Had I been making the decision, the jokester would have been taken to the colonel's office, put at attention against the wall and screamed at until he sweated a shadow.

要是由我来决定，我会把那个捣蛋鬼带到办公室，让他对着墙立正，一顿狂训，训得他心服口服为止。

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In the intervening years he became something of a jokester and goofball.

其间多年，他变成了一个乱开玩笑的怪人。

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Okay, Ron, which jokester changed the key on me?

好了，罗恩，谁改了我的调子？

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The jokester had brought three pie boxes as a "present" for Gates, but complained police had prevented him from setting foot outside his car to deliver the parcels, which he insisted were empty.

FORBES: Gates Ducks Questions, Pies; Forsee May Replace Sprint's Esrey.

Nearly none of his "music-inspired" efforts get spared some hollering in a show of smug bravado, or foot-stomping, or the clapping of hands or the slapping of thighs, all about as artful and subtle as a jokester's "get it" elbow jab to the ribs.

WSJ: The Only Good Part Is the Music | Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company | 'Play and Play: An Evening of movement and Music | Joyce Theater | By Robert Greskovic