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Robot ‘taught to laugh at jokes’

A robot has been taught to laugh at jokes in a bid to make it more human.

<p>The Duchess of Cambridge laughs as the Queen gestures while they watch part of a children’s sports event during a visit to Vernon Park in Nottingham (Phil Noble/PA)</p>

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At Balmoral, Queen Elizabeth often joked, 'joining in, singing dirty songs'

<p>Shaving his legs was one of the most uncomfortable things Bernard ever did with a razor.</p>

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Bernard O'Shea: 'I could not cope with the gruelling pressure that most women have to endure'

Colm O'Regan: 'Are we there yet?' Irish public transport for dummies

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Bernard O'Shea: There's no place for crayons in adult colouring

Colm O'Regan: Not all subredditors are normal sheeple

Colm O'Regan: I have made my debut as one of 'those' weirdos on the road

The neck of Google Maps sending me up an angry hoor of a road, though

Mon, 01 Aug, 2022

Bernard O'Shea: 'I have fantasies about Dermot Bannon walking into one of my creations'

My contrived mind delusions are, to put it mildly, embarrassing

Mon, 18 Jul, 2022

Irish Examiner View: Double-speak is alive and well

State Papers reveal the euphemisms government departments used in the past

Fri, 31 Dec, 2021

Colm O'Regan: An elf, a chicken and a slice of toast walk into a bar...

Children invent their own absurd rules of humour and it will most often surpass anything funny an adult can think up

Mon, 14 Dec, 2020

Terry Prone: Being stuck inside cocooning is way too exciting for me

After coping with everything from sundry pet standoffs to falling masonry, a spell of boredom would be a bit of a break

Mon, 28 Sep, 2020

Tric Kearney: Adjusting to a house full of adults has its challenges

PARENTS of young children take note… these are not the best days of your life. Being sleep deprived and dealing with a toddler who’s inconsolable because you’ve opened the car door instead of letting them do it, is not a thing you should ‘enjoy’.

Fri, 22 Mar, 2019

Ask Audrey... I went to Wales once by mistake and it was like trying to understand a Cavan man with his head in a barrel of water

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Thu, 14 Mar, 2019

Funniest reactions on social media so far to Trump's UK visit

Happy Friday the 13th!

Fri, 13 Jul, 2018

It's my life: Tric Kearney

By Tric Kearney

Fri, 13 Apr, 2018

Ask Audrey: C'mere Russia, most people I know would love to be expelled from Dublin

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Fri, 30 Mar, 2018

'We watched as he did all manner of ‘fixing’, which finally ended in him suggesting our daughter exit via the window'

Sometimes it's better sort the little things quickly, as Tric Kearney found out...

Fri, 23 Mar, 2018

Ask Audrey: 'I heard that Viagra fumes from Pfizer’s were causing stiffys below in Ringaskiddy'

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Fri, 15 Dec, 2017

'It’s hard to hear anything over the racket of my luggage wheels'

I’M IN Stansted airport with two of my sisters, heading for Lisbon, where our youngest sister is waiting for us.

Sat, 08 Jul, 2017

Ask Audrey: Herself is after falling in with a bunch of intellectuals inside in Killorglin

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Fri, 09 Jun, 2017

Ask Audrey - 'There is no such thing as a Kerry man with only small amounts of perspiration'

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Fri, 26 May, 2017

The epiphany I had most recently is that I can’t relax

Every so often I’ll have a small epiphany, writes Colm O’Regan. 

Mon, 22 May, 2017

There are several categories of what I like to call wage conflation

There wasn’t much of it for a while, but you hear more about it now: Complaining about wages. Not just bemoaning your own, but someone else’s, and how you’d be glad to get the money they’re asking for, for the job they’re doing.

Mon, 01 May, 2017

Anyone who has ever been in a school play will relate to this video

The Bard is box office. So are Foil Arms and Hog.

