Comedy helps me explain life. Discuss.

I've been thinking about this for a while now and it's pretty true. Most of the stuff I seem to deal with in life I relate back to an example in the comedy sphere. For example, here are some recent ones:

Dealing the cringe factor of seeing your child perform at a school assembly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL_OpQQA28w

Dealing with blokes where I live:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE3r_CgScms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS37SNYjg8w

Trying not say the wrong thing because my tact gene is missing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCwYnJYgtxU

There are many other examples of this occurrence.

Dealing with being in the same room as my mum whenever the phone rings/anyone drops anything/the slightest noise occurs:

Quote: TheBlueNun @ 18th September 2015, 4:49 PM BST

Trying not say the wrong thing because my tact gene is missing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCwYnJYgtxU

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Love the invisible woman one too!

Quote: zooo @ 18th September 2015, 5:18 PM BST

Dealing with being in the same room as my mum whenever the phone rings/anyone drops anything/the slightest noise occurs:

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Love the invisible woman one too!

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My mum's spookily like that too. She also cannot abide going into shops with 'glastly loud music'. Saying that, I must be morphing into a clone of her because the 'garage/house?' tracks they were playing in Uniqlo's changing rooms the other week was horrendous. I also find it difficult to understand why they sell a 23inch waist jean, but I would think that

Slightly different but a few years ago when we did fire training at work, they played the clip from The IT Crowd where Moss starts a fire and then tries contact the fire brigade. It was used as a What not to do.

Also when I first saw Black Books I was working in a shop- Bernard often spoke to people the way I wish I could when they asked moronic questions.

Years ago, we watched an episode of Blackadder IV in GCSE history. The 'Field Marshall Haig has made yet another gargantuan attempt to move his drinks cabinet 6 inches closer to Berlin' line encapsulates so much and I'm fairly sure the whole class quoted it in one essay or another.

For me, it's the rhythm. Like with songs, there's an inherent rhythm in comedy lines that colonizes the occasional memory cell and refuses all efforts of eviction. As such - I often remember a comedy parallel when faced with a situation.

Quote: Flavian @ 19th September 2015, 11:05 AM BST

Years ago, we watched an episode of Blackadder IV in GCSE history. The 'Field Marshall Haig has made yet another gargantuan attempt to move his drinks cabinet 6 inches closer to Berlin' line encapsulates so much and I'm fairly sure the whole class quoted it in one essay or another.

For me, it's the rhythm. Like with songs, there's an inherent rhythm in comedy lines that colonizes the occasional memory cell and refuses all efforts of eviction. As such - I often remember a comedy parallel when faced with a situation.

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People often ask me what sort of music I like. I get really weird looks, when I tell them that I'm not really into music but love comedy.

Yep. Now I am a music fan, but my favourite album is undoubtedly Monty Python's Final Rip Off.

I used to tape record my favourite sitcoms and listen them on repeat. Hmm. Probably is a bit odd, that one.

Quote: Flavian @ 19th September 2015, 11:27 AM BST

Yep. Now I am a music fan, but my favourite album is undoubtedly Monty Python's Final Rip Off.

I used to tape record my favourite sitcoms and listen them on repeat. Hmm. Probably is a bit odd, that one.

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You make me feel normal! When I'm having crappy time at work or in life I come home and watch a comedy. Sometimes that means watching the same thing a few times In a week.....For me it's the same as someone listening to their favourite song over and over.

Yup; I'm with you Reds!

Quote: reds @ 19th September 2015, 11:36 AM BST

You make me feel normal! When I'm having crappy time at work or in life I come home and watch a comedy. Sometimes that means watching the same thing a few times In a week.....For me it's the same as someone listening to their favourite song over and over.

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Completely agree too.

