Comedy: March 19, 2008 Issue [#2286]
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2. A Word from our Sponsor
3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
5. A Word from Writing.Com
6. Ask & Answer
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About This Newsletter

A man hated his wife's cat and he decided to get rid of it.

He drove 20 blocks away from home and dropped the cat there.The cat was already walking up the driveway when the man approached the driveway.

The next day, he decided to drop the cat 40 blocks away but the same thing happened.Each time he kept on increasing the number of blocks but the cat kept oncoming home before him!

At last he decided to drive a few miles away, turn right, then left, past the bridge, then right again and another right and so on until he reached what he thought was a perfect spot. Then he dropped the cat there.

Hours later, the man called his wife at home and asked her, "Is the cat there?" "Yes, why do you ask?" answered his wife. Frustrated the man said, "Put that cat on the phone, I'm lost and I need directions.

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Letter from the editor

Sarcasm is the act of stating something that is opposite of its intended meaning, especially in jest as a means of mocking a person, situation, or thing. Sarcasm is used mostly in a humerous manner, but it can also be a way to communicate frustration or anger. It is often used to tear down another person's argument. In the written form, sarcasm is difficult to convey. Often, people will use emoticons (*Pthb*) or "markup language" (*sarcasm*) to distinguish when sarcastic tone is to be conveyed.

There are a few different tactics to try when using sarcasm. The first is exaggeration:

"Could you hand me that cup?"
"Since it appears that both your arms and legs are broken, I'll be sure to get right up and get that for you."

(The first person's arms and legs are fine, but the second person is exaggerating the situation by insinuating that as the reason for the first person's inability to get the cup themself.)

The second tactic is inversion of meaning or truth:

"Can I use your pencil?"
"No. This pencil will only work for me."

(Obviously, any regular pencil will work for anyone, so long as it is sharp, but the second person is playing off of the first person's incorrect wording of the question.)

The third tactic is reductio ad absurdum:

"I'm never going to get out of here."
"No, you'll never get to leave this place again. You'll be stuck here, forever, in a work black hole."

(The second person is taking the first person's statement and taking it to it's logical, far-fetched conclusion.)

These are the various forms of sarcasm that you can use in your own writing styles. Have you already used it? Send me a link and I may use it as a feature in next month's newsletter!


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Ask & Answer

Waltz Invictus Author Icon:
Melissa, thanks for linking my blog (or at least one of its more out-there entries) in the newsletter. Some lingering sense of decorum forbids me from doing so in my own newsletters; I am, after all, modest and humble. Oh, and the other links were almost as funny as my own.

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Thank you. I really needed a chuckle.


You're both welcome, and I hope that you have as many good things to say this month as you did last! *Bigsmile*

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