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"He was either making funny remarks or trying to be cocky or stuff like that with the training staff," he recalled.

It’s not a one-way street, they can have the odd flippant or funny remark.

The mute never smiled until several seconds after the funny remark had been made; then when the talk was gloomy again the smile still hung on his face a little too long.

“Make no puns, funny remarks, double entendres, ‘witty’ remarks, ironies, sarcasms — only that which is simply earnest meant, harmless to anyone’s feelings,” he wrote.

Four years ago this month, Barack Obama delivered some funny remarks at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner, and the Democratic president led with a good-natured jab at his vice president.