Article: Sharing humor with others can be a great way to connect. If you want to bring some humor to social functions, learn a few basic jokes. You can also look for humorous pictures, witty statements, and funny internet memes to share with others. Look for things that go with your style of humor. For example, try something like this: What do you call a line of rabbits walking backward? A receding hare line. What did the football coach say to the broken vending machine? Give me my quarterback! People tend to laugh at jokes that deal with their situations, where they live, or their beliefs. Make a light joke about the weather or the city you live in to break the ice with people. If you are in the same business, make a joke about that profession. When looking for something to say, comment on the weather. For example, "If it doesn't stop snowing, I'm going to have to ski to work." Think about your funny friends. How do they slip humor into the conversation? What kinds of jokes do they make? Check out stand up comedians or watch videos online. Focus on their delivery, the topics, and how they turn the everyday into something humorous. Observe the people in your life that you consider funny, and determine what it is you like about their humor that you can add to your own. Practice making jokes so you can improve and become more natural. Start by using humor with trusted family and friends. Tell them your goal and ask them to be honest with you. Listen to them if they tell you that your jokes need improvement. As you become more comfortable, expand your comfort zone by inserting humor into conversations with people not as close to you. As you develop your sense of humor, think about the context. Do you get offended easily when people are making jokes? Whether you are telling jokes or laughing at jokes, you want to be careful not to offend anyone or hurt their feelings. Having a sense of humor means you approach life with a good-natured attitude. You don't use others to get a laugh, and you don't laugh when people make fun of others. If you are telling jokes, think about context. Is this an appropriate joke for work, a date, or the group of people you are with? Will it offend someone? Know the difference between punching up and punching down. Punching up challenges the status quo by poking at a powerful group. Punching down reinforces the status quo by making fun of a vulnerable or oppressed group. Racist, sexist, and crude humor can be extremely offensive. Joking about a person's religion, political belief, and other belief systems may also cross into offensive territory. Save the tasteless, offensive jokes for your head or for those "anything goes" friends. Put-down humor or aggressive humor is used to criticize and manipulate through teasing, sarcasm, and ridicule. This can be funny when directed at public figures, but can be extremely hurtful if used against friends and take a toll on personal relationships.
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Learn some jokes. Find the humor in commonalities. Surround yourself with funny people. Practice. Be careful not to offend people.
Article: Many tables have a wooden or particle board layer beneath the slate, allowing staples to be attached. You can check whether this is true of your table by examining the perimeter or vertical edge of your table. If there is only slate, use the instructions for gluing the felt instead. Note: You will need a "hammer tacker" or manual stapler, or a staple gun. Typically, the felt comes in one large piece, and includes instructions for removing pieces to fit each railing. Follow these instructions carefully, or the cut pieces may not fit your table. With some felt, you can make a one inch (2.5 cm) cut, then rip the felt by hand in a straight line. Other felt may require cutting with a razor blade or box cutter. Look for a sticker or other label that tells you which side is face up. If it is unlabeled, and you cannot easily tell which side is the playing surface, consult a professional. Different types of felt have a different feel, so it's best not to guess if you are not familiar with the feel of that type. Hang more of the extra felt over the foot end, and not much on the head end where you will begin installation. Check now for rips, scratches, or other defects that could require you to get a refund or replacement. Use your hammer tacker or staple gun to attach the felt to the wooden or particle board lining of the table at one corner of the head end. Have an assistant help you stretch the felt across the head end until there are no wrinkles present, keeping the overhang parallel with the table edge. Staple about every 3 inches (7.5 cm) along this stretched edge, ending at the second corner. Professionals play on a very tightly stretched surface, which allows for greater speed. This is not necessarily desirable for most players, however, who may enjoy playing on a slower table. Always stretch at least tightly enough to remove all wrinkles, however. Move to one of the long sides of the table, and have an assistant help you pull the felt taut along its length. Staple at roughly 3 inch (7.5 cm) increments, but make sure to staple on either side of the side pocket. Pulling the felt over each pocket when stapling on either side will give you extra material to work with when lining the pockets. Pull the felt tight from the last unstapled corner. Pay special attention to this, as an inconsistent pull can cause wrinkles in your table. If the previous staples make it impossible to create a flat surface with this pull, with the overhang parallel with the table end, you may need to remove a couple staples with a staple puller and try again. Once this is pulled to a smooth surface with the desired tightness, staple the short foot end and remaining right sides along their lengths. Remember to staple on each side of the side pocket. Make three slits in the felt directly over each pocket, then fold the loose felt down into the pocket and staple it inside the pocket. Once this is done, use a pair of scissors or a razor blade to snip off the excess felt.
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Use this method if there is a wooden or particle board backing. Cut the felt into pieces for the table and railing. Roll the felt out face up over table. Stretch the felt across the head end and staple it on the vertical edge in several places. Repeat the process on the left side. Staple on the foot end, then the right side. Trim the material at the pockets and staple it inside.
Article: Pants can become waterlogged and make it more difficult to cross without getting swept away in the current. You also don't want to have soaked boots after you cross, so change into a spare set of shoes or sandals before you cross. You also don't want to walk around in wet clothes because you can get hypothermia. Change into a spare pair of clothes so you can change back once you reach the other side of the river. The spare shoes should still fit snugly so they don't come off or trip you up while you're crossing. Unbuckle your hip belt and loosen the straps keeping your gear attached to you. If you fall, you need to be able to remove your gear before it fills up with water and drags you downstream in the current. No gear or equipment is worth risking your life over. A trekking pole or a sturdy stick about 56 feet (1.51.8m) long can help increase your balance and provide another point of contact with the river bottom to help you cross the river more easily.
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Change into shorts and spare sandals or shoes. Loosen your backpack and gear before you cross. Use a trekking pole or a sturdy stick for stability.