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For each appointment year, 12 jokes (cumulative, if unused) can be used
for the purposes of levity. These include gags, cracks, witty remarks,
yuks, schtick, puns, and alliteration. If these 12 jokes are used, no more
13 additional (noncumulative) jokes are permitted, provided they are
demonstrably ironic and tinged with a certain cynicism. Once that amount
is depleted, any balance of accrued compensable jokes may be used (earned
and accrued between Jan. 1, 1984 and Dec. 31, 2000). Upon termination of
employment, an employee may crack jokes for the cumulative unused comedy 
earned between 1/1/84 and 12/31/2000. Knock-knock jokes, lightbulb jokes,
and Guinness jokes are permissible only if prior consent is given at the
editor's discretion. Ethnic jokes, while discouraged, are permissible only
if the newspoet makes fun of white people (including honkies, crackers) in
equal proportion.

Newspoets on appointment for less than a full appointment year or
who write fewer, on average, then one newspoem per month, receive a
prorated share of the 12 cumulative and 13 noncumulative jokes. Newspoets 
on part-time appointment receive the 12 and 13 jokes at the percentage of
their appointment. If the percentage of the appointment changes, the
previously accumulated jokes must be converted to the equivalent number of
jokes at the new percentage. A joke which is not funny may be considered a
fraction, or partial joke.

Guidelines on the types of jokes allowed are available in Chapter 13:
Required and Optional Tropes.

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