Its Not Your Fault, So Laugh Anyway
You are a US Citizen and you do not have a proper sense of humor. Don’t worry, it’s not your fault. After studying 2,000 pairs of British twins and 500 pairs of Americans, researchers at the University of Western Ontario in Canada â’“ not a nation famed for its home-grown jokes â’“ concluded that humour lies in the genes. Both nations, the researchers found, liked positive humour, but only the British appreciated sarcasm, self-deprecation, teasing and ridicule, and the less pleasing aspects of racist or sexist humour.
Television humour in Britain is more biting, whereas in North America it tended to be blander.
â’Self-defeating humour tends to be highly correlated with neuroticism. People who tend to be more negative, depressed and anxious tend to use that kind of humour,â’ Dr Martin said.
He took the example of The Office, which in its original British version with Ricky Gervais playing the loathsome David Brent, was biting, insensitive and intolerant compared with the subsequent US version, which was played in a much lower key. (Read More . . .)
Give me BBC over BBC America anytime, and for that matter I would rather have my taxes pay for BBC over PBS/NPR. The lack of creative shows in ‘The States’ has fallen into a commercial trap. There are better commercials than actual programming. But with everyone getting a DVR, watching online and/or waiting for the DVD of each season who needs the networks.
I guess those typical US citizens that say a sense of humor is one of life’s important characteristics, actually means: “Please tell me another bar joke, fart and sexist remarks”. That typical US citizens are so stuck up and feel superiority to the rest of the world that they do not have to be responsible consumers, against same-sex marriage, no need for waste management, shop at Walmart, and lack of true citizenship. The sense of humor of the typical US citizen is over shadowed by their credit card debt, buying homes they can’t afford, being a parent when they shouldn’t and have a government that brags success based on those who are the richest not the poorest. Even sarcasm to them can be threatening and scary. Or is the joke on me?
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One day an Englishman, a Scotsman, and an Irishman walked into a pub together. They each bought a pint of Guinness. Just as they were about to enjoy their creamy beverage, three flies landed in each of their pints, and were stuck in the thick head. The Englishman pushed his beer away in disgust. The Scotsman fished the fly out of his beer, and continued drinking it, as if nothing had happened. The Irishman, too, picked the fly out of his drink, held it out over the beer, and started yelling, “SPIT IT OUT, SPIT IT OUT YOU BASTARD!!!!”
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Five Englishmen boarded a train just behind five Scots, who, as a group had only purchased one ticket. Just before the conductor came through, all the Scots piled into the toilet stall at the back of the car. As the conductor passed the stall, he knocked and called”Tickets, please!” and one of the Scots slid a ticket under the door. It was punched, pushed back under the door, and when it was safe all the Scots came out and took their seats. The Englishmen were tremendously impressed by the Scots’ ingenuity. On the trip back, the five Englishmen decided to try this themselves and purchased only one ticket. They noticed that, oddly, the Scots had not purchased any tickets this time. Anyway, again, just before the conductor came through, the Scots piled into one of the toilet stalls, the Englishmen into the other. Then one of the Scots leaned out, knocked on the Englishmen’s stall and called “Ticket, Please!” When the ticket slid out under the door, he picked it up and quickly closed the door.
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An English man and an Irish man are driving head on , at night, on a twisty, dark road. Both are driving too fast for the conditions and collide on a sharp bend in the road. To the amazement of both, they are unscathed, though their cars are both destroyed. In celebration of their luck, both agree to put aside their dislike for the other from that moment on. At this point, the Englishman goes to the boot and fetches a 12 year old bottle of whisky. He hands the bottle to the Irish man, whom exclaims,” may the Irish and the English live together forever, in peace, and harmony.” The Irish man then tips the bottle and gulps half of the bottle down. Still flabbergasted over the whole thing, he goes to hand the bottle to the Englishman, whom replies: ” no thanks, I’ll just wait till the Police get here!”
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There was an Scotsman, an Englishman and Claudia Schiffer sitting together in a carriage in a train going through Wales. Suddenly the train went through a tunnel and as it was an old style train,there were no lights in the carriages and it went completely dark. Then there was this kissing noise and the sound of a really loud slap. When the train came out of the tunnel, Claudia Schiffer and the Scotsman were sitting as if nothing had happened and the Englishman had his hand against his face as he had been slapped.
The Englishman was thinking: ‘The Scottish fella must have kissed Claudia Schiffer and she missed him and slapped me instead.’
Claudia Schiffer was thinking: ‘The English fella must have tried to kiss me and actually kissed the Scotsman and got slapped for it.’
And the Scotsman was thinking: ‘This is great. The next time the train goes through a tunnel I’ll make that kissing noise and slap that English bastard again .