On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 12:45 AM, Russell Standish <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Mon, May 05, 2014 at 01:09:47PM +0200, Telmo Menezes wrote: > > On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 2:49 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The late Bob Monkhouse was way before my time and never trendy. But > aft er > > > he died they looked at his jokes, which were just simple and so funny > they > > > decided he was a genius. Here is one of his jokes that makes me laugh > every > > > time: He's a stand up comedian and he says to the audience: > > > > > > "When I told them I wanted to be a comedian they laughed in my face. > Well > > > no one's laughing now" > > > > > > > Nice :) > > I have a theory: a culture cannot be simultaneously good at comedy and > > gastronomy. Case in point: the British vs. the French. > > > > Not sure about standup, but the French do do a good farce. Examples: La > Cage aux Folles, or Topaz. > > (The American version of La Cage aux Folles ("Birdcage", IIRC) was > rubbish compared with the French original). > Even joke theories get shredded to pieces in this list! > > Cheers > > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) > Principal, High Performance Coders > Visiting Professor of Mathematics [email protected] > University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au > > Latest project: The Amoeba's Secret > (http://www.hpcoders.com.au/AmoebasSecret.html) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
