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Funny TV Shows
6331. American Gladiators
With contestant names like Storm and Nitro, plus the chance to beat each other up with foam covered staffs, American Gladiators was the stuff with which childhood ambitions were formed. See also Television.
Funny Diseases
6332. Tarantism
An uncontrollable urge to dance, as in "Reverend Shaw Moore will not tolerate your taratism, nor the looseness it causes in your feet." Italians thought it was caused by tarantula bites. See also Animals, Dances, Italian.
Funny Things
6333. Wankel Rotary Engine
Invented by German engineer Felix Wankel, which uses a rotor instead of reciprocating pistons. See also Sophomoric.
Funny Tattoos
6336. Fingerstache
Mustache tattooed on the inside of the index finger. You hold it under your nose with the rest of your fingers closed against your palm. See also Hair.
Funny Things
6337. Zapf Chancery
An ugly name and an ugly font. Also, a favorite of teenagers everywhere when writing poetry. See also Poetry, Typography.
Funny Animals
6338. A Dog Running Out of a Butcher Shop With a String of Sausages in Its Mouth
Preferably a scrappy little scamp who could be called Rags and a red-faced butcher running after him with an apron and big red cheeks looking like he's about to pop an embolism. See also Old-Timey, Pets.
Funny Words
6340. Logorrhea
From the Greek "log" (word) and the Latin "orrhea" (to shoot forcefully out of an orafice) comes this portmanteau which means to talk excessively.