@oristarA,
oristarA wrote:Does "howler“ here refer to "a joke that seems extremely funny"?
A howler is an unintentional glaring error that seems funny to people other than the person who made it. They are common in the written work of schoolchildren, but adults also make them.
Some British exam howlers:
The Bible is full of interesting caricatures. Explain:
In the first book of the Bible, Guinessis, Adam and Eve were created from an apple tree. One of their children,Cain,asked, ‘Am I my brother’s son?’
Where was the American Declaration of Independence signed?
At the bottom.
To change centimetres to metres, you…?
Take out centi.
What is a vibration?
There are good vibrations and bad vibrations. Good vibrations were discovered in the 1960s.
Name one of the early Romans’ greatest achievements:
Learning to speak Latin.
What is meant by the term ‘hermaphrodite’?
Lady GaGa.
What do we call the science of classifying living things?
Racism.
What is a turbine?
Something an Arab or a Shriek wears on his head.