funny/humorous for who? (not photography related!)

He's saying the title of the book is "I couldn't put it down."

So SHE is saying she could not put it down.

Still borderline funny at best.

cybrid said:

The logic is flawed.

It's not his dog. It's the womans dog. It does not say if he is the
vet or not. Only that he bought a book from the woman.

Why would he be putting it down?

Anyway...Way down on the humor meter.

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newsshooterjim said:

He's saying the title of the book is "I couldn't put it down."

So SHE is saying she could not put it down.

Still borderline funny at best.

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I think your understanding of the quote is more funny than the quote itself!

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Brian said:

I hate to admit it, but your signature looks better in colour.

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I found it quite funny, and quite harmless. It's not like Jesus served the multitudes with tofu and lefse during his fish and bread trick. That might not have been too funny. I do find many things funny, but don't neglect the serious side of things. I laughed at two drunks having a bit of a brawl in an alley one night. A gal and a guy with an artificial leg. After rolling around on the ground for a spell she grabbed his peg leg and started pulling. From a distance his leg appeared to be six foot long before it finally popped free from his pants. He yells that he can't walk on his drunk leg, to give him back his designated limb. The scene did not warrant a serious tone, as the way much of life shouldn't be taken serious.

Still laughing.

Lawrence

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I find this thread humorous. Just a matter of taste.

IMO humorous means : having the power to make people smile or laugh about the most serious matters. The more you recognize the story while knowing it's not about you or one of your dearest, the more you feel happy and willing to smile or laugh.
Two well known ingredients are the unexpected turn and the stupid foreigners.

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mric said:

Two fish in a tank. One says to the other "How do you drive this
thing?"
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The above is one of only two jokes my wife knows.. the other, as she just reminded me is:
'two birds on a perch, one says to the other 'can you smell fish?'
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I used to practice self-deprecating humor, but wasn't very good at it.

Lawrence

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'I'm not afraid of dying. I'm afraid the guy at the funeral home is going to have sex with me and not pay me for it.' Jeanette Maier

As much as I appreciate some American comedians, I cant help but believe the stereotypical way the US treat the rest of the world's nations as second class socially and economically. If it isn't from the US of A its not worthy nor funny. Yet europeans and australasians appreciate travel, humour and the finer things in life. Ive spoken to a few tourist visiting Northern Ireland and also overherd a few while in London, its always the same "its much biger back home" "its better back home" "home this and home that" Im not sure if its naivity (spelling?) or misplaced patriotism but coming from such a small country Ive always been aware that there is lots of places I will travel to and also millions of places I wont. It seems americans are happy to keep the blinkers on and not expand their minds.
Rant over
Not a flame just a slightly frustrated observation.

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Though you're responding after my post I'm guessing it wasn't directed at me as I'm not seeing the connection with what I said and what you're saying. If it was I'm missing it completely.

brendy said:

brendy wrote:
As much as I appreciate some American comedians, I cant help but
believe the stereotypical way the US treat the rest of the world's
nations as second class socially and economically. If it isn't from
the US of A its not worthy nor funny. Yet europeans and australasians
appreciate travel, humour and the finer things in life. Ive spoken to
a few tourist visiting Northern Ireland and also overherd a few while
in London, its always the same "its much biger back home" "its better
back home" "home this and home that" Im not sure if its naivity
(spelling?) or misplaced patriotism but coming from such a small
country Ive always been aware that there is lots of places I will
travel to and also millions of places I wont. It seems americans are
happy to keep the blinkers on and not expand their minds.
Rant over
Not a flame just a slightly frustrated observation.

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There's a lot of truth in what you say here. To quote Mark Twain, "Travel is lethal to prejudice". American's travel but for some reason many travel inside a bubble and fail to experience anything outside of that culture barrier, even when traveling within their own State. 900 volumes could be written on the things you mention but it won't change much. There's becoming a sense of isolationism taking hold much like it was a hundred years ago. Some sort of weird singular center of the universe substrate is being clung to and any suggestion to the contrary just might get you burned at the stake.

Humor? Well, that's getting into the same thing but is driven more by political correctness. Sarcasm for instance is an art that is all but lost on your average American. They get it, but in current light, just can't allow themselves to think it's funny and then feel the need to lash out against it because somebody might be offended and, as we all know, if we're not with 'them', we're against 'them'. Dog forbid anybody witness them enjoying a bit of humor so to keep their six covered they point and utter some kind of hater accusation at the humor makers. Even worse, they jump on the crusader bandwagon and against all common sense will out their neighbors for being normal. All sense of balance is being upset.

There is a whole big laundry list of reason's why things are the way they are and there's just no way one thing can be addressed proper because of the influence of other things. Many problems begin at the top and roll down hill. Instead of calling for the top to clean up their mess, we here at the bottom of the dung heap are feigning content with the stink and can carry our heads high and can selfishly snub the rest. After all, we are Americans.

Now then, I enjoy the stereotype as much as anybody but you are quite right in your observation and I think the lack of travel has much to do with that. Beyond that, the reasons get convoluted and watered down.

Having my cake and eating it too ;-)

Lawrence

As originally written:
'I bought a book by a woman who claims her dog is immortal.
I couldn't put it down.' Frank Skinner

As I assume it was meant to read:

"I bought a book by a woman who claims her dog is immortal: 'I Couldn't Put It Down.'" Frank Skinner

Still not very funny, but good for a chuckle. I'll bet this joke was originally part of a stand-up act where the inflection of the teller makes the intended and double meanings obvious.
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Lawrence, don't get me wrong Im not slating the entire population but as far as stereotypes go, its hard to find a bigger one than the non passport owning "yank" thats not been out of their state in years (if ever!), dont even get me started on the world series of baseball, world + multi nationality entrants.

