Liz "It's like burping in public. When men do it, it's funny and a competition sport. If a woman does it, it's disgusting"

That's just like farting. Women regard this as an embarrasing by-product of digestion...men regard it as a source of entertainment and male bonding.... ;-)) (I'll get roasted now by the PC brigade for generalising about men and women)

You have to gauge the audience. Often the audience don't laugh and just shift uneasily because THEY"RE not too sure of the rest of audience either. They might be laughing internally, but externally their expression is 'is it OK to laugh at this?' (which can look a bit sad)

I know there are limits, but most people have different limits and humour is one weapon in our arsenal to help us deal with life's ups and downs. Problem is everyone has different limits and different ideas about what's funny. It's like those Personal ads you see - "GSOH required" Good sense of humour - what they mean of course is "MY idea of a good sense of hunour required"