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In general, why are men funnier than women?

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  • #62
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    whiteman19 wrote: »
    sam, look at Poor Craythur...that's how you do it :P

    you are not trying to kill poor craythur :pac:

    stop trying to kill me :p


  • #63
    I would ride myself cos im a sexy man
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 191 ✭✭I would ride myself cos im a sexy man


    Poor Craythur wrote: »
    Sandy Toksvig is class, you philistine. :p
    I dont know her tbh, I dont recognise alot of those names...:pac:


  • #64
    citizen_p
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,494 ✭✭✭citizen_p


    first of all, weather somone is funny is based on perception and therefore not everyone is going to agree, so some men will find some female comics funny, some women will hate specific comics etc...
    so a poster saying for example "sarah silvermen is a funny femal" followed by "yea right, you'd find more laughs at sunday mass than from that cow" dosn't prove anything.these comics obviously have a following or they would not have various TV shows etc...

    I peronally hate the sou and that Joan Rivers one, but I also hate that Bill Bailey sap too


  • #65
    Poor Craythur
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭Poor Craythur


    Mousey- wrote: »
    first of all, weather somone is funny is based on perception and therefore not everyone is going to agree, so some men will find some female comics funny, some women will hate specific comics etc...
    so a poster saying for example "sarah silvermen is a funny femal" followed by "yea right, you'd find more laughs at sunday mass than from that cow" dosn't prove anything.these comics obviously have a following or they would not have various TV shows etc...

    I peronally hate the sou and that Joan Rivers one, but I also hate that Bill Bailey sap too

    Ah, poor Bill, I love that old pothead!


  • #66
    WispaMint
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭WispaMint


    Saila wrote: »
    sarah silverman no?

    Not for me, no. She's one I find annoying more than anything, to be honest.
    hondasam wrote: »
    you don't know any women. women are laughing at you now not with you:pac:

    Hilarious.

    dark crystal wrote: »
    Personally, I find Joan Rivers very funny.

    However, I accept that men don't 'get' women's humour, as it's more gender specific, whereas men's humour encompasses a much wider range of topics.

    Men can also generally deliver a punchline much better than a woman.

    Maybe you're right. I've heard this before.

    pmcmahon wrote: »
    sometimes i feel like a woman :(

    :D


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  • #67
    RolandIRL
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    hondasam wrote: »
    you are not trying to kill poor craythur :pac:

    stop trying to kill me :p

    tuddle is forcing my arm...:P


  • #68
    hondasam
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    whiteman19 wrote: »
    tuddle is forcing my arm...:P

    blame tuddles, well Koth is forcing my arm :D

    we should join forces :p

    eliminate the enemy.


  • #69
    RayM
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    I would ride myself cos im a sexy man wrote: »
    Name a good one was the question

    And I named seven (in my opinion) very good ones. The fact that you haven't even heard of Sandi Toksvig would suggest that you haven't been exposed to a very broad range of comedy. To find good comedians (male or female), it's sometimes a good idea to look beyond the mainstream.


  • #70
    Poor Craythur
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭Poor Craythur


    RayM wrote: »
    And I named seven (in my opinion) very good ones. The fact that you haven't even heard of Sandi Toksvig would suggest that you haven't been exposed to a very broad range of comedy. To find good comedians (male or female), it's sometimes a good idea to look beyond the mainstream.

    Very true. Youtube is great for sampling new comedians.


  • #71
    fonecrusher1
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    RayM wrote: »
    Victoria Wood
    Miranda Hart
    Josie Long
    Jo Brand
    Laura Solon
    Linda Smith
    Sandi Toksvig

    In order...

    Crap old fashioned singsong 'comedienne'.
    never heard of her.
    never heard of her.
    Sh!tty gutter humour...oh im sooo fat etc etc etc
    never heard of her.
    never heard of her.
    never heard of her.


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  • #72
    purity
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    Men can get away with certain behaviour eg. farting, making crude jokes, mocking whereas it doesn't suit a woman to copy this behaviour. Men I agree are the far superior comedian and I am female.
    I think male comedians are brilliant:)


  • #73
    Poor Craythur
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭Poor Craythur


    I wonder if part of it is that women are afraid to let go of their vanity a little bit?


