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ace of kev wrote:I don't get the snail joke. Is it just to do with that the snail is slow?

Once you understand that joke you'll understand the streets

Huh?



I don't get bananafish's joke either

Read it to yourself a few times.

--Kati

"I don't get the snail joke. Is it just to do with that the snail is slow?"


Actually the 'joke' is used as a test as to the 'speed' of the listener...sort of a "If you got that one...boy do I have jokes for you!'

Sometimes it's better not to get the first one...saves time. Test #2:

2 Girl Ostriches were walking down the street. One turns and say's to the other..."Oh dear...there are two boys following us with a gleam in their eye..."

The 2nd Girl Ostrich says "Lets just get around this corner..."

The girl Ostriches dart around the corner and stick their heads in the sand.

The two boy Ostriches come around the corner...stop...look around...and one says..."Where'd they go?"

Love it. I can see Gary Oldman using that one next time he plays a decent bad guy. Or maybe Walken.

see now i loved the snail one but this one i don't see so much, from the moment you use the word ostrich the punchline is visible and we are trundling to it, fussy aintent i?:)

I don't think that there’s a certain kind of joke that can be called universally amusing. Different jokes are going to appeal to different people. To be quite frank, I thought that those jokes seriously burned. I mean seriously - tough crowd, yet I'm sure, as you've encountered - you get laughs, from your picture I'm probably guessing from the older generation (no offence).

I'm an 18yr old student at uni and I perform magic regularly for people of similar age, throwing in jokes at every chance possible, and we all seem to get kicks out of the cruder line of jokes. For example heard a good one the other day which I have been using:

"Man walks into a bar suited and booted, and approaches the hottest woman in the room. He goes up to her and tells her straight 'If I really wanted you, I could have you right now'. The woman looking confused and a little annoyed says with a tone 'And how is that??’ The man comes close, and whispering in her ear says 'Because Im a rapist' "

Regards,

Alex

I watched "Bill Hicks - Totally" last night. The stuff he was talking about (Gulf War, evangelists in the Whitehouse, smoking bans, etc.) are still relevant 12 years after his death. He reminds me of Lenny Bruce -- Deeply offensive but absolutely true. One of Bruce's routines saw him just get up on stage and, without introducing himself, him call people in the audience the most offensive names possible, ending with himself: "And I'm a dirty f**king Jew! Is everyone insulted? Good. Welcome to the show."

bananafish wrote:Assuming this is so, I suspect that the issue isn't just an international one, it is also a regional one. I daresay there are jokes that are told to audiences in the north of England that have more chance of going down well than in the south (and vice versa).

Definitely!
My girlfriend lives in Ipswich, and I in Soham. So there's maybe an hours travel time between us? (50-60 miles) And she'll tell jokes that she heard at school and finds hilarious whilst I just don't get them.
Sometimes she'll even say "Must be an Ipswich thing" and I have to have it explained to me.

Part of the problem is people using different words to mean the same thing.

Obviously not in the example of the snail joke, but I guess if you're telling a joke about "band-aids" then obviously it wont get as good a reaction here as it would in the states.

Another thing I think is that American's like "In Your Face" funny jokes. Hence they spawn the likes of Friends and Cheers which are, by and large, autocue jokes. As in, you hear them, there's not hinkign time, its just a joke and you laugh. Whereas Brits tend to prefer jokes you think about a bit. Not a long time... just a second or so. Which is why all my mates like the English sitcom Spaced and films like Shaun Of The Dead. Not to mention The Full Monty but that's a REALLY cultural thing.

Anyways... in short, Americans and English tend to like different jokes.
The snail one is funny wherever.. it would seem that your friend is just either really slow or a bit dim

I'm a huge Bill Hicks fan. However, my favourite comedian is George Carlin (most people would recognise him as Rufus from Bill & Ted).

I'm not sure if I actually get that one about the circus. Would a knowledge of anatomy (particularly the neck area) be useful for understanding the joke. If not then I've made up my own punchline.

Here's a good one for the lads down the pub, will see some delayed reactions...GUARANTEED:

Two parrots sitting on a perch - One turns to the other and says "I can smell fish!"

magic_evmeister wrote:Would a knowledge of anatomy (particularly the neck area) be useful for understanding the joke.

Indeed it would!

Two parrots sitting on a perch - One turns to the other and says "I can smell fish!"

Er...didn't get that one!

Kati

katrielalex wrote:Er...didn't get that one!

You're not a keen angler then...?

Come on Kati! Perch...fish...

It really isn't funny if you have to explain it, thought us magic folk were supposedly witty!


Regards,

Alex

You're not meant to spoil the jokes, UltimateCreate. You're meant to leave subtle clues for people to get it themselves.

If you got that one you'll probably find this one a little easier:

Two snowmen standing in a field, one turns to the other and says "I can smell carrot!"

Am I the only one who found the "rapist" joke hilarious? I certainly hope not.