Purpose of Spoof Text
To tell a short story or event with a humorous twist. The stories are normal in the beginning and have a funny twist at the end that makes you laugh.
Spoof Text Example:
The Bathroom Story
Two years ago some friends and I came to Indonesia to learn some Bahasa Indonesia. While here, we stayed in villages with host families. One friend and I lived in Rejoso, and my other friend lived in a village called Jeding. Whenever we were asked where we lived, my friend said, “Saya tinggal di Jeding.” Everyone would start laughing.
After a few days he started to get upset. He didnʼt understand why people kept laughing at him. Finally he asked one of our Indonesian friends why. Our friends started laughing saying, “Jeding means bathroom in Javanese!” So every time someone asked him where he was living he was saying, “I live in a bathroom.”
Written by Allyson Fenn, PC Indonesia 2010-2012
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