>From: Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
>Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...>
>To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
>Subject: Re: HUMOUR: comparative Christian theology
>Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 16:16:46 -0400
>
>taliesin the storyteller wrote:
>>* Adam Walker said on 2001-09-23 06:58:36 +0200
>> > That's cute, and has a grain of truth to it. To bring this back
>> > around to a conlang connected topic -- have any of you developed
>> > "genre" jokes in your conlangs like these silly lightbulb jokes
>> > or Aggie jokes or "no arms, no legs" or little moron or *snicker*
>> > elephant jokes? Are there categories of inherently funny things in
>> > your conlangs?
>>
>>What about region-jokes? Norwegians tell jokes where Swedes do
>>stupid things and I guess the Swedes do the same to us. USians joke
>>about Canucks and rednecks, correct? Parisians about anything that
>>isn't from Paris ;) you get the idea.
>
>You bet we tell jokes about you! ("The Norwegian paratrooper jumped out of
>the plane, and found he'd forgot the parachute. After an initial moment of
>panic, he thought: 'Oh, I needn't worry - this is just an training jump!'")
>Supposedly, the Finns tell the same jokes about Russians.
>
> Andreas
>
>
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