Question on Humour - Quite Likely to cause Offence

[China Doll]

Hi All,

We've had a few conversations about humour recently and how subjective it is and how we decide what should be censored.

I saw something today which I admit made me snigger but is in the worst possible taste (I'll put it in the thread). However I consider myself to be a very good and fair minded person.

So I guess my question is do you think that your sense of humour says something about you as a person? Do you think it's possible to be a good person and be able to snigger at my link? Is it too early in the story for this kind of humour? Where do you draw the line in things you laugh at? Do you think you can actually draw a line or sometimes do you just laugh first and then think you shouldn't have done?

Cheers
China

[China Doll]

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z272/jon196 8_photos/tut.jpg

[4GS]

Show us the link, chances are, I'll find it funny, but I've got what we called 'gallows humour'
Be prepared for a backlash tho, someone somewhere will take offence

[4GS]

Yep, that was funny

[ruby27]

1. Yes
2. Yes
3. No
4. What crosses my threshold of not being humorous, funny or good taste - very very subjective
5. Yes to both parts

[Gromit]

It is funny, made me laugh.

1. Yes
2. No
3. You don't
4. Yes

The test for me is would I distribute (email to others) that link. If you don't think you should send it then I think you have probably laughed because you found it funny, but then were a bit ashamed that you did.

The Mr Man book I would quite happily send on.

[Gromit]

Missed question 1 out.

That shoul be

1. Yes
2. Yes
3. No
4. You don't
5. Yes

[Lonnie]

Problem is, humour is nearly always at the expense of someone else, human nature.

[Oakleaf51]

sometimes somethings funny and I laugh, but feel guilty after, coz maybe the joke was racist or some other pc which I really agree with but it tickles me anyway. Aw shucks!

[China Doll]

I tend to think that if you can't laugh at yourself and the indeed this world we live in then you're not going to survive very long.

That said, I do also have a wicked, dirty and occasionally tasteless sense of humour and often find thigns funny I know I shouldn't!

I maintain I'm a good person!

[Reverandfunk]

I thought it was funny

like the knock knock joke

[China Doll]

What one's that?

[Reverandfunk]

Knock knock

[China Doll]

Who's there?

[legend758duo]

elvis let me out ??

[Reverandfunk]

Not madeline mcann

[China Doll]

Ah. Well I can honestly say that my flabbers are not gasted but neither is my funny bone tickled.. they're both rubbish jokes. ;0P

Go stand in the corner!

[Octavius]

In all honesty, I didn�t find it that funny. But then I didn�t find it tasteless or offensive. I can see the humour in it, I just didn�t get to the outlandish extremity of sniggering.

But if you maintain that you are a good person, then I must be an angel�.or a Saint.

[China Doll]

Well you've certainly done your bit hanging around holy places at strange hours of the night. Very holy of you m'dear.... Ahem.

[Reverandfunk]

Hark at china!

Who do you think you are bruce Forsyth lol

didnt she do well.....

[China Doll]

I quile like the idea of sauntering around while people scream 'hark' as I go by.

Do you think they could bow as well or is that taking it too far?