lol

[MooNiNite]

lol nevermind haha

Edited May 3, 2014 by MooNiNite

[Unseen_Abilities]

hah, we've all been there

[Marblehead]

hah, we've all been there

For most of us, more than once.

[GrandmasterP]

"Laugh, and the world laughs with you;

Weep, and you weep alone."

 

( Ella Wheeler Wilcox).

 

Shame there was no TTB back then for old Ella to 'weep' on.

We'd have sympathised with her and offered advice for improvements for sure.

 

:-)

Edited May 3, 2014 by GrandmasterP

[Marblehead]

I missed the uneditted post so I have no idea what is going on here, and please, no one tell me, I do love a mystery.

[GrandmasterP]

Just the punchline to that missing post then...

 

At that the sadist, with a wicked smile; turned to the masochist and said.

" No, I shan't do it."

 

 

:-)

Edited May 3, 2014 by GrandmasterP

[Marblehead]

That just made it worse. Thanks.

[SonOfTheGods]

I predict this will turn into a multi-paged thread

[MooNiNite]

haha

[Andrei]

Laughing qigong, the best

 

 

Edited May 3, 2014 by Andrei

[GrandmasterP]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wake-Up-Laugh-Teachings-Daehaeng/dp/1614291225/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1399150565&sr=1-1&keywords=wake+up+and+laugh

 

Wake up and Laugh

 

The late Korean Zen Master Daehaeng's unusual book.

 

Not many laughs in that at all but it maybe lost something in translation.

Edited May 3, 2014 by GrandmasterP

[Marblehead]

Now if they just had speakers in those figures with laughter blaring out of them it would drive everyone crazy.

[Marblehead]

Not many laughs in that at all but it maybe lost something in translation.

Yeah, some jokes just don't translate well.

[GrandmasterP]

You got that right.

She had them rolling in the aisles with this one ( page 109)...

" So beginning with how you think, have firm and calm faith, sincerely let go of everything and go forward ( here comes the punchline)... This is the meaning of 'grab hold of the ankle'."

 

Apparently, in Korean; that's really funny.

In English though.....

Meh.

 

Not a book I'd recommend.

Edited May 3, 2014 by GrandmasterP

[Marblehead]

In the American military taht would have been funny. Like in the Brit military too. Civilians just don't understand some things.

[GrandmasterP]

I'm an old soldier but I really don't think that she was alluding to that 'grab the ankles' riff that we both know and remember.

Or maybe she was and I missed the nuance.

Doubt it though, she comes across very prim and proper elsewhere throughout the book.

:-)

Edited May 3, 2014 by GrandmasterP

[Nungali]

Hmmm other cultures humour

 

Lebanese friend told me 'the funniest joke from Lebanon " A man falls out of a window and lands in the garden, another man goes up to him and says 'Are you Okay', the other answers back ' I dont know, I just got here.

 

Other lebanese present ;

 

Me;

 

Iranian comedian: " Its hard to tell a joke in Iran ... not like in America. Like , in Iran, you make a joke about a car accident and everyone goes 'That's terrible! What's so funny about that ,,, it was an accident , people got hurt, at least wait until ambulance leaves .... ".

 

That one , I get !

[Marblehead]

I'm an old soldier but I really don't think that she was alluding to that 'grab the ankles' riff that we both know and remember.

Or maybe she was and I missed the nuance.

Doubt it though, she comes across very prim and proper elsewhere throughout the book.

:-)

Well, that's the way I would have understood it and I would have laughed.

 

Never underestimate the power of a woman.

[Marblehead]

Hmmm other cultures humour

The first one I got. A nice one.

 

The second one was lost on me.

[GrandmasterP]

Moishe the pickle seller is in hospital recovering from an operation.

The surgeon visits him and asks...

" Are you comfortable Mr Cohen?"

Moishe replies...

" The pickles give me a living Doc."

 

OK you don't HAVE to be Jewish to get that joke, but it sure helps.

Edited May 4, 2014 by GrandmasterP

[Marblehead]

Zoom it went. Right over my head.

[GrandmasterP]

I rest my case.

:-)

Another one from Romania.

 

" People from Timisoara are so mean that they cut off their cats' tails."

 

Me neither.

 

Way I was told it if the cat has a tail then when it goes out the door the door stays open that bit longer ( cos of the tail) hence more heat is lost from the room.

Try as I might I don't find that funny.

 

This one though in Kitchen Hindi is a hoot.....

 

" Dilhi going. Bilhi bringing."

 

Translates as...

" My friend went on a trip to Delhi and beought me back a cat for a present."

 

You do need to know that Delhi's wall to wall full of feral cats though.

Edited May 4, 2014 by GrandmasterP

[Marblehead]

I find those to be not much better than British humor. Hehehe.

[ThisLife]

Yeah, some jokes just don't translate well.

 

 

On the other hand, some jokes only do work because of the difficulties in translation :

 

*

*

 

An old anecdote.

 

During the war, Charles de Gaulle and his wife were invited to dinner by Churchill and his wife, Clementine. By the time dinner was over, they had got to know each other quite well, and Clementine turned the conversation to deeper questions. She asked, "Madame de Gaulle, what would you really like to get from life?",... to which Mme. de Gaulle replied :

 

"A penis".

 

After a polite but embarrassed silence, the General explained

 

"My dear, it is pronounced 'appiness".

 

*

Edited May 5, 2014 by ThisLife

[GrandmasterP]

Yep, that one I do get.

LOL.

 

:-)

Edited May 4, 2014 by GrandmasterP