Polish Humor

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If I'm wacky today it's from the " I didn't sleep " syndrome. A few

days ago I was sleeping too much and last night not one wink.

Anyway, I've been trying to lift my spirits with the odd humor that

comes from my Dad's SKI side. From my Grampa on down,

stupid/silly/downright groaners were told and I kinda like them. My

husband just shakes his head and rolls his eyes. I'm gonna put a

few in this message so if you have an adversion to stupid/odd

sayings stop right here and if you are brave go ahead and keep

reading.

A few of my Dad/Gramps/Uncles favorites:

" I got my tongue caught around my eyetooth and couldn't see what I'm

saying. "

Are you a smart fella or a " fart smeller. "

(Leaving the car ritual saying)

All out, far as you go, drop your fares in the box please.

CAN YOU SAY LITERALLY SPEAKING

Kid asked: Can I call someone? ...

I reply: " What are you going to call them? "

Kid says: I'm hungry (thirsty, bored etc..)

Reply: Hello Hungry, I'm Dad nice to meet you!

If you made it this far, what did you think? I don't recall these

in any of the Marx Brothers comedies, but that's what they remind me

of, maybe some are. Welcome to part of my warped childhood.

Kim

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Reminds me of the movies in the " Airplane " genre...

person a tells person b something...

person b says, " Surely, you jest! " ...

Person a confirms his statement

and says " ... and don't call me

Shirley! "

You really need to have been there...

Could that be Aspie humor???

Ender

At 09:24 AM 7/28/2006, you wrote:

If I'm wacky today it's from the

" I didn't sleep " syndrome. A few

days ago I was sleeping too much and last night not one wink.

Anyway, I've been trying to lift my spirits with the odd humor that

comes from my Dad's SKI side. From my Grampa on down,

stupid/silly/downright groaners were told and I kinda like them. My

husband just shakes his head and rolls his eyes. I'm gonna put a

few in this message so if you have an adversion to stupid/odd

sayings stop right here and if you are brave go ahead and keep

reading.

A few of my Dad/Gramps/Uncles favorites:

" I got my tongue caught around my eyetooth and couldn't see what I'm

saying. "

Are you a smart fella or a " fart smeller. "

(Leaving the car ritual saying)

All out, far as you go, drop your fares in the box please.

CAN YOU SAY LITERALLY SPEAKING

Kid asked: Can I call someone? ...

I reply: " What are you going to call them? "

Kid says: I'm hungry (thirsty, bored etc..)

Reply: Hello Hungry, I'm Dad nice to meet you!

If you made it this far, what did you think? I don't recall these

in any of the Marx Brothers comedies, but that's what they remind me

of, maybe some are. Welcome to part of my warped childhood.

Kim

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I like Python too, for the most part, but sometime I just don't see

the " gag " I guess it gets lost in cultural differences between US and

UK... Benny Hill, for example, to me is in no way funny; but I

understand he's a big hit in the UK...

Ender

At 11:06 AM 7/28/2006, Kim wrote:

>Funny you should mention that movie, which by the way I got a big kick

>out of. I rented it recently for my oldest son to watch & he loved

>the type of humor in it also and really loves Monty Python.

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I've heard the "eye tooth" joke a few times around here and in Alabama.

Monty Python is funny, but sometimes the humor doesn't quite translate and at other times they are a little to stilted to be funny. There are also times when they drag things out a little too far, like the infamous cannibal skit where audience members rushed the stage.

Still, it is good for another reason: my mother can't stand them so I can pop in one of the DVDs and tell her, "Oh, looks what's on TV." That usually gets me a little quiet time. Part of that might be because of the time she was home sick and came downstairs to see what I was laughing at. I was watching the Meaning of Life and she walked in just as I was replaying the "Mr Creosote" skit for the third time. She stayed just long enough to ask, "he's not going to do that again is he?" when he did it again, then she ran to the bathroom and did it herself, which nearly made me do it from laughing so hard.