Quote: TheBlueNun @ 18th September 2015, 4:49 PM BST

I've been thinking about this for a while now and it's pretty true. Most of the stuff I seem to deal with in life I relate back to an example in the comedy sphere. For example, here are some recent ones:

Dealing the cringe factor of seeing your child perform at a school assembly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL_OpQQA28w

Dealing with blokes where I live:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE3r_CgScms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS37SNYjg8w

Trying not say the wrong thing because my tact gene is missing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCwYnJYgtxU

There are many other examples of this occurrence.

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Great idea for a thread Blue.

This one actually happened to me at work a couple of years ago. Our Team Manager announced who our new Business manager (one above the team manager) was going to be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtllWIiOTuA

This grumble happened and I quoted Simon Pegg word for word. Only one person in my team got the reference, but it was worth it.

Quote: DougWonnacott @ 19th September 2015, 1:11 PM BST

Completely agree too.

Great idea for a thread Blue.

This one actually happened to me at work a couple of years ago. Our Team Manager announced who our new Business manager (one above the team manager) was going to be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtllWIiOTuA

This grumble happened and I quoted Simon Pegg word for word. Only one person in my team got the reference, but it was worth it.

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That is fantastic. I wish I could quote that at work too.

Quote: reds @ 19th September 2015, 10:53 AM BST

Slightly different but a few years ago when we did fire training at work, they played the clip from The IT Crowd where Moss starts a fire and then tries contact the fire brigade. It was used as a What not to do.

Also when I first saw Black Books I was working in a shop- Bernard often spoke to people the way I wish I could when they asked moronic questions.

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Both the IT Crowd and Black Books are fantastic examples. Another of mine had to be when David Brent begins to lose patience whilst explaining the feedback rating scale during the 'Appraisals' episode of 'The Office.'

Quote: reds @ 19th September 2015, 11:36 AM BST

You make me feel normal! When I'm having crappy time at work or in life I come home and watch a comedy. Sometimes that means watching the same thing a few times In a week.....For me it's the same as someone listening to their favourite song over and over.

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Absolutely

For some bizarre reason the 'Dullard' episode of 'Extras' really tickles me. "I spend a lot of time around graves. Enjoy, grieve."

Quote: Flavian @ 19th September 2015, 11:05 AM BST

Years ago, we watched an episode of Blackadder IV in GCSE history. The 'Field Marshall Haig has made yet another gargantuan attempt to move his drinks cabinet 6 inches closer to Berlin' line encapsulates so much and I'm fairly sure the whole class quoted it in one essay or another.

For me, it's the rhythm. Like with songs, there's an inherent rhythm in comedy lines that colonizes the occasional memory cell and refuses all efforts of eviction. As such - I often remember a comedy parallel when faced with a situation.

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I was walking around one of the 'Open House London' venues today and was thinking of Blackadder Goes Forth. Sadly, the military memorabilia on display wasn't really my thing.

Quote: TheBlueNun @ 19th September 2015, 10:48 PM BST

Another of mine had to be when David Brent begins to lose patience whilst explaining the feedback rating scale during the 'Appraisals' episode of 'The Office.'

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I just had to do one of those feedback surveys at work last week. 'Which ten words from the list below do you think best reflect 'company name here''s values?'

Then I had to tick 10 of the 150 words listed. There were only three words I wanted to tick, 'This', 'Is' and 'Bollocks' but sadly, they weren't on the list.

On a separate note, I do spend a significant amount of every day trying to resist quoting Alan Partridge. Almost everything seems to remind me of something Partridge related.

Quote: DougWonnacott @ 19th September 2015, 11:32 PM BST

Almost everything seems to remind me of something Partridge related.

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That happens to me too, usually around Christmas time.

Quote: Flavian @ 19th September 2015, 11:27 AM BST

I used to tape record my favourite sitcoms and listen them on repeat whilst pleasuring farmyard animals. Hmm. Probably is a bit odd, that one.

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Probably.

Quote: Rood Eye @ 19th September 2015, 11:39 PM BST

That happens to me too, usually around Christmas time.

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Alan's such a social nightmare. The conversation with Jill regarding her 'buying him something of equivalent value [to the rose] such as a giant marker pen, was particularly good.