Mudcat Café message #1092687

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Thread #65889 Message #1092687
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
14-Jan-04 - 10:58 AM
Thread Name: BS: 'And once again, the madmen come. . . .'
Subject: RE: BS: 'And once again, the madmen come. . . .'

Depends on context. Finding something funny in a politician choking on a pretzel, for instance is essentially the same as finding it funny when he slips on a banana skin. Slapstick humour, which isn't the same as flippancy.