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Quote: catskillz @ April 5 2008, 9:07 PM BST

Does anyone know what the story behind that character was? I missed the first 20 minutes of the film.

Ha, no real reason, just Steve the pirate... he's a pirate who want's treasure...It's funny.

Quote: sootyj @ April 5 2008, 1:32 PM BST

3. Embarassed bank managers in ladies underwear

Any others?

I'm sure many, many bank managers (perhaps as many as 50%) wouldn't be embarrassed in 'ladies underwear'. You know, with them being ladies and that.
Rolling eyes

Then they'd be unembarrassed and hence unfunny.

It'd be like, knock, knock, oh no one's there I'll go home.

Farts, they're always funny.

Best episode of Peep Show? The one with the mushroom party - because of the scene at the end where Mark's on the loo farting.

Niel Diamond.

Women getting kicked in the crotch.

Quote: David Bussell @ April 6 2008, 8:09 PM BST

Women getting kicked in the crotch.

Funny I was talking about that with my mate the other day!
It always makes good comedy when a woman knees a bloke in the wotsits (after an attempted chat up or whatever) but we were saying can you imagine what would happen if you did it the other way round in your sitcom? Oooh, the letters you would receive, not to mention all the publicity!
The irony is of course that men a) have lower pain thresholds and b) are much more fragile and exposed in that region.

Was done very humorously in The Man with 2 Brains. In a jolly reverse roled brawl

Ricky Gervais trying to be serious...

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