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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-04 09:44 PM
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Poll question: Which nation's humour do you like better
Edited on Fri Jun-04-04 09:44 PM by HEyHEY
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-04 09:54 PM
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1. British...
More witty with a far wider variety of situations to poke fun at.

American comedies, the vast majority of, are all about some nukyular family and are tame and dull... :eyes: (Sheesh, Damon Wayans used to do "In Living Color" and he was funny as hell. Well, today he's got a 'family' show on ABC that's as dull and irritating as listening to * speak or watching any other family-based show.) It's like somebody's forcing family lifestyle down our throats... :shrug: :tinfoilhat:

I'm amazed "Roseanne" worked as well as it did - probably because it was outrageous and novel for its time.
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-04 09:57 PM
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2. British Humour, please
Edited on Fri Jun-04-04 09:57 PM by supernova
Satire, puns, naughty words, plus slapstick.

The British are a lot more inventive when it comes to being funny. Who else would come up with "Decomposing Composers?" :D
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Guy Fawkes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-04 09:59 PM
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3. British...
But I didn't like it when they hung me in 1606...
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-04 10:00 PM
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4. Can't you take a joke?
;-)
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-04 10:41 PM
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7. They hung you in 1606 as well as 1605?
Bad luck, bud.
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Leprechan29 Donating Member (391 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-04 10:20 PM
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5. Irish!
But English was a close second...really close, but in the end I had to go with the darker humour
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lanparty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-04 10:38 PM
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6. Everything is funnier ..

When said with a British Accent.

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PartyPooper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-04 10:41 PM
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8. British humour is the best.
:evilgrin:
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-04 10:45 PM
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9. #1 England, #2 Ireland, #3 Scotland, #4 Canada, #5 Mali.
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Waverley_Hills_Hiker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-04 10:56 PM
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10. I actually voted Canada..."Brain Candy"....
..and "The Boys in the Hall"....I really appreciate this humor.

Tho I like Brit humor too...ike AbFab and :"The League of Gentlemen".
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Liberal Classic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-04 10:57 PM
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11. Nothing quite like German bawdy
Oddly lowbrow and highbrow at the same time.
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