Nothing worst that spending a few days on a prank and it goes over their head. Say what?

Only if the prank involves an anvil buster...

What's cruel about this? (9 mins of classic Hedberg)

[humour]They're not the same thing ;)[/humour]

(I'm sure there's a joke about there being no U in American humour, but I have beer, so I'll let it slide....)

Toadie boy, what was that video clip? I was tempted to mail the guy a barrette. I was the one suffering there, man. Cruelty to monster.

"I've found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts so much . . . because it's the only thing that'll make it stop hurting."

Valentine Michael Smith. Here is a link to an excerpt to the whole passage from Strange Land, with discussion:

http://ockhamsrazor.joeuser.com/arti...AID=161492&s=1

The late Mitch Hedberg's last Comedy Central special.

Well its like this ( for me at least ) , my last name is Cockerham ,
so school was fun but USMC boot camp was better , I couldn't talk back , and One Drill Inst. made me his mission , butt of a joke , try standing at STIFF ATTENTION with a DI screaming COCK !!! ( sorta reminds me of LJ now that I think of it ) spitting and all Trying to get a reaction out of me .
at he time it sucked , now looking back it is SOO redickulus it just makes me giggle ,
i laugh at the boot camp part of Full Metal Jacket !!!
Squirel appult ??? BWAHHHHHAAAAAAAAA HA HA !!!!!!

There should be more posts of this caliber from you, Bippy!!

Posts that contain the words STIFF ATTENTION, redickulus and BWAHHHHHAAAAAAAAA HA HA !!!!!!

Despite never having been in boot camp, I also laugh at that part of Full Metal Jacket. Different reasons, I'm sure, but it's still very funny.

I am aware, though, that my sense of humor runs deep, dark, dry, and strange. Black humor is not unusual in folks in emergency services professions. It's a release valve for us, to some extent, a reaction to the stress of what we do on a daily basis.

Thing is, though, that I was like this before I start doing this stuff.

Studied this in college, true, all humor is based on pain/sadism/masochism, but intent matters to the audience... what is the person delivering the joke trying to do?

There is some self depricating stuff in there, cruelty turned inward. He does do a lot of incongruity stuff though. He exploits the tension between what is said and what exists. comic genius

I object to the suggestion that ALL humor is based on pain/cruelty/humiliation. One example: Some words just sound funny. It's completely abstract.

I don't know because that woman was me :D

The hall was empty. The good lady was mortified for me but I just chuckled and smiled because I felt lucky I was interupted before I walked through the pews that way.

I had heard about this kinda thing happening. When ever I wear a dress I always check the back of it. hehehe That was along time ago and I still check!


If it had been someone else it would not have been funny. no

oh and p.s. These days I no longer go to church but I do not hold the toilet paper or my panty hose responsible. :)

Here's something that i think is funny.

Last night my brother and his wife were talking about having recently been 'fire walking'. (you know that thing where they put you in a trance and then you walk on hot coals).

I said, what happens if you get half way and 'wake up'. My husband turns to me and says, "you have to turn back".

To me, that's funny. No one is harmed by it and it's just plain funny.

I don't think humour has to be couched in someone elses pain. I think things can be funny without having to hurt someone else.

Here's another cracker from my husband.

We were watching the news about Pres Bush's motorcade when he arrived in Oz. There were something like 30 cars in it.

Husband turns around and says, "that's not Bush, that's a fucking forest"