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rocklee · Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul

Probably...ah what the hell :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ9AUWRhwdU&search=engrish

doggyji · Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 7:47 am Post subject:

Heh, funny. By the way, why is the thread title "Do Koreans have a Sense of Humour?" Maybe you think they don't have?

rocklee · Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul

What I meant was, can they do anything like this for a good laugh.

doggyji · Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 8:04 am Post subject:

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

I'm not a fan of Korean TV humor, but some of my Korean friends just crack me up. They are witty and sharp even though the language trips them up from time to time. There used to be jokes called the Penguin Series, maybe the Blackbird Series and some more about a Snail and a Turtle...anyway, they were absurd and silly and insightful. Sorry, I'm not the type to remember jokes, but those were hilarious.

My current boss is a joke, but that is a different story.

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

I just think sarcasm and satire escape them.

ella · Joined: 17 Apr 2006

Oh, great, now I have that song stuck in my head.

Alias · Joined: 24 Jan 2003

Try cracking some jokes about their early exit from the World Cup and find out.

Troll_Bait · Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 4:16 pm Post subject:

A: If you want private lessons, just call me. ******* is just my part-time job.
B: ******* ?

rocklee · Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul

You know, that is the first funny thing I've seen come out of Hong Kong.

I think the Japanese has it.

Hyeon Een · Joined: 24 Jun 2005

bestyoucanget · Joined: 06 Nov 2005

they dont get anything really.............u can take the piss out of them everyday haha
enjoy it

doggyji · Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 9:00 pm Post subject:

doggyji · Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 9:09 pm Post subject:

sorry, DP.

jajdude · Joined: 18 Jan 2003

Of course Koreans have a sense of humor. In some ways it is very nice and sweet, and easy to make them laugh. Making kids laugh is really easy. Some of my classes get out of hand because, well, I'm just too funny. Even grown-ups, at least a few of the women I met, laugh easily and truly, at silliness.

I did see a book once, titled, "Can Asians Think?" I didn't check it out. That looked like an awful title for a book.

Anyway, of course they laugh a lot. Have you ever heard, kids laugh at least ten times as much as adults do? I forget the exact statistic, but for every time an adult laughs per day, it is likely a kid laughs 10 or 20 times. Remember how fun and funny it was to be a youngster, most of the time?
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On the other hand, when Jay Leno or whoever cracks a joke about dog eating or whatever, not so many smiles. They laugh when they make jokes, but foreigners making jokes about Korea.... maybe not. In that way they are too uptight, or lack the sense to really laugh at themselves.

Damn I make fun of myself all the time. I put myself down in humor a lot to get a laugh. I am not sure I have ever met a Korean make one single self-derogatory joke. These are often the best and most endearing jokes. To say something like, "Oh, me just Engrish speak good," or similar nonsense would make a Korean wonderful. But I haven't encountered this in all my years here. Yet, in months in other countries, in SE Asia, it's routine. People just laugh at themselves there. Truly, they lack that in Korea, except a little on those gag shows.

By the way,

I don't believe kids have it so bad in Korea. Sure, they are 'overschooled,' but many of them still have a blast. Kids find their own way to be joyful: something older people need to seek.