Why Aren't Women as Funny as Men?

Pighead

Is it genetically possible for women to be as funny as men?

Everytime I have this discussion with Miss Piggy, I say 'name 3 funny chicks' and she always says (1) joe brand (2) jenny eclair (3) French & saunders (...?)(as you can Miss Piggys not funny and not too clever either!)

Think of the great comedians and they've all good willies.
1. Richard Pryor
2. Bill Hicks
3. Lenny Bruce
4. Woody Allen
5. Chris Rock
6. Steve Martin
7. Rodney Dangerfield
8. Tommy Tiernan
9.Peter Kay(perhaps)
10. Eddie Murphy
and i could go on

Are there any funny women comedians? Am I just a sexist tawt?

Men and women I fear have their flaws. I for example, can never be bothered to move things when I hoover (rugs, mugs, the cat, shoes etc) and I fear that women are condemned to a life less humourous.

I say they are programmed to be less entertaining than men. This is not sexist but a scientific conclusion, based on years of knowing women.

Ro: maaan!

Real scientific...

Generally they aren't as funny, but funny women do exist. I would actually like to know if there is a proper explanation as to why.

RobertFoster

Ro: maaan! wrote:

women do exist

Liar! EVERYONE knows they were made up by greeting card companies!

Pighead

Ro: maaan! wrote:

Real scientific...

Generally they aren't as funny, but funny women do exist. I would actually like to know if there is a proper explanation as to why.

Yes they do exist but only in the same way that siamese children and long hot summers in Ireland exist.
Definitely the exception rather than the norm

Dinner

There are very few women that can make me laugh. I suppose Pauline McGlynn (sp?) and Fiona Looney do but not to the extent as men.

Its not sexist. Its just the I find it.

crazy angel

does ANYBODY actually move things when they hoover??

Ro: maaan!

Pighead wrote:

Yes they do exist but only in the same way that siamese children and long hot summers in Ireland exist.
Definitely the exception rather than the norm

Well it could just be that it's mostly men who like comedy and it's male comedians who they prefer, so they're the one's that become popular...

SoupyNorman

must be the estrogen or something, it is a shame because i would like to experience extreme fits of laughter brought on by a hot woman (you know the type of laughter which paralyses you, a good example of when this could of happened was in the fr. ted episode "song for europe" fr. ted and dougal and are writing the song and ted says "dougal its only a contest, dont take it so seriously", the picture/clock of the pope winds forward...... ted says "play the f**king note" you know what follows.......)anyway what the hell was i saying,

ah yes women cant tell jokes, well except that one "how do you grow your own dope?", "plant a man"....well if i didnt wet me firetraps when i heard that one!

Lafortezza

Most jokes are *about* women, so obviously it's funnier when men tell them.

Pighead

Ro: maaan! wrote:

Well it could just be that it's mostly men who like comedy and it's male comedians who they prefer, so they're the one's that become popular...

Nah i'm not having that,I recently had a major bust-up with my 'big tittied burd' over it as she accused me of being sexist. I said I wasn't and gave her a quick slap. I said I was just stating a fact that women are generally incapable of being funny. Even with decent material, their delivery and timing tends to be abysmal. I mean, it's hilarious when I cup my hands and fart into them before sharing it out (I pretend I'm like Jesus). If a woman did that it would just be disgusting and I wouldn't laugh at all. I doubt a woman would have the creativity to come up with something like that anyway.

Ro: maaan!

Pighead wrote:

I mean, it's hilarious when I cup my hands and fart into them before sharing it out (I pretend I'm like Jesus). If a woman did that it would just be disgusting and I wouldn't laugh at all. I doubt a woman would have the creativity to come up with something like that anyway.

Eh...

Kernel

Pighead wrote:

Yes they do exist but only in the same way that siamese children and long hot summers in Ireland exist.
Definitely the exception rather than the norm

It's because their brains have evolved to concentrate on cooking and cleaning, rather than intellectual pursuits, and humour. Pauline McGlynn was rubbish, not funny at all.. Mrs. Doyle my arse.

This thread has been covered before though Pighead, before your time, and I think the general concensus was what I've said unfortunately. It's why 'the lads' still go out and have great nights away from 'the birds'. It's why pubs are always full of funny laughing blokes all week. Why are the women not there? Coz nobody wants them to be!

crazy angel

ha thats funny! ^^

tovalee

Kernel wrote:

This thread has been covered before though Pighead, before your time, and I think the general concensus was what I've said unfortunately.

