Sentence examples for kernel of joke from inspiring English sources

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.

Accusations of joke stealing emerged.

Wording of joke.

Placement of joke.

Canceling of joke.

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.

We almost always had at least the kernel of a decent bit, which we would often then develop into a full-fledged joke to try out in a show.

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