Brit humour

[User10119]

yes - getting crazy - shades of times past - let's see how it goes..

What - where you accuse people of saying things, or making accusations, that they haven't said, or made, and then obfuscate when challenged about it? Yeah, that does seem a little familiar.

British humour is being killed off by political correctness

I really like Neil Gaiman's take on political correctness. It strikes me as quite a good example of Brit humour, too.


View: http://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/post/43087620460/i-was-reading-a-book-about-interjections-oddly

Although I probably prefer the rather more sweary
https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress...l-correctness-is-a-myth-now-stop-being-dicks/

 

[Blue Hills]

A nice bit of British humour - and a tribute/thanks to today's wonderful sunday ride.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjJy-GD_o3w


A few British elements in there I think.

Enjoy folks.

 

[stephec]

[QUOTE 5306519, member: 43827"]I think one of the difficulties is defining a joke as racist, which might mean different things to different people. For example are the old-fashioned "Irishman, Scotsman and an Englishman" jokes racist? I just don't know. Is it ever acceptable to make a joke around perceived traits of different countries e.g. timekeeping of Germans, aloofness of the British, tightness of the Scottish, ovine sexual proclivities of the Welsh? Someone earlier in this thread remarked on the Jewish and Irish senses of humour, is this racist?

I have preferred to not use such jokes in many years because of this slur of racism and not wanting to offend, but I will admit to laughing at them sometimes.[/QUOTE]

I wouldn't consider that as racist as it's more like you're commenting on a personality, if done in an objective way, rather than using it to extract humour at their expense.

Good point in your first sentence though, I was thinking more of the seventies style of Bernard Manning or Jim Davidson.

 

[Smokin Joe]

The Bonzos were fantastic, one of my favourite bands.

 

[User10119]

Well, that's perhaps one bit of it....

View: https://www.facebook.com/bbctwo/videos/innuendo-animals-the-mash-report/1433746546734509/

 

[Blue Hills]

The Bonzos were fantastic, one of my favourite bands.

yes. a lot in there.

Taking the P out of fake sincerity.
A delight in shoddiness - the sort of wonky playing - though of course it takes skill to do that.
Puncturing pomposity

Lots of other stuff.

I remember many moons ago playing that track to some friends - I think they were torn between thinking it bloody awful (it was the time of Yes and that bunch) and being plain puzzled. One of them said to me, "they're singing "frying pan - frying pan" in the background

 

[NorthernDave]

Back on topic, the most funny British sitcom for me is "One foot in the grave".

I don't believe it!

 

[Drago]

I see your Jim Davidson, and raise you one Derek and Clive.

 

[Julia9054]

[QUOTE 5306563, member: 10119"]Well, that's perhaps one bit of it....

View: https://www.facebook.com/bbctwo/videos/innuendo-animals-the-mash-report/1433746546734509/[/QUOTE]
Reminds me of supervising my class of 14 year olds doing a biology exam a few years ago. A lad read the question and blurted out loud "it says Great Tits" into the silent classroom and then clapped his hand over his mouth in horror when he realised it had come out loud and clear!

 

[Blue Hills]

[QUOTE 5306639, member: 43827"]do other countries have any puerile pun/smut based humour in their languages?[/QUOTE]

I think you can count on that being a certainty queasy.

 

[Pale Rider]

A handful of experiences suggest to me farts and farting is internationally snigger worthy.

 

[Hitchington]

A handful of experiences suggest to me farts and farting is internationally snigger worthy.

 

[stephec]

A handful of experiences suggest to me farts and farting is internationally snigger worthy.

Indeed!