According to your join dates, you joined boards one month before pighead!

SoupyNorman

Pighead wrote:

Nah i'm not having that,I recently had a major bust-up with my 'big tittied burd' over it as she accused me of being sexist. I said I wasn't and gave her a quick slap. I said I was just stating a fact that women are generally incapable of being funny. Even with decent material, their delivery and timing tends to be abysmal. I mean, it's hilarious when I cup my hands and fart into them before sharing it out (I pretend I'm like Jesus). If a woman did that it would just be disgusting and I wouldn't laugh at all. I doubt a woman would have the creativity to come up with something like that anyway.

fooking hilarious man, so true though. the anus is a comediens tool on a man and a thing to ogle on a lady(except for the ars*s that spill out over the top of the jeans)

women are great all the same, my poor little lady thought the gran prix stopped for the ad breaks.

actually wait the thread is slightly flawed, women can be hilarious when they dont mean to be.

Pighead

Perhaps men have evolved to be more funny. A laughing mammoth is surely easier to kill. The same would apply to laughing cave children I imagine. Who knows? I do recall my mother saying something very funny once though. She had a long hair stuck on her shoulder and she picked it up and said, 'I knew I was missing a hair!' That's as good as it gets really. :rolleyes:

The Bollox

Pighead wrote:

I can never be bothered to move things when I hoover (rugs, mugs, the cat, shoes etc)

AMEN to that!

it's true, I mean if you look at Just For Laughs for example, most of the acts are complete ****e! but the few diamonds in the rough are the fellas! some of them have me cackin' myself! I mean there is an Irish guy, I can't remember his name but the first time I saw him on Just For Laughs he started making jokes about land masses

Ireland is the only land mass that looks like roadkill

THIS had me in stitches for days afterwards! there was another dude on the most recent series, he was a black dude who did the voices in programmes like Scooby Doo and stuff like that, and he took a well aimed shot at Arnie and this also had me ****tin' myself for days

*does arnie acent* RUN! FIAR! GET OUT!

Kernel

Pighead wrote:

Perhaps men have evolved to be more funny. A laughing mammoth is surely easier to kill. The same would apply to laughing cave children I imagine. Who knows? I do recall my mother saying something very funny once though. She had a long hair stuck on her shoulder and she picked it up and said, 'I knew I was missing a hair!' That's as good as it gets really. :rolleyes:

Why would you want to kill laughing cave children?

PS: The reason the hair thing was funny, is because it was one of my pubes.

tovalee

but be honest, which would guys prefer:a girl who can make you and your friends laugh, or one that will laugh at all your fart jokes?

Kernel

tovalee wrote:

but be honest, which would guys prefer:a girl who can make you and your friends laugh, or one that will laugh at all your fart jokes?

Which one has the bigger tits?

Pighead

Kernel wrote:

Which one has the bigger tits?

You see thats what i'm talking about,chances of a girl coming up with a classic one-liner like that=Nil!

Pighead

tovalee wrote:

but be honest, which would guys prefer:a girl who can make you and your friends laugh, or one that will laugh at all your fart jokes?

But thats my point exactly we generally don't have a choice like that to make,generally the choice is :a girl who can look pretty and make me proud and my mates jealous or one that will laugh at my fart jokes.

Don't get me wrong i love girls and yes they are great company but for sheer unadulterated funny nights out give me the lads nights out everytime

Adam

My girlfriend makes me laugh endlessly, she's brilliantly funny! Obviously its not the kind of stand up comedian genius humour of the likes of bill hicks etc. but she has put me on the floor with stomach cramps from laughing so hard on many an occasion!

Brightens up my day... *sniff*

tovalee

might have a lot to do with men and women just having very different senses of humor. Whats funny to another woman might not be to a man and vice versa.
I dunno, im one of the ones who laughs at fart jokes.

Kernel

fade_to_grey wrote:

My girlfriend makes me laugh endlessly, she's brilliantly funny! Obviously its not the kind of stand up comedian genius humour of the likes of bill hicks etc. but she has put me on the floor with stomach cramps from laughing so hard on many an occasion!

Brightens up my day... *sniff*

Pass me the puke bucket lads... under the thumb mate, under the thumb.

Adam

Kernel wrote:

Pass me the puke bucket lads... under the thumb mate, under the thumb.

Sorry, but thats a bit moot, i have nothin to defend, i could call her a bitch right here, she'd never know, she's not a boards user!