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>

> " I like Python too, for the most part, but sometime I just don't see

> the " gag " I guess it gets lost in cultural differences between US and

> UK... Benny Hill, for example, to me is in no way funny; but I

> understand he's a big hit in the UK... "

I like it too, but sometimes I don't get it either. Sometimes I can't

even understand their words, with the accent and all. My husband can

explain some of the things I don't get because he's from Jamaica, which

is a former British colony and he went to an British school system and

still retain some of England's ways and words and terms. But he doesn't

get everything, either. Sometimes I think it's just wacked-out and you

will think it's funny depending on how wacky your sense of humor is!

BTW, why do Brits prefer 'Britain' or 'UK' instead of 'England'?

>

>

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My understand is that not all the British are English... there the Scots,

Welch, Irish, etc...

Sort of the reverse of people from the US calling themselves

" Americans " ... the whole western hemisphere is the America's of

which the US is just a part... so Mexicans, Canadians, Brazilians, Columbians, etc are all really Americans too...

I misread is at first and was going make a comment about groups and

sub-group with the analog of arthropods, insects and

other " bugs " which although somewhat clever and true (and is a

quote from the Hammer Film " Quartermass and the Pit " ) it could

be considered insulting if one were to not understand the context...

:-[Ender

At 03:21 PM 7/28/2006, you wrote:

snip....

BTW, why do Brits prefer 'Britain' or 'UK' instead of 'England'?

>

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In a message dated 7/29/2006 3:35:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, julie.stevenson16@... writes:

Well I'm British, English, Uk-ian :-) whatever and I don't find Benny Hill particularly funny - I think it was meant to be in it's time.

I never found Benny Hill funny either. His humor was definitely the lowest of the low brow though.

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Well I'm British, English, Uk-ian :-) whatever and I don't find Benny

Hill particularly funny - I think it was meant to be in it's time.

I do like Monty Phthon and I love the line in Aireplane where guy is

sat on plane and woman next to him asks if he is nervous he replies

yes and she asks if it is his first time and he replies, 'no, I've

been nervous lots of times' :-) I loved his drink problem as well

(the fact he threw it over himself) :-)

" BTW, why do Brits prefer 'Britain' or 'UK' instead of 'England'? "

I have no preferance, but I think some do.

> >

> > " I like Python too, for the most part, but sometime I just don't

see

> > the " gag " I guess it gets lost in cultural differences between US

and

> > UK... Benny Hill, for example, to me is in no way funny; but I

> > understand he's a big hit in the UK... "

>

> I like it too, but sometimes I don't get it either. Sometimes I

can't

> even understand their words, with the accent and all. My husband

can

> explain some of the things I don't get because he's from Jamaica,

which

> is a former British colony and he went to an British school system

and

> still retain some of England's ways and words and terms. But he

doesn't

> get everything, either. Sometimes I think it's just wacked-out and

you

> will think it's funny depending on how wacky your sense of humor is!

>

> BTW, why do Brits prefer 'Britain' or 'UK' instead of 'England'?

>

>

> >

>

> >

>

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I didn't find Benny Hill funny either. I DID know people who liked his

shows though, and coincidentally, these people wgere loud, bawdy, and

unsophisticiated.

Tom

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Re: Re: Polish Humor

In a message dated 7/29/2006 3:35:05 PM Eastern Standard Time,

julie.stevenson16@... writes:

Well I'm British, English, Uk-ian :-) whatever and I don't find Benny

Hill particularly funny - I think it was meant to be in it's time.

I never found Benny Hill funny either. His humor was definitely the

lowest of the low brow though.

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>

> " I didn't find Benny Hill funny either. I DID know people who liked

his

> shows though, and coincidentally, these people wgere loud, bawdy, and

> unsophisticiated. "

>

> My husband loves Benny Hill and he is loud and unsophisticated ,

(though he has other sides to his personality), but not bawdy--he

doesn't like the ones that are too sexual. Jamaicans love slapstick

humor. But he likes more sophisticated humor as well. He loves all Brit

Com except Bean, who totally irritates him. He actually does amateur

stand-up comedy mostly for friends' parties. I am kind of a humor nut

and have to admit I love anything funny (barring dirty jokes)including

Three Stooges and Dumb and Dumber, though I have a preference for wacky

dry humor.

