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35718
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Built upon the rivalry between UNC Chapel Hill and NC State University, well-known jokes have arisen over the years. Samplings of these jokes have been included, categorized by agricultural orientation, stupidity, boorishness, backward sexual and social behavior, and miscellaneous.
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35740
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Starting in the mid-1800s, a comical parade of Don Quixote and his comrades, known as the Don Quixote Invincibles, made their way across the NC State fairgrounds. This tradition of satire and frivolity continued on various fairs and parades for several decades, until they eventually passed into obscurity.
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35416
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The accounts of a well-known prankster in Raleigh.
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35173
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Several pages of common riddles and their variations that had been collected from students in North Carolina State College.
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35599
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A collection of insults, mostly of the “your mom” variety.
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35923
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A pediatric doctor by trade, Dr. Hughes uses his facility for language and propensity for humor and rhyming expressiveness in virtually every arena of his life, including in his occupation and family folklore.
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36542
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Coming from two opposing viewpoints, the author discusses the reasoning and possible humor or scorn of an anecdote.
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35595
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Several riddles with animals as the subject matter.
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35588
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A short collection of riddles about various topics.
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35185
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The author had asked young school children of any riddles they knew, and this article is part of the conversation he had with one of the children, who went through a list of jokes.
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35146
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A short collection of riddles with a prelude about how and which riddles have survived.
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35671
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A collection of riddles taken from several college students around North Carolina. Usually a sense of competition surrounds the riddle tellers, mirroring American society.
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