I'm still in support of men being the funnier sex, by a long shot, simlpy adding that some women have their charm too, though few and far between... to be honest my girlfriend is the only female who has ever made me laugh like that, all my life! I guess that says it all really! Try and recall the last time you laughed heartily at something a woman said/did in an effort to be funny and pulled it off? Toughie aint it?

Pighead

Kernel wrote:

Pass me the puke bucket lads... under the thumb mate, under the thumb.

Ban this troller!

Adam

Pighead wrote:

Ban this troller!

Ah i wouldnt go that far, he was only jokin!

Nevyn

Generally they aren't as funny, but funny women do exist. I would actually like to know if there is a proper explanation as to why.

Socail conditioning. For years it was unseemly and unlady like for a woman to
draw too much attension or notice to themsselves as it was unmodest and
they would make a scandal of themselves. [Thank the gods times have moved onand there is TV instead of gossiping about who opened thier gob or flashed thier ankles.] That coupled with the fact that it can be hard to be taken seriously at anything when you have to wait for the time delay when people are look at what you look like cos your female, means there are a lot of women that do not step forward for things from, public speaking, politictions, and stand up comics.

And Like any area where there are few women there there are less chances of
having good ones in there. 1,000 male comedians may give you 12 good ones decent ones, what are the chances of there being 100 female comdieans to being with ?

Besides nothing worse then trying to deliever a punchline when people miss it cos thier staring at your tits.

Pighead

fade_to_grey wrote:

Ah i wouldnt go that far, he was only jokin!

oh.......in that case unban this poller!

My opinion is that women can be funny, as long as....

1. They aren't talking about "women's things".
2. They aren't talking about bringing up kids.
3. They aren't slagging men off.
4. They aren't slagging football off.
5. They aren't talking about how hard their lives are compared to men.

And as women rarely stay away from any of the above in conversation i think its fair to say, funny they aren't!

jonny68

Its only on a forum like this where there are a few right bunch of weirdoes :rolleyes: where id expect someone to think up something like this,maybe there isnt as many actual women comedians as men but to say they cant be as funny is like saying that Ian Paisley loves Gerry Adams,i know plenty of girls who can be "funny" that doesnt mean they have to actually get up on a stage to do so...dear oh dear........... :rolleyes:

Pighead

jonny68 wrote:

Its only on a forum like this where there are a few right bunch of weirdoes :rolleyes: where id expect someone to think up something like this,maybe there isnt as many actual women comedians as men but to say they cant be as funny is like saying that Ian Paisley loves Gerry Adams,i know plenty of girls who can be "funny" that doesnt mean they have to actually get up on a stage to do so...dear oh dear........... :rolleyes:

Did you just call me a weirdo?You cheeky cheeky man
Answer me this then hotshot,out of all your friends and lets be honest here,write down your 5 funniest.
Now have a look on the piece of paper you've written on and prepare yourself for a major realisation,a pivotal moment in your life when you realise that being P.C may be grand and keep everyone happy but rarely does it tell the truth.Go on take a look.
Oh look the majority of them are male,how very very strange
Don't for get to lock that PC horse in the shed when you're getting off it later on

Tiriel

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=221783

Kernel

Thaed wrote:

Socail conditioning. For years it was unseemly and unlady like for a woman to
draw too much attension or notice to themsselves as it was unmodest and
they would make a scandal of themselves. [Thank the gods times have moved onand there is TV instead of gossiping about who opened thier gob or flashed thier ankles.] That coupled with the fact that it can be hard to be taken seriously at anything when you have to wait for the time delay when people are look at what you look like cos your female, means there are a lot of women that do not step forward for things from, public speaking, politictions, and stand up comics.

And Like any area where there are few women there there are less chances of
having good ones in there. 1,000 male comedians may give you 12 good ones decent ones, what are the chances of there being 100 female comdieans to being with ?

Besides nothing worse then trying to deliever a punchline when people miss it cos thier staring at your tits.

yeah yeah, blame everything on society, social conditioning, big bad men holding women back through history etc... let's be honest, that kind of thing has been long done away with, and there are still no funny women. Men and women are different, that's a fact. Their brains work differently to mens.

There's nothing holding women back nowadays, bar the glaringly obvious fact that they are women.

Pighead

Cork_girl wrote:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=221783

I agree Cork Girl its absolutely scandalous that almost 40% of the poll voted that girls were funny and i commend you for highlighting this gross error of the said poll.

