English people and their humor :)

[Mark_Wallace]

Nagy Vilmos wrote:

Come to that, what is "humor"?

It's what Not-James-Bond did in The Rock.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

[Mark_Wallace]

Ioan-Alexandru wrote:

it was a just a joke

It's that PoV that's led to such a lengthy debate.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

[Lost User]

I've come to expect this sort of joke from Polish people.

[Richard Deeming]

Mark_Wallace wrote:

... They're experts!

I thought the 'merkin idea of sarcasm was to say something, pause, and then shout "NOT!" very loudly. I don't think I've ever seen an American comic do sarcasm properly.

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[Lost User]

Ioan-Alexandru wrote:

Two Americans are talking. One asks: "What's the difference between capitalism and communism?"
"That's easy" says the other one. "In capitalism man exploits man! In communism it is the other way around!"

And the first one concentrates intently - waiting for the rest of the joke.

Peter Wasser Art is making something out of nothing and selling it. Frank Zappa

[CPallini]

Huh, global warming no more? :rolleyes:

Veni, vidi, vici.

[Mark_Wallace]

I think you missed the irony a tad, there.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

[Richard Deeming]

:doh: :thumbsup:

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[Nicholas Marty]

I object. I don't think english jokes are funny :laugh:

[Mark_Wallace]

pwasser wrote:

Ioan-Alexandru wrote:

Two Americans are talking. One asks: "What's the difference between capitalism and communism?"
"That's easy" says the other one. "In capitalism man exploits man! In communism it is the other way around!"

And the first one concentrates intently - waiting for the rest of the joke.

And the second one slips and falls on his arse, and the first one laughs for hours.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

[Mark_Wallace]

Is this a five-minute argument, or the full half hour?

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

[AlexCode]

You mean, to have no fun whatsoever, right? :-D

[Lost User]

Nailed it.

Peter Wasser Art is making something out of nothing and selling it. Frank Zappa

[H Brydon]

Richard Deeming wrote:

And whilst Americans speak a (mangled) version of the English language, ...

Really? Pronounce the following words: - America - Theater/Theatre - New York - Rubbish - Gloucestershire

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[Richard Deeming]

OK, I've done that; GCHQ are now trying to work out the secret code. ;P Your turn: - Squirrel - Buoy - Vase - Lieutenant - Route - Thames

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"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

[emartinho]

I've told you once...

[H Brydon]

Mark_Wallace wrote:

Is this a five-minute argument, or the full half hour?

You're in the wrong forum. Two doors down the hall.

Windows 8 is the resurrected version of Microsoft Bob. The only thing missing is the Fisher-Price logo. - Harvey