Taramere Posted March 18, 2010 Posted March 18, 2010 Good point. My SO's mom's husband started doing stand-up a few years ago as a side job, and at gatherings you can always hear his booming voice reciting jokes he already has stored in his head. Sometimes they're kind of funny, and sometimes they're kind of lame, but it's always obvious that he's thought about it before and that it isn't spontaneous. My SO on the other hand has a quick wit and naturally makes jokes, and when it makes everyone laugh, you can tell that it sometimes pisses the other guy off. Yeah...the . Fat, steely eyed, booming voiced and ready to take the head off anyone who doesn't laugh. The fact that a lot of the material is completely tired and predictable doesn't prevent people from laughing dutifully and talking about what a great entertainer he is/was.
Amie27 Posted March 18, 2010 Posted March 18, 2010 baaahah... I love the honesty here on the internet. I'm told a lot that I'm witty/funny but I actually don't agree with it. I've always disregarded it as flattery. I know I can articulate things better and have a better sense of humor than most women, but I'm still not funny. I have ALWAYS said I think women are generally not funny, and if I see a female comedian on TV, I will change the station. The obsession with Tina Fey, Sarah Silverman, etc., I don't get. I can say there have been MAYBE 2 women in my entire life I thought were hysterical. I remember one distinctly and I'm leaving room for another one I might be forgetting. That is compared to the probably at least 30-40 men I've known of whom I could say the same.
sumdude Posted March 18, 2010 Posted March 18, 2010 Funniest woman ever? Tie between early Lucille Ball and Gilda Radnor.. probably Gilda. "What's all this talk about Endangered Feces?"
burning 4 revenge Posted March 19, 2010 Posted March 19, 2010 Yeah...the . Fat, steely eyed, booming voiced and ready to take the head off anyone who doesn't laugh. The fact that a lot of the material is completely tired and predictable doesn't prevent people from laughing dutifully and talking about what a great entertainer he is/was. Big jumbo jet lands at Kennedy Airport and the captain says 'we've made history today, we've crossed the Atlantic in five and a half hours' Irish fellow says 'is that a record sir' and the captain says 'no that was me speaking'
Art_Critic Posted March 19, 2010 Posted March 19, 2010 .. written by a male ? or female ? On a passenger flight, the pilot comes over the public address system as usual and to greet the passengers. He tells them at what altitude they’ll be flying, the expected arrival time, and a bit about the weather, and advises them to relax and have a good flight.. Then, forgetting to turn off the microphone, he says to his co-pilot, "What would relax me right now is a cup of coffee and a blowjob." All the passengers hear it. As a stewardess immediately begins to run toward the cockpit to tell the pilot of his slip-up, one of the passengers stops her and says "Don’t forget the coffee!"
ADF Posted March 19, 2010 Posted March 19, 2010 I completely disagree with your premise. I've met tons of funny women in my life. However, there is a theory about this, and it goes roughly as follows. Men are often funnier than women because, from a reproductive point of view, they have to be. Most of us men are incredibly unattractive. Why women find men attractive is not just a total mystery to men, but to women as well. The only way most men can appeal to women is by being entertaining. If a man cannot make a woman laugh, if he cannot be witty and charming and amusing, he's out of the evolutionary contest, so to speak. He's never getting laid. On other hand, men find women attractive whether they're funny or not. Men will have sex with pretty much any woman who is willing, so women don't need to appeal to men in this way. Therefore, many of them don't.
craw Posted March 19, 2010 Posted March 19, 2010 lol the reason you're not meeting "funny" women, is because you are not meeting with "intelligent" women. intelligence = humour.
Taramere Posted March 19, 2010 Posted March 19, 2010 lol the reason you're not meeting "funny" women, is because you are not meeting with "intelligent" women. intelligence = humour. I think a man's notion of a woman who is both funny and smart might result in a conversation along these lines: "You're such a funny little thing. I love the unintentional comedy in your stupid little comments." "Oh you're so meaaaaaan. Laughing at me like that when I say stupid things. Meanie!" "Haha. Silly wittle wabbit. How I adore you. How glad I am that you're not like one of those Internet feminazis who mistake limp-dick inducing ridicule for humour and take themselves too seriously to recognise the genius of the Three Stooges." "I never understand why women don't like the Three Stooges. Wieeeerd. I love the three stooges. Let's watch several hours of the Three Stooges, followed up with a few ancient Monty Python Sketches. After that I'll make you a sandwich and give you a bj. Then I'll put on my geek glasses and we'll play world of warcraft together with Star Wars playing on the DVD in the background. Perhaps you would then be kind enough to top off a thoroughly perfect day by pumping your hand underneath your armpit in a hilarious imitation of flatulence."
