and so I change my mind about my ways. I commit my ways to you. Thank you for forgiving me and cleansing me of all that is not righteous. Come into my life‚ comfort and guide me to live for you from now on. In Jesus Name Amen."Lord Jesus‚ beginning today‚ I ask you to become the Lord of my life. I believe that you died for my sins and rose again from the dead. Lord‚ I confess that I am a sinner and I repent‚ and so I change my mind about my ways. I commit my ways to you. Thank you
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