Timeless advice about how to use humor to win over any audienceCan jokes win a hostile room a hopeless argument or even an election? You bet they can according to Cicero and he knew what he was talking about. One of Rome’s greatest politicians speakers and lawyers Cicero was also reputedly one of antiquity’s funniest people. After he was elected commander-in-chief and head of state his enemies even started calling him “the stand-up Consul.” How to Tell a Joke provides a lively new translation of