Do you think Irish people are funny?

AckwelFoley

Listening to Newstalk alot, because of the amount of driving i do, and i notice alot of humorous replies via text to certain items being discussed. Ive lived in the US, france and UK and dont find the same type or level of humor.

Here on boards, particularly in AH, both members and moderators have their moments of wit intertwined with sarcasm that can make some rather banal threads interesting to read.

Some members have become well known for their wit, such as Terry, pighead, sherifu, Hagar, Karoma (when hes not ovulating)Kickoutthejams Mirror.. and many many more..

So what is it about Irish People that enable us to have this sence of humor.. or am i just imagining it?




Yore ma, yore ma, yore ma, yore ma, yore ma, yer aul wan, yer mamma, yer da's funbag.

Now that ive used up the alloted number of tolerable "yore ma's" and variants of, for an AH thread. Please...Do not use

Blisterman

Yes, yes we are.

R0ot

I think the Irish sense of humour is great, that being said yore ma is just something that's said here, its like atari jaguar.

longshanks

yeah we're a funny bunch, a kind of tragic funny a lot of the time. like how some people enjoy a good funeral

drunkmonkey

did you hear about the magic tractor?

longshanks

drunkmonkey wrote: »

did you hear about the magic tractor?

disappeared with a puff??
no, wait

muletide

turned into a field

Sinfonia

If we'd always been a strong, wealthy country I think that may have had an adverse effect on our humour. Tragic comedy, as longshanks said...then again, I could be talking sh'te

drunkmonkey

it turned into a field:D

It's a lovley evenin, i'm off to find a beer garden...

Yea ha! Magic tractor ride!!!

sonicthebadger*

I have noticed we take a light hearted approach to things. I'm a member of a certain popular motorbike forum based in Ireland and it has members from all over the world who just log on for the banter.

I've signed up to a few others in the UK and the USA and they're unreal stuffy of full of posturing and making sure everyone knows who's very important in themselves.

That's not tolerated in Ireland. You think you're the sh1t and you'll have people falling over themselves to put you back in your box unless you really are the absolute last word in your field.

The British aren't as bad as the Americans for it but their box putting back in technique is a little more reserved and cautious than ours.

Sherifu

Good use of the 4k post mr. snyper.

You'd have to have a good sense of humour to live in Athlone.

longshanks

sonicthebadger* wrote: »

I have noticed we take a light hearted approach to things. I'm a member of a certain popular motorbike forum based in Ireland and it has members from all over the world who just log on for the banter.

I've signed up to a few others in the UK and the USA and they're unreal stuffy of full of posturing and making sure everyone knows who's very important in themselves.

That's not tolerated in Ireland. You think you're the sh1t and you'll have people falling over themselves to put you back in your box unless you really are the absolute last word in your field.

The British aren't as bad as the Americans for it but their box putting back in technique is a little more reserved and cautious than ours.

good turn of phrase there chief

AckwelFoley

Sherifu wrote: »

You'd have to have a good sense of humour to live in Athlone.

Interestingly the woman that gave birth to you seems not to have a problem with,after our night of unadulterated - no holds barred (literally)night of passion as i send her back home on the bus out of town with some money for the ticket and a handful of anal pain killers.

:pac:

KnifeWRENCH

If we are a nation of funny people, why does RTE produce the most cringeworthy unfunny shite that they somehow think is comedy?

STEW, Makin' Jake, The Roaring Fcuking Twenties - they were all worse than the Holocaust :mad:

TeletextPear

ah of course irish people are funny, you chaps have often had me giggling to myself in work.... making me look crazy... cheers for that

Karoma

square_igloo wrote: »

If we are a nation of funny people, why does RTE produce the most cringeworthy unfunny shite that they somehow think is comedy?

STEW, Makin' Jake, The Roaring Fcuking Twenties - they were all worse than the Holocaust :mad:

Politics - What makes it to the telleh is usually selected based on several factors not just because it's funny.

