Here are the results:
1. American
2. Spanish
3. Italian
4. Brazillian
5. French
6. Mexican
7. British
8. Dutch
9. Russian
10. Belgian
I have some questions, Badoo...(picture me having my hand up..waving..Call on me)
1. Because this was ranked by enthnicity, how does this work? If you are Dutch but live in America are you really funny or are you sorta funny but get to hang around some really funny people? I am wondering this and really would like an answer as all my in-laws are Dutch. AM I FUNNIER THAN THEY ARE? I need you to respond as I have money riding on this.
2. Where are the Canadians??? I don't see them on the list and frankly, I think I have some really side- slapping funny Canadian friends. What's that aboot, eh?
3. How exactly were the questions posed? Did you phrase it "Who do you consider terribly witty and smart while being funny? OR did you pose it as "Who are the biggest dumbasses in the entire world?
4. Still on that subject. Was this based on clever comedians that make money being funny or are you looking at things on the Internet such as the Walmart People or Dumb Criminals?
5. So right to the point, Badoo...are we considered funny as in "hhaaaa hhhaaaa" those Americans are comic geniuses OR did you get a sense from the answers that they were laughing AT us not WITH us?
6. I realize that Americans won this poll and I don't want to appear ungrateful. It is not my intention to look a gift horse in the mouth....oops...not that I am comparing you to any part of a horse..but the numbers concern me a bit.
For example: There are 311,542,058 ...59...60 (a new one is born every second) Americans. The second place winners are the Spaniards and Spain has 45,957,671. Frankly, if we were all put on a football team, and we were all allowed to play at the same time, we would win that too. Doesn't seem like fair odds. How could we not, we would have 265.5 Million more people on the field. (I get that would have to be one heck of a field)
5. The German's came in last. Now what is that about? Are the Germans just not funny or do we not "get" their form of humor? Is it a perception of what is funny?
I mean really...isn't humor subjective??? Occassionally...ok, very often...I find humor in a situation that may in fact be a serious topic but if I contort it enough I can find some humor in it. Judgeing from some of the comments, I have gotten, I suspect my form of humor isn't exactly on par with some of you. Each to his own, I suppose.
I will admit that I don't always find humor in other people either. I, for example, don't understand America's Funniest Videos when they do the ball (or whatever flying object) into the man's crotch. Why is that funny? Not being a man, I am assuming it hurts. I wouldn't laugh if a flying object doubled over a woman that was hit in her lady parts either. Still not funny to me.
I might have to take up the "what is funny" question on another post at some point as it is a complicated topic. For today, I would appreciate hearing from you.
What do you consider funny?
Who are your favorite comedians, or your favorite books, magazines etc?. (humor based, of course)
How politically correct does something have to be?
Do you offend easily?
Time dot com (as in the Time magazine folks) thought these were two of the funniest videos of 2010. What do you think?
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