If not the king, I am maybe the prince of wandering subjects, I find it hard keeping to one debate without introducing a related frustration also haha.

If no-one already knew, Frank Skinner is an English comedian, not quite top rung but did have quite a bit of success with a show based around football (soccer!) and had a good partnership in David Badiel (sp) who dod manage to keep the audience entertained.

brendy said:

brendy wrote:
Lawrence, don't get me wrong Im not slating the entire population but
as far as stereotypes go, its hard to find a bigger one than the non
passport owning "yank" thats not been out of their state in years (if
ever!), dont even get me started on the world series of baseball,
world + multi nationality entrants.

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brendy, no worries. It wasn't taken that way. Funny you mention the World Series. This is a prime example of that isolationisticness (did I just make up a word?) I referred to earlier. It was began in that time frame of the isolationist mentality of about a hundred years ago. Oh how I could wander on with this.

brendy said:

If not the king, I am maybe the prince of wandering subjects, I find
it hard keeping to one debate without introducing a related
frustration also haha.

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LOL got to enjoy the tangents. It just go's to show how intertwined everything is.

brendy said:

If no-one already knew, Frank Skinner is an English comedian, not
quite top rung but did have quite a bit of success with a show based
around football (soccer!) and had a good partnership in David Badiel
(sp) who dod manage to keep the audience entertained.

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Don't know this Frank Skinner but I just got done watching a youtube video where he has McFly on. Funny stuff! British humor is keen, which often makes it difficult to appreciate, especially by the average American. Over the years I've enjoyed watching British comedy on our tv like Benny Hill, Faulty Towers, Red Dwarf, Keeping Up Appearances, Monty Python, among others, and still watch them when I can. Even with a bit of knowledge sometimes I just don't get it. Then there's 25+ yrs of Doctor Who

I have about a dozen tangents at the ready but instead will end with a joke.

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An American tourist in London decides to skip his tour group and explore the city on his own. He wanders around, seeing the sights, and occasionally stopping at a quaint pub to soak up the local culture, chat with the lads, and have a pint of Guinness.

After a full evening of this, he finds himself in a very high class neighborhood...big, stately residences...no pubs, no stores, no restaurants, and worst of all...NO PUBLIC RESTROOMS. He really, really has to go, after all those Guinnesses.

He finds a narrow side street, with high walls surrounding the adjacent buildings and decides to use the wall to solve his problem.

As he is unzipping, he is tapped on the shoulder by a London bobby, who says, "I say, sir, you simply cannot do that here, you know." "I'm very sorry, officer," replies the American, "but I really, really HAVE TO GO, and I just can't find a public restroom."

"Ah, yes," said the bobby..."Just follow me." He leads him to a back "delivery alley," then along a wall to a gate, which he opens. "In there," points the bobby. "Whiz away sir, anywhere you want." The fellow enters and finds himself in the most beautiful garden he has ever seen...manicured grass lawns, statuary, fountains, sculptured hedges, and huge beds of gorgeous flowers, all in perfect bloom. Since he has the cop's blessing, he unburdens himself and is greatly relieved.

As he goes back through the gate, he says to the bobby, "That was really decent of you ... is that what you call English Hospitality?" "No, sir" replies the bobby, "that is what we call the French Embassy."

Long live the stereotype! ;-)

Lawrence

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Humor is a quality that some have more, some have less...is very individual as proves this joke:
"Time's fun when you're having flies." -- Kermit the Frog

michael_anthony said:

'I bought a book by a woman who claims her dog is immortal.
I couldn't put it down.' Frank Skinner

As there is quite an international group here in these forum, do all
native english speakers find this funny? and why?
any non-native english speakers find this humorous?

Personally, I haven't found the humour in this quotation, though it
is purported to be there.

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cybrid said:

Just a guess, but....

If the dog is immortal, and the story is about the dog, then the book
would never end, so you could never put it down.

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I think the 'who' refers to the woman, not her book (in which case 'which' should have been used). Hence the book does not at all need to be about the dog.

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mirel said:

Humor is a quality that some have more, some have less...is very
individual as proves this joke:
"Time's fun when you're having flies." -- Kermit the Frog

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and also cultural. Here's a riddle for you based on this post.

Two friends go into a local comedy club, and here this quip by the stand-up artist:

'I bought a book by a woman who claims her dog is immortal.
I couldn't put it down.'

With a perplexed look on his face, one friend watches as his friend and everyone else are amused by this.

Who's the Brit?
Who's the American?
And who is visiting who?

Even humour based on word play doesn't always make it across the Altlantic!

If you found this riddle easy to figure out, you're either British or belong to the Commonwealth. If you are perplexed, you're American. If you have no idea of who's who, you're a non-native English user. And if you can't read this, you're definitely in the wrong forum.

TheShaman2007 said:

As originally written:
'I bought a book by a woman who claims her dog is immortal.
I couldn't put it down.' Frank Skinner

As I assume it was meant to read:
"I bought a book by a woman who claims her dog is immortal: 'I
Couldn't Put It Down.'" Frank Skinner

Still not very funny, but good for a chuckle. I'll bet this joke was
originally part of a stand-up act where the inflection of the teller
makes the intended and double meanings obvious.
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Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!

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And your punctuation gives it another twist.

Though in any case, I quoted straight from 'The Funniest Thing You Never Said', the ultimate collection of humorous quotations (this is straight from the bookcover) compiled by Rosemarie Jarski, Ebury Press, London, 2004.

TheShaman2007 said:

Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!

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LOL