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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Aug 28, 2014 - 03:16pm PT
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That was funny.
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Avery
climber
NZ
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Aug 28, 2014 - 03:25pm PT
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Thanks prrrdylady, that response was highly illuminating: no thought and zero imagination.
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skitch
climber
East of Heaven
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Aug 28, 2014 - 03:25pm PT
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Americans sense of humor??? We just like stuff that is funny, unlike those kiwis.
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Aug 28, 2014 - 03:30pm PT
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Puns
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Avery
climber
NZ
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Aug 28, 2014 - 03:32pm PT
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Thank You, do I detect a conciliatory gesture. I would love to post more pics prrrdylady, but I've ran out!
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Avery
climber
NZ
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Aug 28, 2014 - 03:34pm PT
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Maybe I don't "get" American humor. Did it ever occur to anyone that the reverse might be possible?
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goatboy smellz
climber
लघिमा
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Aug 28, 2014 - 03:38pm PT
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I like your photos from kiwi land Avery so here is a bone to chew on and a good list to start your research.
Let us know when you have us figured out.
We are a diverse bunch so Google, Don Rickles, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Ellen DeGeneres, Robin Williams, Bill Hicks, Sarah Silverman, Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock, Rodney Dangerfield, Sam Kinison, Steven Wright, Dave Chappelle, Louis CK....
If that doesn't answer your question check out this show from Jerry Seinfeld interviewing some solid comedians.
http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/
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Avery
climber
NZ
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Aug 28, 2014 - 03:40pm PT
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Have you ever heard of Fred Dagg?
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John M
climber
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Aug 28, 2014 - 03:45pm PT
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there are 4.4 million new zealanders..
America has suburbs bigger then that.
there is no such thing as a single American sense of humor.
its a melting pot.
I'm meeeltiiing…..
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JonA
Trad climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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Aug 28, 2014 - 03:48pm PT
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I think I know the problem. Kiwi humor (and Kiwi porn) contain A LOT of sheep. American humor (and porn), hardly any sheep. Must be a shock culturally.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Aug 28, 2014 - 04:08pm PT
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Avery, ever hear of Arkansas? If yer American you'd be laughing by now.
But Arkansas is famous for something huge - the toothbrush! You see,
if it had been invented in any other state it would be called the teethbrush.
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Aug 28, 2014 - 04:15pm PT
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the toothbrush! You see,
if it had been invented in any other state it would be called the teethbrush.
You brush more than one?
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skitch
climber
East of Heaven
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Aug 28, 2014 - 04:28pm PT
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Look up Marc Maron, he's the funniest comedian around, also Hannibal Buress, Nathan Fielder, H. Jon Benjamin, Anthony Jeselnik, Maria Bamford, Tig Notaro, Bill Burr, Jim Gaffigan.
Go, now, quit looking at all of the stupid replies to this thread, close Supertopo. now.
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Aug 28, 2014 - 04:29pm PT
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Hmmm. Imagine a scene when someone farts and two other people in the room start to awkwardly giggle. That sums it up well.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Aug 28, 2014 - 04:41pm PT
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I've got some American humor for you, and it's even about rocks.
And our other favorite topic, science vs. religion:
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Jingy
climber
Somewhere out there
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Aug 28, 2014 - 05:20pm PT
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@Avery - As a Kiwi, this should prove a most entertaining exercise.
 You got Jefferies.... We got a jackass named Larry the Cable Guy...
Sadly, I think one of these comedians hit closer to reality than the other.....
For humanity, larry is holding us back, wading in the muck, while on the other side of the globe comedy is evolving to newer, better forms....
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WBraun
climber
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Aug 28, 2014 - 05:29pm PT
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Yeah ^^^^
Right now Americans laugh at sh!t they shouldn't.
And they don't laugh at sh!t they should.
Right now Americans are extremely stupid.
And getting dumber every day ......
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Urmas
Social climber
Sierra Eastside
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Aug 28, 2014 - 05:58pm PT
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I second Goatboy Smells' list of American comedians. I would add only one, ok two: Lenny Bruce and Margaret Cho. Sexual humor has always been popular in America.
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Jingy
climber
Somewhere out there
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Aug 28, 2014 - 06:07pm PT
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@Werner - "Right now Americans are extremely stupid. And getting dumber every day ...... "
I tend to think they are simple minded idiots (like me)... whenever a problem arises Americans will choose the simplest answer/action...
It will take a ton to get America to swap your observable notions noted above "Right now Americans laugh at sh!t they shouldn't.
And they don't laugh at sh!t they should."
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Aug 28, 2014 - 06:49pm PT
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Kiwis have discovered two new uses for sheep: meat and wool.