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At 04:08 PM 8/3/2006, wrote:

>What was the original post that started this thread? I wanted to

>read it, but I accidentally deleted it. Was it someone making

>Polish jokes? If so, I'd like to read them; and if someone wants to

>Irish jokes too, that's okay because I don't have a problem with

>it. I probably won't get the jokes because I started to read a book

>that had Irish jokes in it, and I wasn't getting them, but they

>don't bother me.

>God bless, Irelan

Not really... Grand Dad'isms really

>From: " Kim " <6emini@...>

>

>If I'm wacky today it's from the " I didn't sleep " syndrome. A few

>days ago I was sleeping too much and last night not one wink.

>Anyway, I've been trying to lift my spirits with the odd humor that

>comes from my Dad's SKI side. From my Grampa on down,

>stupid/silly/downright groaners were told and I kinda like them. My

>husband just shakes his head and rolls his eyes. I'm gonna put a

>few in this message so if you have an adversion to stupid/odd

>sayings stop right here and if you are brave go ahead and keep

>reading.

>

>A few of my Dad/Gramps/Uncles favorites:

>

> " I got my tongue caught around my eyetooth and couldn't see what I'm

>saying. "

>

>Are you a smart fella or a " fart smeller. "

>

>(Leaving the car ritual saying)

>All out, far as you go, drop your fares in the box please.

>

>CAN YOU SAY LITERALLY SPEAKING

>

>Kid asked: Can I call someone? ...

>I reply: " What are you going to call them? "

>

>Kid says: I'm hungry (thirsty, bored etc..)

>Reply: Hello Hungry, I'm Dad nice to meet you!

>

>If you made it this far, what did you think? I don't recall these

>in any of the Marx Brothers comedies, but that's what they remind me

>of, maybe some are. Welcome to part of my warped childhood.

>

>Kim

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At 04:08 PM 8/3/2006, wrote:>Not really... Grand Dad'isms really>>Are you a smart fella or a "fart smeller.">>Kid asked: Can I call someone? ...>I reply: "What are you going to call them?" >> . I like these two. I do that last one a lot on people. Someone will say that someone called them; and I'll ask, "What'd they call you?" God bless, Irelan

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It's noce to know my family isn't that strange humored. A couple

more that make me smile & think of my Dad who passed away in 94.

Kim

To someone who is wearing perfume, Dad says " You stink nice "

I ask, " what would you like for lunch? "

Kid says, " hmmm, I feel like a hot dog. "

My reply, " funny, you don't LOOK like one! "

Kid groans.

If some unsuspecting person queries, " How do you feel? "

I might reply, " With my fingers. "

Rolling eyes or groan may follow that one!

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> >

> Not really... Grand Dad'isms really

> >

> >Are you a smart fella or a " fart smeller. "

> >

> >Kid asked: Can I call someone? ...

> >I reply: " What are you going to call them? "

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>

> It's noce to know my family isn't that strange humored. A couple

> more that make me smile & think of my Dad who passed away in 94.

>

> Kim

>

>

> To someone who is wearing perfume, Dad says " You stink nice "

>

> I ask, " what would you like for lunch? "

> Kid says, " hmmm, I feel like a hot dog. "

> My reply, " funny, you don't LOOK like one! "

> Kid groans.

>

> If some unsuspecting person queries, " How do you feel? "

> I might reply, " With my fingers. "

> Rolling eyes or groan may follow that one!

>

Cub asks, " You know what? "

I answer, " No. He died before my time. "

Cub says, " Ya, but ... "

I launch into a detailed National Geographic style description of

the elusive Yabbut, an imaginary beast closely related to the North

American rabbit according to description.

Cub asks, " Can I [activity]? "

I answer, " I don't know. Can you? Do you actually have the

technology at your disposal to effect this activity? And more

importantly, is this something you would want to do if you could? "

Someone asks me how far it is from Market Hall Clock Tower to the

downtown bus terminal, and I automatically answer, " It's a five

minute walk if you run. "

There's more, Kim, but you get the idea. Some of us are just like

that.

Raven