Les, don't plays on words laugh at people who can't do them, understand them, or generally finds word-handling problematic?

And jokes themselves are an insult to people with no sense of humour.

Gold!

THAT'S the defence of humour against accusations of insult.


In any case,


After the train accident in France, one survivor was asked what he thought the reason for the accident was.

he replied, Too loose le treck.


a pun that insults French rail, the esteemed work of Toulouse Lautrec, the lovers of same, the proponents of proper speech - I mean that's getting on for nearly everyone.



   Ivor