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Scholar Stumbles Upon 15th Century Stand-Up Comedy Manuscripts
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| Jun. 20, 2023
| Carol Hills
Posted on 06/23/2023 3:29:21 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A Cambridge University scholar was examining medieval manuscripts in the hushed rooms of the National Library of Scotland when he found himself laughing out loud. What he'd found were some jokes written down in the 15th century by a priest and scribe who had heard them during a live performance. Host Marco Werman speaks with James Wade, the scholar who discovered them, who is a medieval literature professor at Girton College at the University of Cambridge in England.
TOPICS: History; Humor
KEYWORDS: cambridge; comedy; donateforjim; epigraphyandlanguage; europe; godsgravesglyphs; humor; jameswade; middleages; renaissance; richardheege; scotland
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To: nickcarraway
In sooth, I receive a paucity of respect.
To: nickcarraway
Wherefore didst the chicken traverse the road?
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posted on
06/23/2023 3:34:25 PM PDT
by
samiam5
To: nickcarraway
Priests telling ‘Take my wife please” jokes?
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posted on
06/23/2023 3:35:23 PM PDT
by
ansel12
(NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
To: nickcarraway
A priest and a scribe went into a bar...
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posted on
06/23/2023 3:45:17 PM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
( )
To: nickcarraway
What he'd found were some jokes written down in the 15th century by a priest and scribe who had heard them during a live performance."A priest and a scribe walk into a bar...."
To: SunkenCiv
To: nickcarraway
Thou spouse is monumental
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posted on
06/23/2023 3:49:26 PM PDT
by
Fledermaus
(It's time to get rid of the Three McStooges; Mitch, Kevin and Ronna!)
To: nickcarraway
Does this sack cloth make my a** look fat?
To: nickcarraway
Rought translation: God tells me, it is wrong not to drink all the beer in my mug!
To: nickcarraway
Would the original act be billed as a stand-up philospher?
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posted on
06/23/2023 4:36:06 PM PDT
by
Bernard
(“the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God." JFK 1-20-61)
To: nickcarraway
“Scholar Stumbles Upon 15th Century Stand-Up Comedy Manuscripts”
That’s nothing. Biden Stumbles Upon Sandbag.
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posted on
06/23/2023 4:50:21 PM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone else.)
To: Bernard
Would the original act be billed as a stand-up philospher?
No, that would be "bullshit" for the act to be called that.
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posted on
06/23/2023 4:51:17 PM PDT
by
wbarmy
(Trying to do better.)
To: nickcarraway
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06/23/2023 4:52:12 PM PDT
by
The_Harlequin
(…the time will arrive when you will learn to judge for yourself of what is going on in the world, wi)
To: nickcarraway
Cool! I’d like to see the jokes.
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posted on
06/23/2023 4:52:42 PM PDT
by
Rusty0604
(Desperately looking for new conspiracy theories as all the old ones have come true)
To: wbarmy
“The Seven Words You Can’t Say in the Village Square”
To: nickcarraway
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06/23/2023 8:03:32 PM PDT
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logi_cal869
(-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
To: Taxman
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06/23/2023 9:01:23 PM PDT
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Taxman
(SAVE AMERICA! VOTE REPUBLICAN IN 2023 AND 2024!)
To: nickcarraway
I wish I could remember where I read this.
There is a story about one of the big pharaohs of Egypt who waved his hand to interrupt his courtiers and said “I just need to say this” and let out a big fart. Everyone was laughing. So unlike the stuffy rigidity shown in movies we all had the same sense of humor (and of course we all laugh at farts) no matter the where and when.
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posted on
06/23/2023 10:08:25 PM PDT
by
Organic Panic
(Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
06/23/2023 10:08:51 PM PDT
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dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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