funny lot, these english......

I mentioned "dry humour" in my previous post......the British naturally have a flair for this type of humour. In fact, British humour brings out a response that is also, um, British: the chuckle.

Case 1:

A classic example of this particular brand of humour is that motoring maniac of television, Jeremy Clarkson. I was reading this article recently where he described the Suzuki Wagon R as something you ought to avoid like "you'd avoid unprotected sex with an Ethiopian transvestite."
Apart from Top Gear, Clarkson also has this show called "Jeremy Claskson Meets the Neighbours" where he drives across Europe in his Jag and points out the hilarious eccentricities of the Euro way of life through his unique Britsh-tinted point-of-view. Whether he's describing the French as a bunch of "onion selling ne'er-do-wells" and finding out why THEY'RE so smug, or calling German motorists "donkey killers," he's so entertaining that I'm actually sad everytime the show ends. The man dedicated a whole episode to finding out if the Germans have a sense of humour. They don't, apparently.

Case 2:

Master of gastronomic spelunking, Keith Floyd. He's doing this "Floyd uncorked" thing where he travels through wine country (again, mostly Europa) de-mystifying the whole grape to bottle process as well as explaining to us less fortunate bastards what to look for in this wine or that one.
Now he occasionally invites this wine expert "JD" on the show and then proceeds to tear the seriousness of the business to shreds with the sharpest humour possible, which even poor JD, who's at the receiving end half the time, can't help laughing at.

I'm tellin ya, the british have been doing humour for so long they're much better at it than the yanks.
Chris Rock can kiss my ass.