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Humour

If you are named Ralph I am sorry

Preamble and instruction manual

I'm switching to the first person for this particular article for training purposes.[1] I understand that "gladness and gaiety, especially when expressed by laughter"[2] may be even less common on WP than on death row. Humour on WP is a unique genre. The punchlines are the wikilinks instead of rubber chickens.

Grus antigone showing Ralph how he should make his moves.

If you don't want to read the punchlines, this column in the Signpost will continue to be pointless (and just stupid for others.) Your short journey via wikilink will deposit you somewhere that might surprise you. Wikilinks/punchlines can be pretty funny and just might calm you down enough to avoid your regularly expected appearances on ANI. So, students, if you don't click on the Wikilinks in the humor article you might be missing the punchline.

Raph was a Ralph wannabe. His mom forgot to put the 'l' on the birth certificate.
1/4th of an image of Ralph, fair use, original work, low resolution and used in a parody in the Signpost

Ralph

If your name is Ralph, then I am sorry. Just like chickens, the human name 'Ralph' is sometimes associated with simpletons and buffons. So let's take a ride through wikilinks to discover the wonderful things about 'Ralph'.

See also

Optional comments, notes and references

  1. ^ Writing in the first person is pretty uncomfortable as a content creator. Things will improve as I become more active on contentious talk pages.
  2. ^ see the disambiguation on mirth
  3. ^ It makes me crazy to describe a fictional character in the present tense as if it were a real person. Are you listening Wikipedia:WikiProject Fictional characters? You all are semi-active anyway and too busy watching 'The Simpsons' re-runs. If you'd stop watching the reruns, perhaps you wouldn't be semi-active.
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== DAB Rudolph ==

Hi, Barbara (WVS). I disambiguated the wikilink Rudolph to the article Rudolph. If this was not correct, or your intention, please undo my edit. Ping me back. Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 05:58, 31 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

SP Werewolf

Hi, Barbara (WVS). I corrected the spelling of Ralph the Warewolf to Ralph the Werewolf. If this was not correct, or your intention, please undo my edit. Ping me back. Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 06:14, 31 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I insist that you continue to check up on the things I have written. Sometimes I write too fast, and get sloppy. I'm sending you a barnstar for being so nice and posting a comment here. Best Regards, Barbara (WVS)   16:31, 2 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Brothers

But, of course, Ralph is Alf's sister. Yes, I'm way behind.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 20:58, 18 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for chiming in. I do wonder how many readers have no understanding of Green Acres. I mention it again in the next Signpost humour article. Barbara (WVS)   01:50, 4 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

















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