Sentence examples similar to a kernel of a joke from inspiring English sources

A kernel of a fascinating play is here.

In every joke … there's a kernel of joke, as the saying has it".

Like most of Evans' cracks, there's a kernel of truth to the joke.

I was joking, but like most jokes there was a kernel of truth in it.

All jokes carry a kernel of truth or they would not be funny.

But again, what if the jokes have more than a kernel of truth to them?

But like most jokes, my colleague's remark contained a kernel of insight.

Like the "You want it when?!" posters on the walls of auto repair shops, the joke map parodies popular perceptions of the profession but contains a kernel of truth.

In a nutshell, it's about the stereotype behind the joke, which is always highly inaccurate, but more often than not contains a kernel of truth.

The old joke that the way to render an Italian speechless is to tie his hands together has a kernel of truth in it.

A kernel of corn, she thinks.