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Originally Posted by livi
So, Aerkuld, originally from Britain - how come the Kingdom Comedy is perceived as so darn funny ? Sometimes I think they are mean as evil, sometimes I feel real sympathy as it is pretty obvious they are making fun of them selves. It is like a perfect mix of stiff upper lip and football hooligan.
Sorry for straying from the subject BTW.
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The making fun of themselves and hooligan mix is pretty easy to explain. As a nation the English are crap at sports. This either makes the fans shrug their shoulders and laugh or makes then angry and violent.
As for the whole funny thing I've been wondering about this for some time. I'd been visiting the USA for sometime before I moved here. I noticed pretty quickly that, in general, American humor was very different from British humour but I've never really been able to put my finger on why. For example, my Uncle has lived over here since the early '70's (which is why I was visiting) and he has an Amreican girlfriend. Most times if we started joking around, making stupid remarks, sarcastic comments, and puns she would just get this blank look on her face until we explained the joke. Once we'd explained it it would normally take a good couple of minutes before it really sunk in and she'd tell us that she understood it. Now, after twenty or more years, she has 'tuned in' a little better and it only takes an explaination and thirty seconds.
I do wonder if the majority of Americans take things too seriously. I mean, she is intelligent, but it's as if there is a time delay for her to swith into 'joke' mode, whereas the average Brit is probably wired the other way around. I think this might turn into a lengthy discussion and we need a seperate thread to discuss it...
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?p=3540988#post3540988