All Quiet on the Western Front
Why do the men make jokes?
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They make jokes to interest the women.
"There is one slim little brunette, her teeth gleam when she laughs. She has quick movements, her dress swings loosely about her legs. Although the water is cold we are very jovial and do our best to interest them so that they will stay. We try to make jokes and they answer with things we cannot understand; we laugh and beckon."
All Quiet on the Western Front