Ilovehim Posted March 20, 2010 Posted March 20, 2010 hahaha i'm not funny but i have a good sense of humor and i can definetely take a joke and have a good time. my best friend on the other hand is truly HILARIOUS!
threebyfate Posted March 20, 2010 Posted March 20, 2010 I think a man's notion of a woman who is both funny and smart might result in a conversation along these lines: "You're such a funny little thing. I love the unintentional comedy in your stupid little comments." "Oh you're so meaaaaaan. Laughing at me like that when I say stupid things. Meanie!" "Haha. Silly wittle wabbit. How I adore you. How glad I am that you're not like one of those Internet feminazis who mistake limp-dick inducing ridicule for humour and take themselves too seriously to recognise the genius of the Three Stooges." "I never understand why women don't like the Three Stooges. Wieeeerd. I love the three stooges. Let's watch several hours of the Three Stooges, followed up with a few ancient Monty Python Sketches. After that I'll make you a sandwich and give you a bj. Then I'll put on my geek glasses and we'll play world of warcraft together with Star Wars playing on the DVD in the background. Perhaps you would then be kind enough to top off a thoroughly perfect day by pumping your hand underneath your armpit in a hilarious imitation of flatulence." QFT!
sweetjasmine Posted March 20, 2010 Posted March 20, 2010 I think a man's notion of a woman who is both funny and smart might result in a conversation along these lines: "You're such a funny little thing. I love the unintentional comedy in your stupid little comments." "Oh you're so meaaaaaan. Laughing at me like that when I say stupid things. Meanie!" "Haha. Silly wittle wabbit. How I adore you. How glad I am that you're not like one of those Internet feminazis who mistake limp-dick inducing ridicule for humour and take themselves too seriously to recognise the genius of the Three Stooges." "I never understand why women don't like the Three Stooges. Wieeeerd. I love the three stooges. Let's watch several hours of the Three Stooges, followed up with a few ancient Monty Python Sketches. After that I'll make you a sandwich and give you a bj. Then I'll put on my geek glasses and we'll play world of warcraft together with Star Wars playing on the DVD in the background. Perhaps you would then be kind enough to top off a thoroughly perfect day by pumping your hand underneath your armpit in a hilarious imitation of flatulence." :laugh: Hey, wait a minute. Does this mean you're actually a man, then?
SoulSearch_CO Posted March 20, 2010 Posted March 20, 2010 Sounds to me like you've been meeting the wrong types of women, or you started this thread in an effort to rile up the women here with pitchforks. Personally, I am very sarcastic and darkly humorous. I LOVE to crack jokes and can be very inappropriate with my humor. I have to get a read on somebody first, though, before I'll really go down that road. Because I have been known to accidentally insult somebody. Sara Silverman, IMO, doesn't seem very feminine by throwing out the kind of humor she does all the time. It doesn't appear attractive to me at all. She's rough and actually strikes me as masculine.
calizaggy Posted March 20, 2010 Posted March 20, 2010 Personally, I am very sarcastic and darkly humorous. I LOVE to crack jokes and can be very inappropriate with my humor. . Humor is meant to make people laugh and feel good.. Sarcasm is the dark side to comedy.. While men use it sparingly, women seem to think "being sarcastic" is a good thing and completely overuse it . I think women use sarcsm because A. It is simple, anyone can be sarcastic B.. They think being this ill tempered and rough is "empowering",and it makes them seem interesting, but actually it is just simple.
SoulSearch_CO Posted March 20, 2010 Posted March 20, 2010 B.. They think being this ill tempered and rough is "empowering",and it makes them seem interesting, but actually it is just simple. It's your prerogative to feel that way - men have always found it attractive in me. I'm not cruel with my sarcasm, but I do tease and I can tolerate teasing in return without bursting into tears.
calizaggy Posted March 20, 2010 Posted March 20, 2010 Sarcasm is sarcasm.. Sometimes it bring a chuckle, or nervous chuckle, but it is not exactly the same as being funny. I have had several guy friends that can make everyone laugh constantly..That is being funny.. Sarcasm will not make groups of people sincerely laugh.. I have never met a woman that is sincerely funny.. The type that when you are around always has everyone laughing.. Even in your post you point out you have to know the person so you do not insult them.. How is playfully insulting someone, or insulting them in anyway the same as funny?
SoulSearch_CO Posted March 21, 2010 Posted March 21, 2010 Cali - I have nothing to prove to you. The men in my life that I have been in relationship with have found me funny. That's all that matters to me. I really don't care to try and prove it to some faceless dude on the internet that I'll likely never meet. As for the insult people thing...you'd have to know my humor and it's not hurting people.
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