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From: Magot
Date: 05-12-2006, 01:14 PM (1 of 2)
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Fascinating differences also emerged between nations in terms of the jokes they found funny. People from The Republic of Ireland, the UK, Australia and New Zealand expressed a strong preference for jokes involving word plays, such as: Patient: “Doctor, I've got a strawberry stuck up my bum.” Doctor: “I've got some cream for that. Americans and Canadians much preferred gags where there was a sense of superiority – either because a person looked stupid, or was made to look stupid by another person, such as: Texan: “Where are you from?” Harvard grad: “I come from a place where we do not end our sentences with prepositions.” Texan: “Okay – where are you from, jackass?” Finally, many European countries, such as France, Denmark and Belgium, liked jokes that were somewhat surreal, such as: An Alsatian went to a telegram office, took out a blank form and wrote: “Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof.” The clerk examined the paper and politely told the dog: “There are only nine words here. You could send another ‘Woof’ for the same price.” “But,” the dog replied, “that would make no sense at all.” Jokes courtesy of laughlab.co.uk love and kisses, Jan
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User: Magot
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 05-12-2006, 08:35 PM (2 of 2)
woof, woof, woof...  
Chrys
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User: Chrysantha
Member since: 09-06-2002 Total posts: 2414 
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