At one of the Washington correspondent's dinners, that ability to poke fun at himself seemed to be the primary thing the media responded to favorably.
It goes on to poke fun at British cuisine, drinking-habits and sport.
For most wage slaves forced to pretend they are having fun at work, the only relief is to poke fun at their tormentors.
This is not because God created them to poke fun at us, or vice versa; it is because humans and chimps are descended from the same relatively recent primitive ape.
Republicans retorted that it was perfectly fair to poke fun at Mr Ford's bachelor lifestyle when he spent the campaign talking up his Christian faith.
When people poke fun at me for my big nose, I just laugh.
He suggested I go on the Johnny Carson show and poke fun at myself.
It has been a long-standing practice to poke fun at our cultural ICONS, symbols, public figures and celebrities.
Portuguese Olympic cross-country skier Danny Silva said these events bring out the best in the usually sombre Finns, letting them goof off, dress up, and poke fun at themselves.
When he decided to try the host began to poke fun at him that he would lose his poise and not be able to guess his weight.