How to tell a joke?

Jokes can be told by anyone with some effort so that it results in laughter. It is easy to ruin a good joke if one is not careful. At the same time, if one is articulate, one can make people laugh with any joke. One cannot predict the response of an audience to a joke but if you take the following precautions in telling a joke, chances are there that people will enjoy your narration.

Here is the ten best ways to tell a joke. 

1.     Make sure that you have a clear understanding of the joke and you remember the joke. You can read the joke but that takes away lots of fun.

2.     It is a good idea to know your audience to see whether they will enjoy the type of joke you are going to tell them. For example, if the joke is targeted at Pakistani military leadership, it is possible that some Pakistanis may not like the joke.

3.     Don't create too much anticipation by announcing that you are going to tell a great joke. It usually builds up the expectations that cannot be sustained.

4.     A joke should be told in a straightforward manner without telling side stories that usually ruin a joke.

5.     You should be relaxed and at ease when telling jokes. It is all right to speak authoritatively and change the voice as you tell a joke. 

6.     Raise your voice when you come to the punch line.

7.     Make sure that you yourself don't start laughing or giggling before you have finished the punch line.

8.     When you get a chance, practice your joke in front of a couple of people before telling a larger audience. Many jokes cracked by me in parties were first told to two lady janitors who came to pick up trash in my office! Nowadays, it is almost expected of me to tell jokes at parties and other social gatherings.

9.     When you tell a large gathering, please make sure that everyone is absolutely quiet, otherwise many people will miss a part of the joke or punch line and suddenly there will be uneasy silence rather than a thunderous laughter!

10. If initially, you don't succeed in making people laugh, practice, practice, practice! And, some day you will be a perfect Joker!

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