"Cheese eating surrender monkeys" is a wonderful example. Some people on this thread seem to think that line was a joke about how Americans look at the French. But in context, it was obviously a jibe at the way that Brits look at the French. After all it was spoken by a British character.

I think the most telling thing is how many jokes the French have about the Brits. Almost none so far as I know. Ever since 1066 when they sent William over to civilize y'all, you haven't even been interesting enough to jest about.

They joke about the North Americans, (can they even tell English Canadians from Americans?), the Italians, the Germans, even French Canadians and Cajuns get more jokes than the Brits. They prefer to ridicule peoples worthy of fear and respect. But aside from your soccer hooligans, they hardly give you Brits a second thought. Even their jokes about English dental hygiene are recycled from Jay Leno.

Oh yeah, when discussing British "humour", one phrase always bears repeating.

Benny Hill
Benny Hill
Benny Hill
Benny Hill
Benny Hill
Benny Hill
Benny Hill



Benny Hill !!!