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	HARPER'S INDEX
Richclips777
3-5-2009 1:23 AM
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WAY too much fun here. Anybody for a Harper's clip party?
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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://harpers.org/index/?q=comedy&go=Search"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/harpers.org/img/4ADB73C3-5A73-448A-B90A-AB5E025B4561" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://harpers.org/index/1987/9/26" href="http://harpers.org/index/1987/9/26" style="font-size: 11px;">harpers.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://harpers.org/index/1987/9/26"><P><SPAN class="month"><A href="http://harpers.org/index/1987/9#26">9/87</A></SPAN><SPAN class="line">Number of honorary degrees awarded to <A href="http://harpers.org/index/subject/Comedian" title="Comedian">Bob Hope</A><SPAN class="colon">:</SPAN></SPAN> <SPAN class="stat"><A href="http://harpers.org/index?q=stat:[52.0 TO *]">52</A></SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://harpers.org/index/1989/12/18" href="http://harpers.org/index/1989/12/18" style="font-size: 11px;">harpers.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://harpers.org/index/1989/12/18"><P><SPAN class="month"><A href="http://harpers.org/index/1989/12#18">12/89</A></SPAN><SPAN class="line">Number of filing cabinets full of <A href="http://harpers.org/index/subject/Comedy" title="Comedy">jokes</A> in <A href="http://harpers.org/index/subject/Comedian" title="Comedian">Bob Hope’s</A> <A href="http://harpers.org/index/subject/Fire" title="Fire">fireproof</A> vaults<SPAN class="colon">:</SPAN></SPAN> <SPAN class="stat"><A href="http://harpers.org/index?q=stat:[33.0 TO *]">33 </A></SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://harpers.org/index/1989/12/18"><P><SPAN class="month">    </SPAN><SPAN class="line">Number of these that contain <A href="http://harpers.org/index/subject/Comedy" title="Comedy">jokes</A> he has not yet used<SPAN class="colon">:</SPAN></SPAN> <SPAN class="stat"><A href="http://harpers.org/index?q=stat:[17.0 TO *]">17 </A></SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://harpers.org/index/1991/11/24" href="http://harpers.org/index/1991/11/24" style="font-size: 11px;">harpers.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://harpers.org/index/1991/11/24"><P><SPAN class="month"><A href="http://harpers.org/index/1991/11#24">11/91</A></SPAN><SPAN class="line">Average number of <A href="http://harpers.org/index/subject/Television" title="Television">sitcom</A> <A href="http://harpers.org/index/subject/Comedy" title="Comedy">laughs</A> an American hears during a prime-time season<SPAN class="colon">:</SPAN></SPAN> <SPAN class="stat"><A href="http://harpers.org/index?q=stat:[12000.0 TO *]">12,000</A></SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://harpers.org/index/2002/8/25" href="http://harpers.org/index/2002/8/25" style="font-size: 11px;">harpers.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://harpers.org/index/2002/8/25"><P><SPAN class="month"><A href="http://harpers.org/index/2002/8#25">8/02</A></SPAN><SPAN class="line"><A href="http://harpers.org/index/subject/Days" title="Days">Days</A> that a <A href="http://harpers.org/index/subject/Army" title="United States Army">U.S. soldier</A> was investigated in <A href="http://harpers.org/index/subject/May" title="May">May</A> for calling <A href="http://harpers.org/index/subject/GeorgeWBush" title="George W.  Bush">Bush</A>”a <A href="http://harpers.org/index/subject/Comedy" title="Comedy">joke</A>” in a letter to a <A href="http://harpers.org/index/subject/Media" title="The Media">newspaper</A><SPAN class="colon">:</SPAN></SPAN> <SPAN class="stat"><A href="http://harpers.org/index?q=stat:[10.0 TO *]">10</A></SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://harpers.org/index/2003/1/26" href="http://harpers.org/index/2003/1/26" style="font-size: 11px;">harpers.