You can’t beat British humour! One thing we are still best at in the world

[JennyTals]

I know it a time of terrible doom and gloom
trump, putin, shit weather, people struggling

but thank FUCK
for our good old sense of humor that keeps us strong !

I liked the fact that the English sense of humour meant that they could laugh at themselves.

Or at least used to!

It's all become a bit woke nowadays with far too many people getting offended at what was nothing but humour and no offense meant whatsoever.

😆

OP speaks every single language in the world and has experienced the humour of every country and culture, including the Andaman Islands, to come to this totally reliable and not remotely biased conclusion.

You are pulling a Cats Bum Face aren't you! 😂😂

oh god is this meant to be an example of the peerless British sense of humour

I’m imagining her sucking a lemon as she furiously typed that out.

Long live the British humour!

I love the British sense of humour. It has always seemed more subtle and ironic than Americam humour which is more in your face and bolshy.

And stated by you in a very non humorous way MasterBeth. 😁

My friend and I grew up with Love Thy Neighbour and Mind your Language etc. We used to watch it with our parents and laugh at it loads. We both loved those sit coms. When we showed our kids, however, they were appalled and didn't find them funny at all. My friend and I thought we'd been conditioned after a while. Though we still found it funny.

I love the witticism in British humour though. But I don't know enough about any other cultures to know about their humour.

Brits?

I take it you've never met any other nationalities then, who will tell you really quite seriously about how they are the best at x, y, z.

British people generally are quite self deprecating, this is not replicated in many countries around the world.

I found it funny 😁

My non British DH loves our humour.

He likes when I drop in a totally ridiculous statement when something serious is happening / being discussed.

Why are you being deliberately obtuse?

I think the British have a rare ability to retain humour even in the direst of situations - the 'only when I laugh' gene.

Whereas you resorted to that most witty and original of hilarious signifiers - the grinning emoji - to reveal the depths of your comedic soul to a grateful nation.

Well, to those many many nations around the world with no public health care, the UK NHS is an incredible resource. Free healthcare at the point of use, it needs to be appreciated and not abused (in some case).

You’re no wit yourself. Here, have a few more grinning emoji’s 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

Because people keep posting fatuous comments.

Norman Wisdom, a slapstick, gurning black and white film star from the 1950s was once popular in communist Albania.

How do you derive any pride from this? How does it relate to you, 70 years later? What does it mean to be proud of this?

Boaty McBoatface,

<mic drop>

I think some British humour is funny. Things like the way we call each other twats and wankers in an affectionate way. And when people threw stuff at David Blane when he was in that glass box thing. And Life of Brian…

But in terms of things like sitcoms, nothing has ever been funnier than American show Frasier imho.

Used to be said that Americans didn’t understand a lot of our humour. They didn’t get the satirical exchanges.

I wish I could find it, but a few years ago when Donald Trump posted about his golf course in Scotland, I saw hilarious shots from Twitter where Scottish people were posting insults underneath his proud post like 'Utter cockwomble'.

Whether you appreciate British humour or not, it can't be denied that 'witty' defines it best.

I particularly enjoy Irish and French humour.

I think you enjoy the type of humour you grow up with. Things that are relatable to you will make you laugh, I find scottish comedians funny & I think as a nation we are just naturally humorous people. Always finding something to laugh about even in difficult situations.

I love Britush humour. I think it's excellent. I also think it's something of an acquired taste and many non-Britush people don't get it. My in-laws are foreign, and whenever there's a hilarious example of British humour, they kind of roll their eyes and shake their heads and say "British humour". They only like the very obvious, slap stick stuff like Mr Bean.
I also think American humour is good. I don't think it's true that they don't get irony. If you watch something like Curb Your Enthusiam, it's dripping with sarcasm and irony.