old tup Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 A pal of mine said Tomlinsons advert was[if you don,t die we can,t live] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliceBB Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 do all cultures make jokes about death I wonder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brunette Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Ha ha ha ha! Excellent! It never fails to amuse me that outside the Burncross GP's surgery, on the same side of the road, there are 2 premises - a funeral directors, and a pharmacy! So you're covered either way then! Always makes me laugh when I go to the doctors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettyBooHoo! Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 do all cultures make jokes about death I wonder Who could say! Why do you ask? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Coming up from Meadowhall onto Wincobank (not sure of road name, near the medical centre) I saw an old hearse parked up with 'pimp my ride' style decoration on it. It says 'Try before you die' on the side which tickled me! I was in hillsbrough recently and that hearse was in front of me in the queue, wish I had the time to get my camera out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettyBooHoo! Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 I was in hillsbrough recently and that hearse was in front of me in the queue, wish I had the time to get my camera out It's a good 'un alright! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliceBB Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Who could say! Why do you ask? No particular reason! I just find it interesting that some subjects can generally be joked about (like death itself) by most people, not everyone obviously, but others would be considered tasteless, like cancer or paedophilia for example. I wondered if other cultures would be offended by jokes about things we aren't that bothered by. OP started the thread by asking whether she had a bad sense of humour but I'm not sure we could define a good or bad sense of humour that easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettyBooHoo! Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 No particular reason! I just find it interesting that some subjects can generally be joked about (like death itself) by most people, not everyone obviously, but others would be considered tasteless, like cancer or paedophilia for example. I wondered if other cultures would be offended by jokes about things we aren't that bothered by. OP started the thread by asking whether she had a bad sense of humour but I'm not sure we could define a good or bad sens e of humour that easily. I'm not sure! I would imagine that'd be more down the the individual rather than certain cultures maybe??? I think some people are very easily offended where as I think to myself, if we didn't laugh about such things, we'd probably cry about them so it's better to laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliceBB Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 I'm not sure! I would imagine that'd be more down the the individual rather than certain cultures maybe??? I think some people are very easily offended where as I think to myself, if we didn't laugh about such things, we'd probably cry about them so it's better to laugh. I agree, it's often an individual thing but there must be some culturally accepted boundaries - like with paedophilia. I don't know anyone who would laugh at a joke about child rape for example. Adult rape, possibly, but that would still be considered sick by most people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barleycorn Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 I agree, it's often an individual thing but there must be some culturally accepted boundaries - like with paedophilia. I don't know anyone who would laugh at a joke about child rape for example. Adult rape, possibly, but that would still be considered sick by most people. What about a child raping an adult? There must be an acceptable joke in there somewhere. jb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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