I was talking to one of our guys in the office – today , and I was saying that –
“It’s bizarre the sports centre is so full of people at this time of the day “ .
So he say’s ……
……………….“if it was a bazaar ……it would be full “…….
So I hit him over the head with one of my hand carved brass plates ( which are on sale at the moment ) and left him tied up with several scarf’s ( buy one get one free ) in the corner for a while , whilst I served a few customers at my stall :).
……………………sorry :)
Here’s a serious question for you - does the above humour actually work or is it too convoluted ? .I’m never , ever sure if this is maybe visual as opposed to written humour , and this of course this does not take in to consideration that this type of word play is typically British , and may not carry well internationally - either :)
Long term readers will remember my ill fated attempts to explain British humour to my Japanese friend Atsu , and I reckon humour has probably got national borders , as colloquial Japanese humour is from what I can understand is very socially based and totally incomprehensible to non natives , although saying that are television shows like Endurance supposed to be funny or merely a national sport :).
A lot of German humour according to my information would be lost in translation to English due to the differences in the language construction , and if you believe all the press say in the U.K. - they don’t have one ………..just joking here for all my German friends :)
American humour - well I can probably tell you the difference between English and American humour , in that is its more slapstick and visual , but what it is , is a more difficult question , and I personally don’t like American sitcoms , but find the cartoon shows South Park and The Simpson’s highly entertaining – but that’s just me :)
Now according to The Economist !!! - our French cousins have no sense of humour , which is backed up by its Wikipedia page and its total lack of information on
comedy , and supposedly the word humour did not even exist in France before the revolution of 1789 .
I think I’d better desist with the above list , as I’ll probably get hate mail from all over the world because of it – now :)
Now after writing all the above rubbish , I typed in British humour and looked on the Wikipedia page , and all is explained , apparently our so called “culture of
humour ” is appreciated worldwide ……………. which does surprise and horrify me , as knowing some of the shows we produce here , I dread to think what kind of stereotyping message that sends out to the world :)
