humour/ making others laugh

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What kind of humour do you like/have? I have communication problems but a good sense of humour, it can be a bit bizarre or dark but I enjoy laughing with people, mind you sometimes people are laughing AT you not with you, its great when its the latter.

List Of My Kind Of humor

Dark
Wit
Sarcasm
Toilet
Slapstick
Surreal
Satire

I have very simple humour, particularly puns, double meanings and sarcasm. I like comedies such as The Two Ronnies, QI, and The Munsters. Everyone in my class has a different sense of humour, and they think that just because I don't laugh at what they consider to be humourous, they think I don't have a sense of humour.

I've always liked puns and 'wordplay'. Also various sitcoms that I
think are well-written- eg Frasier,Cheers,Fawlty Towers,Only Fools &
Horses. Since discovering AS I can relate to 3rd Rock From The Sun
as it's about being on the wrong planet. (that was an example of
wordplay,albeit a mild one)

I'm guessing you enjoy Mr Bean as well... Call me psychic.

I like deadpan, like Peter Sellers on The Party or Rowan Atkinson in Johnny English (and Mr Bean).
According to Wikipedia:

I guess I also laugh at "dry" humor. I don't know if that's the right word. It's kind of like a softer black humor mixed with irony. For instance, when in the news I read a political statement thats so stupid it makes me laugh, but at the same time it's sad and frustrating that people like that lead the world.
I think it's also called wry or sardonic.
Sometimes people give me weird looks when I laugh at these times, because they think... Well, I think they think I'm thinking something entirely different from what I'm really thinking.

And random humor, of course!

I truly like sarcasm, very much as in The Blackadder (Best Series Ever!) satire and a really strange kind of humor, for which I do not no the name, it might be Wit...

I am into most styles of humour, most things amuse me. As for making people laugh, I seem to do that a lot, I don't know why. I don't try to be funny or anything. I've been told by loads of people that I'm funny for being myself.

I prefer slapstick humor (a la Zucker Bros.) and turlet* humor.

Tim

note: Turlet is how Archie Bunker pronounced toilet on All in the Family/Archie Bunker's Place

Oh! That's adorable!

I'm a master of deadpan. I love to be chatting with someone and I'll drop the most absurd or perhaps dark statement right at the end while keeping my expression deadpan. When they look at me, I smile, then they realize I was joking and it's such a relief that they have to laugh. My friends are quite used to it but I still manage to catch them off guard.

Your age is showing Tim

I prefer wry humor and sharp wit myself.

I like clever wordplay, and share Pluto's liking of Frasier and Cheers. I also find Seinfeld highly amusing. I can sort of identify with the character of George. I'm eagerly awaiting the release of Series 7 on DVD.

In the past I tried to use humour to gain acceptance in peer groups. I made zany off-the-wall observations from the words people said. Sometimes this was at my own expense. I've since learnt that this is not good for my self-esteem, and so I play it straight more of the time now. My family have said that they preferred theo zany, witty guy before, but I think you need to be true to yourself.

Last edited by Steve45 on 08 Sep 2006, 5:03 pm, edited 1 time in total.

I'm probably not the only 26-year-old that likes those things.

Tim

Your one of the very few who have any idea what that is.. though considering I knew what you were talking about and am 27 I cant say much

Thanks.

Tim

Thanks.

Tim

I like wordplay and puns (but not the groan standard 'jokes.')
I also like sarcasm, irony, dry wit and...toilet humour. I've obviously inherited the last one from the rest of the family.