Quote: AngieBaby @ February 25 2010, 11:12 PM GMTBadge,
not sure where that quote was pulled from, but I know you are one of the guys on here that appreciates 'funny', no matter if it's a women saying it.
Yes, I fear my irony button isn't working tonight. Sorry for any confusion. (No, really - I'm not being ironic)
Quote: Marc P @ February 25 2010, 10:53 PM GMTComedy isn't a thing it's a tone. Artefacts pass, human understanding and expression doesn't.
Maybe I'm taking this too literally, but artefacts, to me, mean things like cups, knives, forks. Utensils show us how past civilisations became industrialised. Understanding and expression is hard to convey in cave paintings.
To me, artefacts mean Picasso's date of birth, that sort of thing.
*reaches up and slaps Badge*
Ouch.
Quote: youngian @ February 25 2010, 12:14 PM GMTMales who would find men funny doing the same Loose Women material (probably retrieved from Frankie Howerd's dustbin 40 years ago) would also probably be restricted to under 13s and Sun journalists.
That's an insult to Frankie's rejected material!
I think it comes down to:
Do you prefer Pulling?
Or Not Going Out?
*Wait's in vain for high five.
Not Going Out!
(have I ruined it?)
Quote: zooo @ February 26 2010, 1:21 AM GMTNot Going Out!
(have I ruined it?)
No, not at all
I was merely suggesting to the men that they'd understand Pulling more If they weren't Not going out.
Or somethinng like that.
Quote: AngieBaby @ February 25 2010, 10:51 PM GMTI do worry about the future of comedy, there seems to be so much emphasis on 'not offending' that a lot of opportunities can't be explored because of the fear of offending.
Perhaps people should consider the positive benefits of potentially 'offensive' humour before they condemn it.
Quote: Steve Sunshine @ February 26 2010, 1:18 AM GMTI think it comes down to:
Do you prefer Pulling?
Or Not Going Out?*Wait's in vain for high five.
I like them both - but Pulling is an exception.
Quote: AngieBaby @ February 25 2010, 11:20 PM GMTMaybe I'm taking this too literally, but artefacts, to me, mean things like cups, knives, forks. Utensils show us how past civilisations became industrialised. Understanding and expression is hard to convey in cave paintings.
An artefact is a man made thing, the sort of concerns you were expressing were over current 'forms' ie constructs of comedy, like the sitcom. The human capacity for comedy is in no way lessening.
Quote: chipolata @ February 25 2010, 11:01 PM GMTIn the next episode of Doctors you write, try and have one of your characters say that.
I'll give it a shot if I do.
As for sglen, you seem to be ashamed of writing good one-liners? 
Quote: Aaron @ February 26 2010, 4:21 PM GMTAs for sglen, you seem to be ashamed of writing good one-liners?
Not ashamed. Just didn't think they were any good.
Glad to know people liked them!
When you were at school, if you were a boy having a sense of humour meant pouring salt on the head of the girl who sat in front of you so it would look as though she had dandruff. If you were a girl, having a sense of humour meant laughing when someone poured salt on your head. - Ann Beatts.
