to understand some humor//

willem
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Fri Jan 01, 2010 11:05 am

Hello,, i want to understand more of humor that is here all over the place,,but it is in englisch so when i translate word by word i think its not coming over, maybe you can teach me the humor written in englisch,,Lets get started with Neil,, what funny things a did???


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Fri Jan 01, 2010 11:07 am

Willem!

LOL What a HUGE question! LOL
Much easier my friend if you ask about a specific thing someone said or did.


willem
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Fri Jan 01, 2010 11:10 am

AndyT wrote:
Willem!

LOL What a HUGE question! LOL
Much easier my friend if you ask about a specific thing someone said or did.
Well Andy friend,,, I ASK????


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Fri Jan 01, 2010 11:18 am

Yes you did. LOL!

The humor Neil has (uses) is based on idiom and culture. If you do not understand both the idiom he is using and the culture behind it, then the humor is not funny.

Let me example.

2 bears are bathing in a tub.
Big Bear says to little bear,
"Please pass the soap".
Little Bear says,
"What do you think I am, a radio?!"

This humor is not funny to most people. If you hear this humor in Korean and understand the culture reference then this humor is very very funny.

(One of my former martial arts Masters loved this joke. I do too but for a different reason.)

Please ask about 1 thing Neil said that is humor you want to understand. Your question asks to explain everything Neil said from all of time.

Temo! Help us out here please! Your English is way better than my machine translated Dutch.


aitch
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Fri Jan 01, 2010 11:20 am

I always thought it was two penguins taking a bath :dry:


AndyT
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Fri Jan 01, 2010 11:23 am

H, Now thats almost funnier! LOL I like it!


willem
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Fri Jan 01, 2010 11:27 am

OkE Andy,,,i was thinking that my question could help to understand some more Humor,,i think it not gonna work...we see..thanks so far...


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Fri Jan 01, 2010 11:30 am

Willem my friend,
When you see humor you want to understand, ask then in that thread (discussion / topic). We will all do our best to help you understand.


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Fri Jan 01, 2010 11:33 am

willem,

What you're asking isn't clear to me. Are you asking what makes any humor funny? Or are you asking about a specific thing that Neil said?

- Dennis


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Fri Jan 01, 2010 11:36 am

How to understand the humour used here? Willem, here is lesson nr.1 for you from our good friend John Cleese. If you get this then you are half way there! ;-) Get a load of this baby, an early laptop with 4 Megs of memory!!


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