Wizard of Id by Parker and Hart for July 19, 2010

He should be able to memorize that speech.

I like it! Very catchy.

I thought the king would like sexist, racist or toilet humour.

Short and Sweet….

You mean there is humor that isn’t racist, sexist or toilet?

Yes. Such as laughing at people who think those are the only three categories.

The most important point is don’t make fun of the King, or bad things will happen to you. Unlike MontanaLady’s comment the King is not “Short and Sweet”. Although I guess one out of two isn’t bad.

With the right delivery, it can still kill.

I disagree, Sheik, the King IS short. I don’t know how you though he was the other one…..

The King forgot, “No Heightest jokes!”

Or “hanging out in the dungeon” humor if you know what’s good for you.

Well I would think that shouldn’t offend anyone, but you never know.

There are a LOT of jokes out there that are quite funny, and do NOT include those 3 things….for instance…hmmmmm…..wait, I’m thinking……hmmmm……hmmmmmm….

I would cite for you all the excellent pp. 85-86 of Insight Guides: Great Britain about British “Jokes”, but I can’t. Perhaps the five largest categories of the many in British humo(u)r alone are:

Irony [quite needful given, for example, the usually sorry English performance internationally in soccer and cricket]

Satire

Smut [‘Mark my words,” warned playwright Alan Bennett, “when a society has to resort to the lavatory for its humour, the writing is on the wall.”]

Absurdity

Wit

A.A. Milne got a lot of mileage (in Punch) out of golf and generals. As an American, i think British English itself is hilarious, and Aussie more so.

I agree with morobis

LOL

He may be the Fink But I like the way he thinks!

Wit, *n.* The salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.

Witticism *n.* A Sharp and clever remark, usually quoted, and seldom noted, what the Philistine is pleased to call a “joke”.

– Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary

Brings a whole new meaning to the idea of getting to the point… Well skipping right over it anyway!

I guess Bung had some political jokes, but he could end up in tne dungeon, just before the dinner.