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://harpers.org/index/2003/1/26"><P><SPAN class="month"><A href="http://harpers.org/index/2003/1#26">1/03</A></SPAN><SPAN class="line">Chance that a <A href="http://harpers.org/index/subject/Doctor" title="Doctor">doctor</A> <A href="http://harpers.org/index/subject/Comedy" title="Comedy">laughs</A> along with a patient’s laughter<SPAN class="colon">:</SPAN></SPAN> <SPAN class="stat"><A href="http://harpers.org/index?q=stat:[0.1 TO *]">1 in 10</A></SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://harpers.org/index/2003/1/26"><P><SPAN class="month">    </SPAN><SPAN class="line">Chances that a <A href="http://harpers.org/index/subject/Doctor" title="Doctor">doctor</A> shows no response<SPAN class="colon">:</SPAN></SPAN> <SPAN class="stat"><A href="http://harpers.org/index?q=stat:[0.7 TO *]">7 in 10</A></SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://harpers.org/index/2005/5/28" href="http://harpers.org/index/2005/5/28" style="font-size: 11px;">harpers.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://harpers.org/index/2005/5/28"><P><SPAN class="month"><A href="http://harpers.org/index/2005/5#28">5/05</A></SPAN><SPAN class="line">Number of “certified <A href="http://harpers.org/index/subject/Comedy" title="Comedy">laughter</A> leaders” <A href="http://harpers.org/index/subject/Jobs" title="Jobs">employed</A> by the <A href="http://harpers.org/index/subject/Army" title="United States Army">U.S. Army</A> to help families of reservists<SPAN class="colon">:</SPAN></SPAN> <SPAN class="stat"><A href="http://harpers.org/index?q=stat:[20.0 TO *]">20</A></SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://harpers.org/index/2005/5/29" href="http://harpers.org/index/2005/5/29" style="font-size: 11px;">harpers.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://harpers.org/index/2005/5/29"><P><SPAN class="month"><A href="http://harpers.org/index/2005/5#29">5/05</A></SPAN><SPAN class="line">Minimum number of <A href="http://harpers.org/index/subject/Comedy" title="Comedy">laughter</A> clubs in <A href="http://harpers.org/index/subject/India" title="India">India</A><SPAN class="colon">:</SPAN></SPAN> <SPAN class="stat"><A href="http://harpers.org/index?q=stat:[381.0 TO *]">381</A></SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://harpers.org/index/2009/1/21" href="http://harpers.org/index/2009/1/21" style="font-size: 11px;">harpers.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://harpers.org/index/2009/1/21"><P><SPAN class="month"><A href="http://harpers.org/index/2009/1#21">1/09</A></SPAN><SPAN class="line">Chances an American in 2002 believed the government should regulate <A href="http://harpers.org/index/subject/Comedy" title="Comedy">comedy</A> routines that make light of <A href="http://harpers.org/index/subject/Terrorism" title="Terrorism">terrorism</A><SPAN class="colon">:</SPAN></SPAN> <SPAN class="stat"><A href="http://harpers.org/index?q=stat:[0.4 TO *]">2 in 5</A></SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://harpers.org/index/1998/8/14" href="http://harpers.org/index/1998/8/14" style="font-size: 11px;">harpers.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://harpers.org/index/1998/8/14"><P><SPAN class="month"><A href="http://harpers.org/index/1998/8#14">8/98</A></SPAN><SPAN class="line">Total number of <A href="http://harpers.org/index/subject/Marriage" title="Marriage">marriages</A> experienced by the co-authors of <I>Staying Married and Loving It</I><SPAN class="colon">:</SPAN></SPAN> <SPAN class="stat"><A href="http://harpers.org/index?q=stat:[5.0 TO *]">5</A></SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://harpers.org/index/1998/8/14"><P><SPAN class="month">    </SPAN><SPAN class="line">Number of months one co-author spent <A href="http://harpers.org/index/subject/Folly" title="Folly">married</A> to the original <A href="http://harpers.org/index/subject/Comedian" title="Comedian">Bozo the Clown</A><SPAN class="colon">:</SPAN></SPAN> <SPAN class="stat"><A href="http://harpers.org/index?q=stat:[18.0 TO *]">18</A></SPAN></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/BAE4A400-4309-408A-BCC4-2128C88CB2BD/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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