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@saab,

Fair enough.

@saab,

If this quiz show is an example of recent Brit humor, it reminds me of HS jokes, where the constant use of "****" and "Hand job" were considered high humor.

Also, their salty ham eatin accents are sometimes impossible to understand

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@izzythepush,

Almost anything can be funny if context is carefully worked out. I think Carlins examples of Elmer Fudd and Porky Pig are funny because he goes and creates n insane context.
Dales lines were just basically unfunny because his use of "Rapist" had little context,(so then it just sounds insensitive) .However, prhaps if he would include it as being a component of education, he should have considered trying to focus on Catholic Parochial schools and the sex deviant priests. That'd be funny.

"I work in a school, Im a Randy Priest"

Comedy's tough

Self deprecation is safe because I can joke about almost anything if I am the subject. Substitution of insane characters or cartoon characters can become (sorta) self-deprecation (especially if the comedian tries to "seriously"explain the characters motives in doing whatever hes doing)
Carlin was trying to xplain that Elmer Fudd had this hard-on and needed to seek som relief. I find that funny, after having introduced "Porky" Pig based on what his name means in the urban dictionary.

Political edgy-ness requires great care. Louis CK makes it sound more artificially presented than George Carlin ever did.

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@farmerman,

we can get our heads around your weird accents, guess our stuff just shoots over your head. We don't dumb it down.

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@izzythepush,

we have our mountain accents an gullah that I would defy you to unerstand.
"Dont flatter yourself, your street language is every bit as indecipherable s is "Homey talk"

Youve not been all over the US to hear what we sound like. I think Ive been all over The British ISles and Irelqnd to try to understnd what you guys sound like.

You have people in Edinborough that cant be understood by people in Manchester or Dublin. I wont begin to even think about the Welsh or them people who live around John o Groats or Aran Isles

Some of the best Brit humor Ive ever enjoyed was sitting around a table with guys I was working with and having them explain how you prepare a hedgehog to eat. Course alcohol had something to do with it

Salty Pork eaters

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@farmerman,

We're not talking about out of the way rural accents, but what appears on telly and I understand your TV easy enough. Very few of our comedy shows have strong accents, if it was something like Auf Weidersein Pet you might have a point. It's easy enough to tune your ear into other accents, other English speaking countries have no problem. It's something only Americans seem incapable of doing, and it's pretty clear why that is.

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@farmerman,

Did I misunderstand what you mean or not?
The word rapist in connection with Catholic schools and priests is funny-
Is the word rapist also funny in connection with father, brother, uncle, neighbor or doctor?
I do not find it funny at all to generalize one group as rapist.

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@saab,

nope, just priests, they deserves it. They should be ridiculed an not given an inch.
As far as Im concerned this is NOT OPEN FOR ANY SOCIAL NEGOTIATION.

Humor can be a great weapon if in the proper hands.
Remmber the Yeltsin Jokes?
What about Hitler Jokes. They were insanely funny and purgative

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@farmerman,

All of them?
I know some innocent good Priests... the kind you can't believe it can exist in the XXI century...

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@farmerman,

About 4 -5 % of Catholic priest have been involved in child abuse.
The same amount of men are probably or proven having been involved in child abuse in one way or other.
Joking about one person is something else than making fun of a whole group and generelazing.

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What do you call a muslim girl who can outrun her brothers?

A virgin.

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@farmerman,

Comedy is subjective. But, some of the comedy that I find the most entertaining and downright funny deals with the most inappropriate subjects. From the great Mel Brooks!

Quote:

Germany was having trouble
What a sad, sad story
Needed a new leader to restore
Its former glory
Where, oh, where was he?
Where could that man be?
We looked around and then we found
The man for you and me
Where, oh, where was he?
Where could that man be?
We looked around and then we found
The man for you and me!
LEAD TENOR STORMTROOPER:
And now it's...
Springtime for Hitler and Germany
Deutschland is happy and gay!
We're marching to a faster pace
Look out, here comes the master race!
Springtime for Hitler and Germany
Rhineland's a fine land once more!
Springtime for Hitler and Germany
Watch out, Europe
We're going on tour!
Springtime for Hitler and Germany...
CHORUS:
Look, it's springtime
LEAD TENOR STORMTROOPER:
Winter for Poland and France
CHORUS AND STORMTROOPER:
Springtime for Hitler and Germany!
CHORUS:
Springtime! Springtime!
Springtime! Springtime!
Springtime! Springtime!
Springtime! Springtime!
STORMTROOPER:
Come on, Germans
Go into your dance!
STORMTROOPER "ROLF":
I was born in Dusseldorf und that is why they call me Rolf.
STORMTROOPER "MEL":
Don't be stupid, be a smarty, come and join the Nazi party!
ULLA:
The Fuhrer is coming, the Fuhrer is coming, the Fuhrer is coming!

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@maxdancona,

The producers is so funny and it makes fun of all us.

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@layman,

So you think Muslim brothers want to rape their sister?
Why not
What do you call a Muslima who can outrun a Muslim?
A virgin

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@layman,

layman wrote:

What do you call a muslim girl who can outrun her brothers?

A virgin.

An honest question Layman; Do you actually find this funny? Or is this joke more of a political statement?

(It misses the mark with me since incest is taboo in the Muslim religion and in Middle-Eastern Cultures in general. This might be funnier if it were applied to a culture without as strong an incest taboo... there are cultures where there is true. This is more a joke about racism than about Islam... you can fill in the blank with any ethnic group, but I didn't find it funny.)

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@saab,

Quote:

About 4 -5 % of Catholic priest have been involved in child abuse

So, you think thats acceptable?? Lets let em pass, Only 4% of priests are pedophiles. I think this is a matter for the entire Catholic Clergy to be held accountable. Humor is just a way to call em out .
NOW I realize you dont agree, I can accept that.

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@farmerman,

The point is/was to ask if that ratio goes above the average in Society at large ?
We know for instance 3% are sociopaths that doesn't imply anything about a specific group. By the way Farma did you know average distribution of IQ is the same both among Academics and blue color construction workers? Yeah you got that right...check it out if you don't believe me. Insufficient as IQ testing may be that says something about qualification being irrelevant.

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@farmerman,

farmerman wrote:

?
What about Hitler Jokes. They were insanely funny and purgative

Hitler wasn't exactly a victim or part of an oppressed minority.

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@farmerman,

Quote:

Dales lines were just basically unfunny

Far,, my gratitude for your intense interest and participation in the interactions, intentions and conceptions surrounding my view in matters of humor

Everyone everywhere should share your vital interest in almost everything

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@maxdancona,

Quote:

An honest question Layman;

Heh, Max, would you have liked it better if I asked:

What do you call an Alabama girl who can outrun her toothless redneck brothers?

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