Saturday, May 17, 2008

Keeping A Straight Face

Sometimes it's simply impossible, and usually the provocation is related to bodily functions or sexual disfunctions.


Uncontrollable Mirth


"Martin-Jenkins's Radio 4 colleague Charlotte Green will also be sympathetic to his plight.

She described herself as being "ambushed by the giggles" while playing a scratchy recording of a woman singing Au Clair de la Lune made in 1860 earlier this year.

She was also unable to keep a straight face in 1997 after reading out the name of a Papua New Guinea politician called Jack Tuat - where the "u" is pronounced as a "w".
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Jack Tuat. Don't even tell me that any of YOU could say that out loud and keep a straight face.

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