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TalkTonight
24-01-16, 12:49
Hi Everyone
I'm sorry if this thread appears incongruous.
Throughout a frankly hellish few years, I'd like to think that I've retained some semblance of a sense of humour. I'd be interested to learn what makes others here laugh. For me it's comedy such as The Office, Peep Show, Modern Family and satire such as Have I Got News for You and The Thick of It. Even more so, a drunk friend on really good form makes me howl. And a girl who can make me laugh makes me melt.
How about you all?
GingerFish
24-01-16, 12:57
Shows such as Father Ted, Gimme Gimme Gimme, Burnistoun, Still Game, Rab C Nesbitt and stand up comedy like George Carlin, Lee Evans and Frankie Boyle.
almamatters
25-01-16, 16:37
I like The Thick Of It , Green Wing, Trigger Happy TV, Bottom, League Of Gentlemen, Stand up like Jimmy Carr and Lee Mack any comedy that's a bit different makes me laugh.
cognitive dissonance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKIWCmNvltw
A sense of humour is how I get through most things - it's a coping mechanism & it seems to work. I love comedy. Huge fan of Russell Howard & Peter Kay but equally impressed with older stuff like Morecombe & Wise & The 2 Ronnies. Any man who doesn't mind making a fool of himself regardless of how silly he looks gets my vote. I have a very dry, sarcastic sense of humour which luckily most people get. xx
Myself most of the time. I have gotten to where I can barley contain myself in public from laughing at some people. I guess it's a coping thing because I'm always anxious in town. Comedy that make me laugh is Roy D Mercer, Jeff Fox Worthy, and Rick&Bubba. Even back when I was a kid I loved cracking jokes and pranks but I can't get away with it like I use too.
Only Fools and Horses makes me laugh.
My kids and their clever answers make me laugh.
I laugh quite a lot for someone riddled with anxiety lol x
Istherehope?
27-01-16, 21:27
Dave Gorman, cat videos, my kids...my mother in law watching something funny.
Arrested Development makes me laugh. They spend so long lining things up to get clever puns and situational comedy in. I like clever puns and silly jokes. I have a Twitter account but I mostly follow things that are either funny or cute. I find silly mistakes people have made on signs and things funny. Earlier I was in WHSmith and saw they'd put a load of adult rated DVDs on a stack under the heading "Great value kids' DVDs" including 50 Shades of Grey and that made me laugh.
There's a guy on Twitter called James Martin who uses the handle @Pundamentalism and he posts some funny ones, like "Been fired from my job at the pasta factory after a fusilli mistakes."
"I'd like a bowl of soup please."
"Any sides?"
"I hope so, or it'll go EVERYWHERE."
I like things that are silly, and sometimes dark. A couple of nights ago I was laughing because Death Cab For Cutie, the Postal Service and a bunch of other indie bands had their Facebook pages hacked and were posting all these stupid clickbait stories and people were competing as to who could post the best song-related puns in the comments section.
Hearing my two boys laugh, they are in their rooms now watching something on youtube (yeah they should be asleep..what can I say BAD DAD lol) and howling their heads off.
Makes me glad that my situation doesn't affect them:)
I laugh pretty easily. I feed off other people's happy moods and reflect joy back at them. (Not when I'm in a very bad place though!)
Barbra Streisand in films, Bette Midler. Oh goodness. I find it so hard to think of things that actually make me laugh. It's all fleeting moments for me. I don't hold on to what makes me laugh.
I had to laugh on Saturday. I am laughing about it as I type this.
I went to what I call the big town. Hanley.
Terry on here will know it.
I had to sit down for a bit on a bench.
There was an elderly lady there too. She must have had her eyebrows tattooed.
They were gross. Black as club ten. I cannot understand why an elderly person have such a thing done.
She got up and went. I don't know if it was because she saw me laughing to myself.
I am so naughty:doh:
The Big Bang Theory and Frasier. (Both have characters that suffer with anxiety and panic attacks).
And I laugh at myself. Only a few days ago I thought I was bleeding and started to panic and it turned out to be beetroot juice. :D
Superworrier
31-01-16, 20:51
Love Frasier and Nina Conti as me crying with laughter no matter how many times I watch her shows .
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