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smallhobbitHow many hippos can you get in a mini?
Two in the front, two in the back.
How many giraffes can you get in a mini?
None, it's full of hippos.
How do you get two whales in a mini?
Straight down the M4 and across the Severn Bridge.
This, of course, works better as a verbal joke.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
scfrankles asked yesterday about the comedy I like. So today's brief ramble will be on that subject. If you've read yesterday's entry, you'll know I like Morecambe & Wise. Some of their lines still make me smile; Eric, hearing a police car racing past the house, "He won't sell many ice creams at that speed." I saw the musical Top Hat this summer and one of the routines reminded me very clearly of Morecambe & Wise and Glenda Jackson.
I like classic comedies, like Dad's Army. I don't like comedies where the laughs come because one character consistently makes fun and puts down another. Which could be said about Dad's Army, but whatever happens in this way within the platoon, as soon as an outsider dares to say or do something everyone rallies round. The characters aren't one dimensional - they all have their foibles, but they all have their strengths.
I like humour within serious plays. Shakespeare, when well done, has masses of it. It provides relief and contrast and it reflects life. I have a quirky sense of humour and I will often use humour to break the tension in a situation.
I like verbal sparring, when it doesn't take itself over seriously. I don't think swearing is funny, and if that's what a programme/comedian relies on then they quickly lose me.
If you want to see what else amuses me, then the following post began with the ACD Holmes story of The Red Circle. It's currently heading through the Suez Canal en route for the Indian Ocean. There was a rat ...
And I did once stick Inspector Greg Lestrade in a giraffe onesie, but I blameeloquy for that. Surprisingly effective
Two in the front, two in the back.
How many giraffes can you get in a mini?
None, it's full of hippos.
How do you get two whales in a mini?
Straight down the M4 and across the Severn Bridge.
This, of course, works better as a verbal joke.
scfrankles asked yesterday about the comedy I like. So today's brief ramble will be on that subject. If you've read yesterday's entry, you'll know I like Morecambe & Wise. Some of their lines still make me smile; Eric, hearing a police car racing past the house, "He won't sell many ice creams at that speed." I saw the musical Top Hat this summer and one of the routines reminded me very clearly of Morecambe & Wise and Glenda Jackson.I like classic comedies, like Dad's Army. I don't like comedies where the laughs come because one character consistently makes fun and puts down another. Which could be said about Dad's Army, but whatever happens in this way within the platoon, as soon as an outsider dares to say or do something everyone rallies round. The characters aren't one dimensional - they all have their foibles, but they all have their strengths.
I like humour within serious plays. Shakespeare, when well done, has masses of it. It provides relief and contrast and it reflects life. I have a quirky sense of humour and I will often use humour to break the tension in a situation.
I like verbal sparring, when it doesn't take itself over seriously. I don't think swearing is funny, and if that's what a programme/comedian relies on then they quickly lose me.
If you want to see what else amuses me, then the following post began with the ACD Holmes story of The Red Circle. It's currently heading through the Suez Canal en route for the Indian Ocean. There was a rat ...
And I did once stick Inspector Greg Lestrade in a giraffe onesie, but I blame
eloquy for that. Surprisingly effective