  • #74
    hondasam
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    Poor Craythur wrote: »
    I wonder if part of it is that women are afraid to let go of their vanity a little bit?

    women are funnier in a show but TBH not as stand up comedians.

    roseann barr was funny

    ellen degeneres is not funny


  • #75
    Poor Craythur
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    hondasam wrote: »
    women are funnier in a show but TBH not as stand up comedians.

    roseann barr was funny

    ellen degeneres is not funny

    There are some genuinely funny female stand ups. I named some in post 5. Plus Sandy Toksvig.


  • #76
    midlandsmissus
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    No guys! I've always thought female stand up comedians were dire, until I happened by chance to find Roisin Conaty. An english stand up. Google 'Roisin Conaty good news' to see her routine, I promise you it will be worth it. Best female stand up and one of THE best stand ups I have seen. A diamond in the rough.


  • #77
    Poor Craythur
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    I will! :)


  • #78
    enfant terrible
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    RichieC wrote: »
    As much of an equal opportunist as I am, this fact is in general, undeniable.

    But, season one of Big Train. Julia Daves, Amelia Bulmore.

    Lynn from Alan Partridge. Sweet Dee from always sunny in Philadelphia. Lindsay Bluth Fünke (Portia de Rossi) from Arrested development...

    ect...

    Lynn is a good shout, although I would say the female comics on Arrested development were the weakest of the cast Lindsay, Maeby, Lucille compared to GOB, Tobias, Buster, Michael, George Michael and the narrator guy.


  • #79
    Queen-Mise
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    hondasam wrote: »
    women are funnier in a show but TBH not as stand up comedians.

    roseann barr was funny

    ellen degeneres is not funny

    Ellen deGeneres is one of the most annoying people on this planet. If that is the best women can come up with humour wise, then god help us.

    I really like Joan Rivers though - very sharp, hard to watch sometimes, but an excellent comedienne.


    Generally men are funnier than women - they are far more willing to take the p*ss out of themselves, can take a slagging & give one far easier. Although male & female humour is very different though. Needs to be a brave man to really enjoy a women's humour.


  • #80
    Jesus Wept
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    Ellen is a top bloke.


  • #81
    Poor Craythur
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    Queen-Mise wrote: »
    Generally men are funnier than women - they are far more willing to take the p*ss out of themselves, can take a slagging & give one far easier. Although male & female humour is very different though. Needs to be a brave man to really enjoy a women's humour.

    I think Sarah Millican and Josie Long buck the trend there and can and do appeal to both sexes.


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  • #82
    Jesus Wept
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    What have random 'funny' people got to do with the thread topic?
    Nothing...


  • #83
    hondasam
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    The-Rigger wrote: »
    Ellen is a top bloke.

    what ever she is she is not funny, god I hate her.


  • #84
    Queen-Mise
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    The-Rigger wrote: »
    What have random 'funny' people got to do with the thread topic?
    Nothing...

    ah your in the wrong thread... :D


  • #85
    Jesus Wept
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    I'm really not. :p


  • #86
    Poor Craythur
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭Poor Craythur


    The-Rigger wrote: »
    What have random 'funny' people got to do with the thread topic?
    Nothing...

    I know, bringing up comedians in a thread about funny people - what madness! The two are in NO way linked.


  • #87
    Jesus Wept
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    The topic was 'in general why are men funnier than women?'

    Simply naming a few people off the telly who you consider funny doesn't really address that topic whatsoever.


  • #88
    hondasam
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    The-Rigger wrote: »
    What have random 'funny' people got to do with the thread topic?
    Nothing...

    you have a point to be fair, don't know how it changed to comedians.


  • #89
    Poor Craythur
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭Poor Craythur


    The-Rigger wrote: »
    The topic was 'in general why are men funnier than women?'

    Simply naming a few people off the telly who you consider funny doesn't really address that topic whatsoever.

    And if you read through the thread again you'll see that I and others have made more generalised posts too. :cool: Posts that do muse on the topic at hand. In fact the second of the thread does that. But you go nuts with your selective reading!


  • #90
    Jesus Wept
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    And what point did I go nuts?


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  • #91
    Poor Craythur
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    The-Rigger wrote: »
    And what point did I go nuts?

    Tis merely a flippant suggestion!


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