Thu, 27 Apr, 2017

Ask Audrey: 'My wife wants an orgasm, where would I get one?'

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Fri, 31 Mar, 2017

I think dictionaries don’t get the kudos they deserve

There’s something you should know, if this thing between us is going to get more serious.

Mon, 27 Mar, 2017

When you escape the queues of life, life puts you in longer queues

Colm O’Regan is trying to be Zen about queues. 

Mon, 06 Mar, 2017

Ask Audrey's here to help following THAT Late Late Valentine's special

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Fri, 17 Feb, 2017

Ask Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for years

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Fri, 23 Dec, 2016

Ask Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for years

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Fri, 25 Nov, 2016

Ask Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for years

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Fri, 28 Oct, 2016

Ask Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for years

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Fri, 14 Oct, 2016

Ask Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for years

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Fri, 07 Oct, 2016

Ask Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for years

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Fri, 30 Sep, 2016

Ask Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for years

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Fri, 23 Sep, 2016

Ask Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for years

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Fri, 05 Aug, 2016

Ask Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for years

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Fri, 22 Jul, 2016

Ask Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for years

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Fri, 08 Jul, 2016

Ask Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for years

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Fri, 10 Jun, 2016

Ask Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for years

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Fri, 22 Apr, 2016

Ask Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for years

Hello old stock. I’m booking my tickets here for the Rugby World Cup next month. As you can imagine, I’m petrified of rubbing shoulders with working-class types who lack the refinement of someone like myself. I’m particularly afraid of Limerick people, who wouldn’t know the inside of a Range Rover unless they were robbing it. What is the best way to avoid meeting such types? Lenny, (Sundays Well and Marbella)

Fri, 21 Aug, 2015

humour

Robot ‘taught to laugh at jokes’

At Balmoral, Queen Elizabeth often joked, 'joining in, singing dirty songs'

Bernard O'Shea: 'I could not cope with the gruelling pressure that most women have to endure'

Colm O'Regan: 'Are we there yet?' Irish public transport for dummies

Bernard O'Shea: There's no place for crayons in adult colouring

Colm O'Regan: Not all subredditors are normal sheeple

Colm O'Regan: I have made my debut as one of 'those' weirdos on the road

Bernard O'Shea: 'I have fantasies about Dermot Bannon walking into one of my creations'

Irish Examiner View: Double-speak is alive and well

Colm O'Regan: An elf, a chicken and a slice of toast walk into a bar...

Terry Prone: Being stuck inside cocooning is way too exciting for me

Tric Kearney: Adjusting to a house full of adults has its challenges

Ask Audrey... I went to Wales once by mistake and it was like trying to understand a Cavan man with his head in a barrel of water

Funniest reactions on social media so far to Trump's UK visit

It's my life: Tric Kearney

Ask Audrey: C'mere Russia, most people I know would love to be expelled from Dublin

'We watched as he did all manner of ‘fixing’, which finally ended in him suggesting our daughter exit via the window'

Ask Audrey: 'I heard that Viagra fumes from Pfizer’s were causing stiffys below in Ringaskiddy'

'It’s hard to hear anything over the racket of my luggage wheels'

Ask Audrey: Herself is after falling in with a bunch of intellectuals inside in Killorglin

Ask Audrey - 'There is no such thing as a Kerry man with only small amounts of perspiration'

The epiphany I had most recently is that I can’t relax

There are several categories of what I like to call wage conflation

Anyone who has ever been in a school play will relate to this video

Ask Audrey: 'My wife wants an orgasm, where would I get one?'

I think dictionaries don’t get the kudos they deserve

When you escape the queues of life, life puts you in longer queues

Ask Audrey's here to help following THAT Late Late Valentine's special

Ask Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for years

Ask Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for years

Ask Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for years

Ask Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for years

Ask Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for years

Ask Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for years

Ask Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for years

Ask Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for years

Ask Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for years

Ask Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for years

Ask Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for years

Ask Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for years

Ask Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for years

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