Tiriel

that's good :rolleyes:

Cianos

Marts wrote:

there is an Irish guy

then there is another dude (...) he was a black dude

Why is one a guy and another a dude? racist 'sturd :eek: :eek: :eek:

crazy angel

people laugh at me all the time!!

Pighead

crazy angel wrote:

people laugh at me all the time!!

Exactly,The only times that women are funny is when you are laughing at them.

PS I love women

pauldeehan

I think women can be funny, perhaps just less frequently.

One of the biggest laughs I ever got was from me mate's girlfriend (tho it was unintentional).

I walk into the pub and see them arguing. After I've bought my drink and sat down she says "Paul, sort this out for us. Isn't Bigfoot a real animal?"

I sort of froze up, all confused for a few moments but once I realised she was serious I laughed for the better part of the evening.

Kernel

pauldeehan wrote:

I think women can be funny, perhaps just less frequently.

One of the biggest laughs I ever got was from me mate's girlfriend (tho it was unintentional).

I walk into the pub and see them arguing. After I've bought my drink and sat down she says "Paul, sort this out for us. Isn't Bigfoot a real animal?"

I sort of froze up, all confused for a few moments but once I realised she was serious I laughed for the better part of the evening.

Yeah but Paul, that isn't humour, it's just women being dumb. Also, it's impossible to answer the question, as there are many impressive sasquatch sightings, but little physical evidence.

Hugh Hefner

Marts wrote:

AMEN to that!

it's true, I mean if you look at Just For Laughs for example, most of the acts are complete ****e! but the few diamonds in the rough are the fellas! some of them have me cackin' myself! I mean there is an Irish guy, I can't remember his name but the first time I saw him on Just For Laughs he started making jokes about land masses
THIS had me in stitches for days afterwards! there was another dude on the most recent series, he was a black dude who did the voices in programmes like Scooby Doo and stuff like that, and he took a well aimed shot at Arnie and this also had me ****tin' myself for days

God, that black guy was sooo bad. Too in your face and obnoxious.

I thought one of the diamonds was the woman who did the ventriloquism. It started out alright but then became brilliant.


On average men are funnier but women can be funnier. It's rare enough though.

Tiriel

Hugh Hefner wrote:

I thought one of the diamonds was the woman who did the ventriloquism. It started out alright but then became brilliant.

.

the monkey one?! that was excellent!!

Shrimp

I posted a thread with the exact same title as this practically and got it ripped out of me, but then again I am Me(the boards idiot) And I would have to agree women are not funny...

Hugh Hefner

Cork_girl wrote:

the monkey one?! that was excellent!!

Yeah that's the one. 'Twas Proper Bo I tell thee.


P.S. Bill Hicks is crappy.

crazy angel

women can be funny (sometimes)
guys are funnier tho!!

Shrimp

well said angel.. women are funny when they are not trying to be.. like when they are angry or confused..

Dr. Loon

Hugh Hefner wrote:

P.S. Bill Hicks is crappy.

You should be banned for that. Or maybe you're just too stupid to see the humour. Yeah, that's probably it.

jonny68

Pighead wrote:

Did you just call me a weirdo?You cheeky cheeky man
Answer me this then hotshot,out of all your friends and lets be honest here,write down your 5 funniest.
Now have a look on the piece of paper you've written on and prepare yourself for a major realisation,a pivotal moment in your life when you realise that being P.C may be grand and keep everyone happy but rarely does it tell the truth.Go on take a look.
Oh look the majority of them are male,how very very strange
Don't for get to lock that PC horse in the shed when you're getting off it later on

Ive better things to be doing than to write down the names of 5 friends to see who`s the funniest :rolleyes: i think you need to get out more me auld flower...........

Hugh Hefner

Dr. Loon wrote:

Or maybe you're just too stupid to see the humour. Yeah, that's probably it.

Yeah.... that must be it. :rolleyes:

Pighead

jonny68 wrote:

Ive better things to be doing than to write down the names of 5 friends to see who`s the funniest :rolleyes: i think you need to get out more me auld flower...........

Ah go on admit it,you got your paper,got your pen,started thinking for a bit,and another bit,really racking your brains at this stage muttering surely there must be one, and then looking at the blank piece of paper in front of you, started wailing like a little girl lost in a supermarket.
Tis a cruel cruel world,but just remember what doesn't kill you will make you stronger