Also, we were to laugh whenever the other team made a joke, however awful.
They had laughed together, told awful jokes, split the last piece of chocolate, read each other's letters from home.
And in a game we can cut out all the really awful jokes and the bit at the end where Jaws turns good.
The book is full of awful jokes, fascinating facts, real murders and yes, the maths is good too.
Gore Vidal disowned the film, calling it "an awful joke".
Had me in tears, a serious actor, well known for his heroic roles telling an awful joke to an embarrassed and unappreciative audience.
Could be this was the latest one making the rounds, like those gruesomely awful lamp-wick jokes.
He couldn't think of any good, or even awful, jokes just at the moment.
And that awful joke can't have anything to do with Skeleton.
Vidal later called the film "an awful joke".