Gags may be loosely defined as " the jokes clowns play on each other ".

Gags may be classified as over-the-mouth type, mouth stuffing type or mouth opening type.

Gags can use many different types of blow-off ( ending ), but some of the most popular are the confetti bucket, the long shirt, a pants drop or the time-honored " all clowns exit running " although contemporary indoor shows may end a clown gag with a simple blackout.

Gags can also refer to the prop stunts / tricks or the stunts that clowns use, such as a squirting flower.

Gags employing a dildo or vibrator are readily available from on-line retailers ; ashtray gags are also popular but to a lesser extent.

That series has also spawned the more recent Just For Laughs Gags, a practical joke show similar to Candid Camera.

Gags are also never seen in the hunter arena, again because they wish to portray that the horse is an easy ride, and because they want a long, relaxed frame with the neck stretched out, rather than a high neck.

( Gags or hoods which block the mouth can become asphyxial hazards if the subject vomits or the nose becomes otherwise blocked.

Gags in the strips commonly deal with Garfield's obesity ( in one strip, Jon jokes, " I wouldn't say Garfield is fat, but the last time he got on a Ferris wheel, the two guys on top starved to death "), and his hatred of any form of exertion or work.

Modern variants of this type of production include Punk'd, Trigger Happy TV, Primetime: What Would You Do ?, The Jamie Kennedy Experiment and Just For Laughs Gags.

Gags galore were delivered weekly on Stop Me If You've Heard This One and Can You Top This ?, panel programs devoted to the art of telling jokes.

* Stock Sitcom Gags Presented in Comic Form is self-explanatory.

The series has sister shows called Just for Laughs Gags, JFL: Improv Championships, All Access Pass, and JFL: The Lost Tapes.

During the summer of 2007, ABC aired episodes of Just for Laughs Gags.

Just for Laughs: Gags ( JFL Gags ) is a Canadian silent comedy / hidden camera reality television show that is under the Just for Laughs brand.

In 2000, JFL Gags began airing on French Canadian network Télé Québec.

With its silent format and no translation required, Just for Laughs Gags has been purchased for use in over 100 countries throughout the world as well as in airports and airlines.

Screenshot from Just for Laughs Gags.

Gags are items that are used by Toons to defeat Cogs in battle.

Each Gag track has seven Gags which must be earned, each level Gag being stronger than the last.

Gags are usually associated with roleplays involving bondage, but that is not necessarily the case.

Gags included " No Fishing " signs, cardboard depictions of the Loch Ness Monster rising out of the heat exchanger tank, plastic fish inside the exchanger, etc.

In the evening, CMT airs the syndicated TV series ' Just For Laughs Gags, The Middle, Rules of Engagement and Reba along with country music-related series such as Pick a Puppy, Pet Heroes and ER Vets.

After taking down a major diamond score, Frank's fence, Joe Gags ( Hal Frank ), is murdered for being on the take-pushed out of a 12th story window.

Barry ( James Belushi ), Frank's friend and associate making the pick-up, discovers that a shady plating company executive Gags was working for is responsible, a Mr. Attaglia ( Tom Signorelli ).

$ 185, 000 of Frank's fence money was lifted by Attaglia from Gags when he was killed.

The use of jargon, difficult or inappropriate words in communication can prevent the recipients from understanding the message.

Physical maladies that prevent effective communication, such as actual deafness or blindness preventing messages from being received as they were intended.

Poorly structured communication can prevent the receiver from accurate interpretation.

* The no-cloning theorem does not prevent superluminal communication via quantum entanglement, as cloning is a sufficient condition for such communication, but not a necessary one.

The term " stuttering ", as popularly used, covers a wide spectrum of severity: it may encompass individuals with barely perceptible impediments, for whom the disorder is largely cosmetic, as well as others with extremely severe symptoms, for whom the problem can effectively prevent most oral communication.

Some theories of wormhole formation would prevent them from ever becoming " timeholes ", allowing superluminal communication without the additional complication of allowing communication with the past.

In the event that due to circumstances that prevent communication, one cannot be notified of a close relative's death in a timely manner, and then one learns of a relative's death following burial, Shiva starts on the day of notification, and ends when other relatives finish Shiva.

For security and reliability reasons most modern operating systems prevent direct communication between independent processes, providing strictly mediated and controlled inter-process communication functionality.

The German military made limited use of frequency hopping for communication between fixed command points in World War I to prevent eavesdropping by British forces, who did not have the technology to follow the sequence.

Although it was declared eliminated from the U. S. in 2000, high rates of vaccination and good communication with persons who refuse vaccination is needed to prevent outbreaks and sustain the elimination of measles in the U. S. Of the 66 cases of measles reported in the U. S. in 2005, slightly over half were attributable to one unvaccinated individual who acquired measles during a visit to Romania.

It was directed to swing wide of the British left flank and pass west and south of Isandlwana hill itself positioning itself across the line of communication and retreat of the British and their colonial allies in order to prevent their escape back into Natal by way of ford of the Buffalo river leading to Rorke's Drift.

This victory is credited with helping to prevent the capture of Fort Pitt, and it served the purpose of reopening communication and supply lines.

Authorities that regulate investment banking ( the FSA in the United Kingdom and the SEC in the United States ) require that banks impose a Chinese wall to prevent communication between investment banking on one side and equity research and trading on the other.

In practice, simple gags do not restrict communication much ; however, this means that gags that are effective enough to prevent communication are generally also potentially effective at restricting breathing.

Common obstacles including fear, the display or exercise of power, mistrust, external influences, distractions, and poor communication conditions can all prevent dialogue from emerging.