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A young lad gets a job in a general store. Lady comes in and asks for a packet of tea. Lad puts tea on the counter and says "Thats

lol  ;)

Ummmm.......

Ummmm.......

Good-on-ya Tony...!
...another example of our good-old, simple, straight-forward, down-to-earth, British sense of humour.... ...!
...Nothing quite like it anywhere else... ...!
LOL...LOL...LOL...!

Cheers Tony... ...!

Paul....Monty Python Land...!

LMAO...........! That lad will go far.

Is the store owner any relation to Arkwright?

Now that was funny

Ummmm.......

Same Here Iced

Doncha just love it when something goes straight over these yanks heads!

Hehehehe. They both obviously have innocent uncorrupted minds.

Oh no, belive me I get it but......... again, its the cross-cultural thing again.

Being caught between the rock and a hard place, I understand British humor (really good one!) but I also understand why they're some question marks over the heads of my fellow neighbours... British humor cannot be appreciated in the USA, and vice-versa.

JF

Exactly CRJ. American and Canadian humor usualy has double meanings and hidden sarcasm.  As someone who is used to it, I understand it all. Brit humor, by comparison, is relativly simplistic when read next to ours; we are somewhat lost because we are subconsiously looking for the hidden meaning that isn't there, so we end up put off by it and don't find it funny, and it ends up being boring because that's all there is to the joke. :-/

[quote]Exactly CRJ. American and Canadian humor usualy has double meanings and hidden sarcasm.

But Whoever Didnt Get What He Just Said,He Pretty Much Meant: I get It, But Its Dumb

Ummm..... yup, yup, yup; I was just trying to be democratic about it and not be offensive to the Brits (CRJ, don't even open your mouth ).

Again, it seems too simpistic as compared to the stuff my culture produces.

Again, it seems too simpistic as compared to the stuff my culture produces.

No offence but with a few notable exceptions I find the typical American humour too "in-your-face" for my particular taste. As with everything it's a matter of taste. The culture differences make humour a very personal thing. When the punchline has to be explained before anyone can understand it completely spoils the joke for me. The good old-fashioned Brit humour is generally more subtle with a good helping of hidden meanings, double-entendre, satire & the completely ridiculous thrown in - together with a few custard pies for good measure.

No, that is the other end of the spectrum like Monty Pyton and other such nonsense that is over there on your isle. You guys don't have anything in the middle, its one extreme or the other. Both of which are too much strangeness for most of us Americans, to apeal to.