tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320269312957801390.post2631804330562320433..comments2024-03-28T05:59:52.454-07:00Comments on TalkToYoUniverse: Flirtation, mean jokes, and some observations on humorJuliette Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02879627074920760712noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320269312957801390.post-81170531524542526822011-05-05T09:33:44.433-07:002011-05-05T09:33:44.433-07:00Thanks for your comment, Pamela. Sounds like an ad...Thanks for your comment, Pamela. Sounds like an adventure with all of your boys! I appreciate dry wit as well, and generally steer clear of pottymouths and such...Juliette Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02879627074920760712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320269312957801390.post-4602109254523147232011-04-27T09:59:01.870-07:002011-04-27T09:59:01.870-07:00I live in The House Of Guys:2teen sons & husba...I live in The House Of Guys:2teen sons & husband who all LOVE Monty Python, Mr.Bean, WillFerrell-MikeMyers, the 3Stooges ! Anything over the top, slapstick, bawdy, bathroom, mockery, disgusting. I have to leave the room when that stuff's on the telly (with the penguin).<br />I love dry wit. Those puns, effective wordings, manipulations and twists on situations that make you think Wha--? When I miss them, they usually revisit me in the middle of the night, like that perfect comeback one can't produce in the moment. They make me laugh even then, then do a headslap. When I catch them, I feel superior to everyone, like I'm on a higher intellectual plane. <br />Monty Python hits that mark frequently, but not the pottymouths.Pamela Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06350308693959960754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320269312957801390.post-44525160095390705832011-04-26T18:30:20.879-07:002011-04-26T18:30:20.879-07:00I love Monty Python and Mel Brooks style humor. Bo...I love Monty Python and Mel Brooks style humor. Book-wise I laugh hysterically over the Callahan's Bar stories, when I'm not groaning in delight. Puns, jokes, and word-play galore, each night of the week featuring a different type of humor, so there was Punday Night, Tall Tales Night, a night devoted to riddles, and so on. Spider Robinson is crazy good.<br /><br />I'm not so good on being humorous myself. Anything funny I do or say is unintentional. I'm so straight-forward, I get double takes when I pop off something that could be taken in a strange way. I've learned to roll with it. Even when I'm mildly embarrassed by the mistaken meaning, the surprise on other people's faces makes me laugh. Too bad I can't ever remember exactly what I've said. It might make it easier to learn how to write it.Jaleh Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04942272578488986874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320269312957801390.post-30260488775864597172011-04-26T18:00:56.032-07:002011-04-26T18:00:56.032-07:00This reminds me of the reactions of our Japanese e...This reminds me of the reactions of our Japanese exchange student to The Three Stooges (whom she had never seen before). She laughed so hard she almost cried at the falling-down slapstick physical humor =when it involved only one actor=, but was very uncomfortable with the schtoinking and bopping of one another.Deborah J. Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03062367794652668585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320269312957801390.post-20474554228570122472011-04-26T10:43:59.986-07:002011-04-26T10:43:59.986-07:00I love when humor slips into high-stakes situation...I love when humor slips into high-stakes situations. It's so unexpected to find people cracking jokes in the face of certain death, but also oddly refreshing.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15981159884498574786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320269312957801390.post-43041865798009080292011-04-26T08:55:23.176-07:002011-04-26T08:55:23.176-07:00I love Terry Pratchett, but haven't read Discw...I love Terry Pratchett, but haven't read Discworld. I should check it out. Thanks for commenting, Carradee.<br /><br />Thanks for the recommendations, Margaret! I'm glad someone shares Asterix and Obelix with me. I agree that finding the borderline of humor across contexts is a challenge. Thanks for your comment.Juliette Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02879627074920760712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320269312957801390.post-14317433248855858982011-04-26T08:45:35.021-07:002011-04-26T08:45:35.021-07:00I like the humor in the original Warlock series by...I like the humor in the original Warlock series by Christopher Stacheff (sp?), and of course the Callahan series by Spider Robinson :). I grew up on Asterix and Obelix, though in English, and the over the top punning is just wonderful. TinTin had some of that, but yes, much more physical and cursing...in stray keys from the number line. My father's family is very into punning so much so that I'm an unintentional punster. The words just come out that way.<br /><br />However, in the past 5 years or so, I've had real trouble with the borderline issue...and my boys. There's a balance in trying to be funny and being mean that is something learned, not innate. Trying to make them situationally aware so they knew when crossing that border hurts or humors the other person was/is rough.Margaret M. Fiskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00537558539259791284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320269312957801390.post-68977113338363414042011-04-26T04:37:13.714-07:002011-04-26T04:37:13.714-07:00Terry Pratchett might not be exactly what you'...Terry Pratchett might not be exactly what you're looking for, but I think you'd find his Discworld books worth reading if you haven't already read them. My personal favorites are the Death series and <em>Going Postal</em> (but the latter may not be so funny if you don't know how much of the wacky stuff in there actually happens).<br /><br />Personally, I'm more wry, and I like having characters who share my "keen sense of the obvious" (which is how one friend described my humor).Carradeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05431561739001270522noreply@blogger.com