To answer the OP's question: it's a case-by-case basis, as with everything. Generally, accepting a silly generalisation, yes. We're funny. It's all relative.
Some of us fail so much (trying too damn hard is usually the main reason, or else it's the one-trick-pony-show thing). I'll post examples if you like, but I doubt you'll like them.

AckwelFoley

square_igloo wrote: »

If we are a nation of funny people, why does RTE produce the most cringeworthy unfunny shite that they somehow think is comedy?

STEW, Makin' Jake, The Roaring Fcuking Twenties - they were all worse than the Holocaust :mad:

The lolomovie is in production. It will be the funniest Irish movie of all time.

Im expecting an over 18 certificate




Some of youz wont get the above lolomovie thing.. so simply ignore and move on.

AckwelFoley

Karoma wrote: »

Politics - What makes it to the telleh is usually selected based on several factors not just because it's funny.

To answer the OP's question: it's a case-by-case basis, as with everything. Generally, accepting a silly generalisation, yes. We're funny. It's all relative.
Some of us fail so much (trying too damn hard is usually the main reason, or else it's the one-trick-pony-show thing). I'll post examples if you like, but I doubt you'll like them.

No need.

Looking into my crystal ball i can see Karoma doing a forum search for "snyper" & "Rape" and freezing the server with the number of results

Cunny-Funt

snyper wrote: »

The lolomovie is in production. It will be the funniest Irish movie of all time.

Im expecting an over 18 certificate




Some of youz wont get the above lolomovie thing.. so simply ignore and move on.

<_<


>_>


/googles lolomovie


:eek:

Pen1987

Paths to Freedom, Rats, Adam and Paul, Intermission...

Alot of people wish they had the balls to have an 'irish-esque' sense of humour IMO

Caoimhín

Well i crack myself up on a regular basis.

KnifeWRENCH

snyper wrote: »

The lolomovie is in production. It will be the funniest Irish movie of all time.

Im expecting an over 18 certificate




Some of youz wont get the above lolomovie thing.. so simply ignore and move on.

Something to do with Lolocaust?
I googled lolomovie and it asked "Did You Mean loadmovie?" (which sounds verrry dodgy...)

This was the only result for lolomovie:

http://www.unregisteredlookup.com/refunded_domains/2007/june/26/com/com_june_26_2007_591.php

.......doesn't look particularly witty to me.

AckwelFoley

square_igloo wrote: »

Something to do with Lolocaust?
I googled lolomovie and it asked "Did You Mean loadmovie?" (which sounds verrry dodgy...)

This was the only result for lolomovie:

http://www.unregisteredlookup.com/refunded_domains/2007/june/26/com/com_june_26_2007_591.php

.......doesn't look particularly witty to me.

Has anyone got an epic fail pic i could borrow? :pac:

TeletextPear

failblog.org oughta do ya right

Predhead

I think the likes of people who come onto such threads and try to subtley prove their wit are not funny. Try hards yes, but must try harder.

In general, Irish people can be funny, the regular down to earth Joe Soaps. Otherwise no.

Also, I don't like the way Irish people talk about how funny they are, or think they are.

AckwelFoley

TeletextPear wrote: »

failblog.org oughta do ya right

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/fb163.jpg

Diamond.

TeletextPear

snyper wrote: »

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/fb163.jpg

Diamond.

+1

Rb

It seems you're just easily amused, snyper.

Latchy

With hundreds of years of repression ,poverty ,corruption and even a bit o famine thrown in , sure if you were irish wouldnt it have to be funny ???

andrew

*terrible attempt at being hilarious*

FunkyChicken

Some irish people yes, anyone on afterhours bar pighead no.

Latchy

andrew wrote: »

*terrible attempt at being hilarious*

i seriously agree * posed serious face * :mad:

that's why i laugh and take the piss out of myself more than anybody else.It's the guy or comedian who laughs at hs own jokes, he's the one ya gotta keep an eye on

Nolanger

Gerry Ryan is funny in all the wrong ways.