In answer to your question:
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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j-tree
Big Wall climber
Typewriters and Ledges
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Aug 28, 2014 - 07:08pm PT
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posted by Avery a few posts earlier but then deleted
Avery, did you forget the topic of your own thread when you posted those pictures? or maybe the pants are supposed to be humorous?
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Avery
climber
NZ
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Aug 28, 2014 - 07:16pm PT
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Whatever you say j-tree. Just taking up a suggestion from prrrdylady.
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j-tree
Big Wall climber
Typewriters and Ledges
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Aug 28, 2014 - 07:41pm PT
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Avery
climber
NZ
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Aug 28, 2014 - 09:19pm PT
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Please carry on, pretend I'm not here.
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Tvash
climber
Seattle
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Aug 28, 2014 - 09:46pm PT
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Grocery checker: "Ma'am, do you realize this pack of hotdogs has been opened?"
Woman with half a hotdog hanging out of her mouth, in a small voice "I was hungry"
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Tvash
climber
Seattle
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Aug 28, 2014 - 09:46pm PT
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True story.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Aug 28, 2014 - 09:52pm PT
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MisterE
climber
Bishop, CA
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Aug 28, 2014 - 09:58pm PT
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Flip Flop
Trad climber
Truckee, CA
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Aug 28, 2014 - 10:29pm PT
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Avery,
I enjoyed Flight of the Conchords but it got boring. We like edgy . When it's good here, comedy offers irreverent jabs at convention and pomp. It's even funnier if the object of the humor get's a little bit butt-hurt. That's why "F*#k Avery" actually gets laughs. What you Brits in Canadia and Kiwiland need to remember is that politeness is often fake-ass bullsh#t. Hence "F*#k Avery" is really a tilt of the hat to our struggling kiwi-Brit pomp taco.
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Avery
climber
NZ
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Aug 28, 2014 - 10:46pm PT
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I remember the Cosby Show being right out there on the edge. So I understand what you me.
Since the inception of HBO American TV has been running around like a kid in a candy store. Heavy doses of sex, violence and bad language.
British TV was doing this 30 years ago along with style and imagination.
US TV is totally devoid of imagination. In the US, if you want to be critically lauded then simply turn up the excess quotient.
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MisterE
climber
Bishop, CA
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Aug 28, 2014 - 11:11pm PT
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haha! Got COSMetICed!
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Jim Clipper
climber
from: forests to tree farms
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Aug 28, 2014 - 11:13pm PT
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I hope some of the men who get the most votes will be elected. Will Rogers
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Aug 29, 2014 - 12:01am PT
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Canadian Humor is the new American Humor.
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Avery
climber
NZ
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Aug 29, 2014 - 01:47am PT
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Hey Jim Brennan, how many times have you visited NZ. You seem to know so little about the place.
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Avery
climber
NZ
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Aug 29, 2014 - 04:40am PT
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So you do know the difference, moosedrool!
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anita514
Gym climber
Great White North
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Aug 29, 2014 - 04:43am PT
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Aug 29, 2014 - 06:18am PT
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We as Americans really enjoy laughing at Canadians, Especially Bob and Doug McKenzie.
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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Aug 29, 2014 - 09:36am PT
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Interesting Moose dr. Someone told me that all the Polish jokes were converted to Irish jokes in England. The Polish are revered in England.
I do see the point that much of our entertainment is imported from Canada now a days. In that vein...
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Aug 29, 2014 - 09:52am PT
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US TV is totally devoid of imagination. In the US, if you want to be critically lauded then simply turn up the excess quotient.
That's it dude, I just unfriended you.
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Avery
climber
NZ
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Aug 29, 2014 - 06:20pm PT
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Come on, "scrubbing bubbles", how could anyone possibly be anti American!
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Aug 29, 2014 - 06:58pm PT
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Non-censored comedy is a good litmus test of freedom.
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Avery
climber
NZ
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Aug 29, 2014 - 07:05pm PT
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Believe it or not, I actually agree with you, clinker.
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Avery
climber
NZ
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Aug 29, 2014 - 10:22pm PT
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I can be anything you like.
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Norwegian
Trad climber
dancin on the tip of god's middle finger
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Sep 10, 2014 - 05:49am PT
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every single knight i
wake my wife in the wee hours
with a proposition
in free form poetry:
i come up with new metaphors
each night for our genitalia.
for example, last night:
"i've got a needle,
if you've got a vein."
and the night before:
"i've got an arrow
if you've got game."
etc, etc.
she usually just giggles
and goes back to sleep.
occasionally, though,
i score.
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The Larry
climber
Moab, UT
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Sep 10, 2014 - 07:52am PT
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Apologies to guess who?
The Band?
No.
Who is the band?
No. Guess who.
I don't know.
I just told you.
Who is the band?
No. Guess who.
Oh fuk it.
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