BS: Women and humour

Subject: Women and humour
From: Magpie
Date: 25 Nov 99 - 06:06 PM

I came by this quote the other day, and thought it mught be worth sharing. (I forgot who said it, though!)

"When Our Lord handed out humour, woman was late as usual. She just made it in time to be the one to have the last laugh."

Magpie

Subject: RE: BS: Women and humour
From: rollingcrone0526
Date: 26 Nov 99 - 12:53 AM

I like it.

Subject: RE: BS: Women and humour
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 26 Nov 99 - 06:08 AM

He who laughs last didn't understand the joke......

(Note that is HE - with you sisters!!)

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Women and humour
From: Alice
Date: 26 Nov 99 - 09:33 AM

From Robert Burns, "Green Grow The Rashes O"

Auld nature swears the lovely dears,
Her noblest wark she classes, O
Her 'prentice han' she tried on man
And then she made the lasses, O.

--

What a woman says: "This place is a mess! C'mon, you and I need to clean up, Your stuff is lying on the floor and you'll have no clothes to wear, if we don't do laundry right now!"

What a man hears:
blah, blah, blah, blah, C'MON
blah, blah, blah, blah, YOU AND I
blah, blah, blah, blah, ON THE FLOOR
blah, blah, blah, blah, NO CLOTHES
blah, blah, blah, blah, RIGHT NOW

uh, oh... I hope this thread doesn't turn into a male bashing joke list. If so, count me out.

I love you guys

alice

Subject: RE: BS: Women and humour
From: Margo
Date: 26 Nov 99 - 02:25 PM

Alice, that's FUNNY. Not bashing, as far as I'm concerned.

Subject: RE: BS: Women and humour
From: lamarca
Date: 26 Nov 99 - 02:44 PM

Robert Heinlein had a really interesting analysis of humor in his book The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Mycroft, the sentient computer, wanted to learn more about what a "joke" was, so Manny and Wyo input a whole list of jokes. From his response to different types of jokes, Wyo decided "He" was actually a "She"...

Mike also classified the jokes into different catagories which can also be used for humorous songs, referring to jokes (and/or songs) with a quick, obvious punchline as "Funny once..." vs. those with a sort of perennial humor about human nature that can be laughed at again and again. I keep thinking "Funny once, Mike" when I hear the fifty-thousandth repetition of "The Rolling Mills of New Jersey" or other parodies that are fun the first one or two times you hear them, but quickly pale after the umpteenth repetition!

I don't think this is gender linked, but I'm female, and I notice most of the folks who keep requesting those "funny" songs over and over are guys...