Latchy

It's all part of the 'lets find somthing irish to moan about '.Even if x y and z are hillariously funny some will not bring themselffs to admit it .The idea of saying so frightens them but begrudgery not strictly an irish trait either

taidghbaby

do we perhaps think we're funnier than other nations because we grew up with the irish sense of humour and are used to it??!!

Climate Expert

None of you here are funny.

Dr. Loon

Climate Expert wrote: »

None of you here are funny.

Agreed. Seems like a bunch of fools replied in order to seem, or try to be funny. That would negate any natural humour that exists because you're trying to be funny.

thefinalstage

You didn't mention me in your original post Snyper. You have soiled this thread.

Jigsaw

Yeah the Irish folk have a great sense of humour. Having lived in England and been regularly in the company of English people they thought I was hilarious. I am no more funny than the next Irish guy but I would say things that I didn't even intend to be funny and they thought it was great!!

Pride Fighter

We have the crappest stand up comedians in the world IMO, they are fuking sh1te. Our general population is bloody gas though, funniest in the world as long as they dont have a stick stuck up their ass.

AlmightyCushion

Pride Fighter wrote: »

We have the crappest stand up comedians in the world IMO, they are fuking sh1te. Our general population is bloody gas though, funniest in the world as long as they dont have a stick stuck up their ass.

You should check out Dylan Moran. One of the funniest stand ups I've seen.

Pride Fighter

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

You should check out Dylan Moran. One of the funniest stand ups I've seen.

A bit hit and miss IMO. Good sometimes, sh1te other times. He is a good comic/sitcom actor though. One of the best. Remember that Byrne tosser on the Cassidy's? That was the worst show ever and his acting was muck!

scruff321

irish people are funny because unlike onther countries we can have the craic, and a slag and take things with a pinch of salt!

mise_me_fein

I dunno whether it's to do with our history or what but we are funny, well another way of putting it is we are good storytellers.

If you listen to the regular American or Brit telling stories, a lot of the time it's soooooooo boring.

Steve_o

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

You should check out Dylan Moran. One of the funniest stand ups I've seen.

Dylan Moran FTW...

Oh God, whats the weather like?? WAIT, don't tell me, I can't bare to hear, I'll look myself....*peaks out curtains*..AAAHHH Its fierce mild...

Also I think Irish people in general are funnier than anywhere else i've been, the English don't have one that I could see tbh, the American sense of humour in general isn't all that subtle and the Germans, well...

KnifeWRENCH

Climate Expert wrote: »

None of you here are funny.

But I bet you're a right laugh down at the pub :rolleyes:

AckwelFoley

Qft

Climate Expert

snyper wrote: »

Qft

Thats meaningless. Qft?

L31mr0d

yeah, Irish people are funny. I know some of my Swedish and Danish friends are shocked when they get together with myself and a few Irish people as we spend the night pretty much continuously slagging each other off and ourselves trying to get a laugh. In Denmark and Sweden they would never insult each other for the sake of a joke but in Ireland it's kind of expected to get the craic going and loosen up the mood

I guess it comes from the over confidence and arrogance that Irish males portray when in a group, which leads the person to being more thick skinned to insults as their own self image is secure enough to not let it affect them.

Much like the "yor ma" jokes on these forums, I know my Danish friends would never even contemplate slagging off someone elses mother to get a laugh.

Steve_o

Climate Expert wrote: »

Thats meaningless. Qft?

Pffft...noobs, it means Quoted For Truth

Climate Expert

Steve_o wrote: »

Pffft...noobs, it means Quoted For Truth

If you are going to use a tired boards acronym like that then at least use it in the right context. He didn't quote anybody and just wrote qft.

People here are devoid of any originality in their postings. The same old **** like +1, tbh, qft, yore ma.