When observational comedy is good, is very good. When it's shit. It's utterly painful.
So what hilarious observations do you hate simply because they're not true?
First one is one of Bernard Manning's: 'These Indian people who are born over here and think they're English. It's like if a dog's born in a barn it thinks it's a horse?!'
No, Bernard. Because place of birth doesn't denote species, does it. It denotes legal nationality. So while the barn wouldn't change the species, location of the barn would change where the dog was registered. If I was born in a pond, that wouldn't make me a fish in any way, would it? But no, that vague sounding bit of racism works because you're telling it to idiots.
Number two is one of Billy Connolly's: 'I'd like to know what the first guy who found out you could milk cows was ACTUALLY trying to do?!?'
Well, Billy, given that human females lactate - like most mammals - and given he probably saw some calves suckling on the cow - maybe, just maybe, the bloke thought he'd see if it was drinkable? Do you think?
So what shitty observations do you hate?
