Can you give examples of jokes which one sex would like a lot more than would the other?
Men and women: different sense of humour
Why do women wear makeup and perfume?
Because they're ugly and they stink
Quote: David Bussell @ April 23 2010, 1:23 PM BSTWhy do women wear makeup and perfume?
Because they're ugly and they stink
I think women find this funnier then men. Because of the double irony. The person saying it is obviously gay but still in the closet.
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ April 23 2010, 1:41 PM BSTThe person saying it is obviously gay but still in the closet.
Can I just say I wasn't referring to The Bussell there. I meant the person who said that joke originally....
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ April 23 2010, 1:41 PM BSTI think women find this funnier then men. Because of the double irony. The person saying it is obviously gay but still in the closet.
Ooh, get you!
Whose gag is that? I'm sure I've heard it before.
Make a woman laugh on Monday morning- tell her a gag on Friday night
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ April 23 2010, 1:54 PM BSTWhose gag is that? I'm sure I've heard it before.
It's an old standard.
Quote: youngian @ April 23 2010, 4:43 PM BSTMake a woman laugh on Monday morning- tell her a gag on Friday night
And you're clearly a blonde person trying to use that joke on someone else
I think it was QI who were talking about this, that women laugh more than men.
I think that means we understand more than men. *nods scientifically*
It all boils down to men not wanting to laugh at other men's jokes, because they know that women like men that make them laugh.
It's all 'alpha-male, one-up-man-ship' with guys, whereas women like to share the laughs.
I find that women like cock-jokes more than men do.
Quote: AngieBaby @ April 23 2010, 9:18 PM BSTIt all boils down to men not wanting to laugh at other men's jokes, because they know that women like men that make them laugh.
It's all 'alpha-male, one-up-man-ship' with guys, whereas women like to share the laughs.
I find that women like cock-jokes more than men do.
I dare say that women, in general, like cock more than men (own penis excluded).
IMHO Alpha males with t-type personalities appear to have a somewhat less subtle taste in humour , which reminds me of a wonderful line from Peter Griffen, "Why do women have boobs?...so you've got something to look at when you're talking to them"
I have had off-the-cuff remarks echoed back to me many a time, with only a minor change being made to the subject or object of the gag. On the one hand, it could be viewed as flattery, and on the other, annoying plagiarism.
Quote: Nogget @ April 23 2010, 1:05 PM BSTCan you give examples of jokes which one sex would like a lot more than would the other?
I've tried this one a few times in mixed company, and among women it tends to go down like the old lead balloon.
Q: What do you tell a woman with two black eyes?
A: Nothing, she's already been told twice.
Not that all men find it funny either. One chap I told it to earlier this month didn't laugh but just looked uncomfortable. I was later informed he was a wife-beater, whose wife had recently taken the kids and left him.
There's a simple difference. Men have got a sense of humour and women haven't.
*reaches up and slaps Badge*