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?DOUBLE ENTENDRES (French for double meanings) are special variations of puns in which words or phrases have double meanings. Frequently the two meanings are very different, and one is quite proper while the second is often, but not always, vulgar. I like the somewhat mild story of a school teacher and a principal of a high school who are concerned because some boys and girls have been seen kissing on the school playground. The teacher says to the students, The principal and I have decided to stop kissing on the school playground. Hearing some laughter, she senses her message was not altogether clear, so she adds, What I mean to say is that there will be no more kissing going on under our noses[N]. This clarification, of course, does nothing to correct the first statement and the double meaning of the joke becomes even more laughable. DOUBLE ENTENDRES （法语中的“一语双关”）是双关语的特殊形式，其中的词或短语有双重意思。两个意思往往很不相同，一个比较恰当，另一个往往比较粗俗——但并不总是这样。我喜欢那个关于一位中学教师和校长因看见学生在学校操场上接吻而感到担心的故事。故事并不过火。那位教师对学生们说；“我和校长已经决定停止在学校操场上接吻。”听到笑声，她意识到她没有把意思表达清楚，于是补充说：“我的意思是不能再在我们的鼻子下面发生接吻这样的事了。”当然，这个解释并没有纠正她的第一句话，反而使这个笑话的双重含义变得更加好笑。[13] Some professional humorists think too much of todays humor is not very intelligent or sophisticated. They dislike the suggestive or vulgar language used too frequently, and they feel that most humorists are not very creative. It is true that some of todays humor is rather shocking, but I dont think humor is to be blamed for that. Humor is alive and well, and it will persist simply because there are funny things happening every day. Some humorous people see and hear these funny things and are able to make them into funny, entertaining jokes and stories.?一些专业的幽默家认为如今的幽默大多缺乏智慧，不够巧妙。他们不喜欢在幽默中过多使用有色情意味或粗俗的语言，而且觉得大多数幽默家缺乏创造性。的确，现在有些幽默令人震惊，但我认为这不是幽默的过错。幽默本身是活泼健康的，它还会继续生存下去，只因为每天都有有趣的事情发生。一些有幽默感的人会看到、听到这些有趣的事情，并把它们编成妙趣横生、令人开心的笑话和故事。Over the past few decades, it has been proven innumerable times that the various types of behavior, emotions, and interests that constitute being masculine a