Hal65 Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 "I will come outside. When driver passes by me, I will wave to him". The English interpreter at True found that to be laugh worthy. She then retold it to the driver/technician, who also laughed heartily. In general I notice Thais seem to enjoy fairly simple humor. I don't think it's because they are "dumb" or anything like that. But I do wonder where it comes from. Anyone have insight into this? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post giddyup Posted May 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 8, 2020 What kind of humor did the British love? Benny Hill, and Mr Bean, nothing subtle about that. 5 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northsouthdevide Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 I think you're mistaking laughing for smiling out loud ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stouricks Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 10 minutes ago, giddyup said: What kind of humor did the British love? Benny Hill, and Mr Bean, nothing subtle about that. Those were loved all over the world as were Monty Python etc. Now talk about Bernard Manning or Jim Davidson or Richard Digence. Listen to 'I'm Sorry I haven't a Clue' on BBC Sounds app...incredibly clever homour (with a U). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neeranam Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 12 minutes ago, giddyup said: What kind of humor did the British love? Benny Hill, and Mr Bean, nothing subtle about that. Thais love both of them too. Also Charlie Chaplin. I had VCD dubbed in Loatian ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giddyup Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 4 minutes ago, stouricks said: Those were loved all over the world as were Monty Python etc. Exactly. Slapstick humor is appreciated by everyone. The Three Stooges still crack me up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post phetphet Posted May 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 8, 2020 10 minutes ago, stouricks said: Those were loved all over the world as were Monty Python etc. Now talk about Bernard Manning or Jim Davidson or Richard Digence. Listen to 'I'm Sorry I haven't a Clue' on BBC Sounds app...incredibly clever homour (with a U). Actually two 'u's humour, and only one 'o'. ???? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post billd766 Posted May 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 8, 2020 17 minutes ago, giddyup said: What kind of humor did the British love? Benny Hill, and Mr Bean, nothing subtle about that. Did you forget comedy series such as Fawlty Towers Black Adder Father Ted Only Fools and Horses Steptoe and Son The Vicar of Dibley The Royle Family 'allo, allo Hancocks Halt Hour Dads Army Gavin and Stacey Red Dwarf Porridge Open All Hours 2.4 Children Absolutely Fabulous Birds of a Feather Bread Butterflies Hi De Hi It Aint Arf ot Mum Keeping up Appearances Last of the summer Wine Rising Damp Some Mothers do ave em That should keep you going for a while. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giddyup Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Just now, billd766 said: Did you forget comedy series such as Fawlty Towers Black Adder Father Ted Only Fools and Horses Steptoe and Son The Vicar of Dibley The Royle Family 'allo, allo Hancocks Halt Hour Dads Army Gavin and Stacey Red Dwarf Porridge Open All Hours 2.4 Children Absolutely Fabulous Birds of a Feather Bread Butterflies Hi De Hi It Aint Arf ot Mum Keeping up Appearances Last of the summer Wine Rising Damp Some Mothers do ave em That should keep you going for a while. No, I didn't decide to list every Brit comedy series ever made, I was just pointing out that "childish" or slapstick humor is enjoyed by everyone, not just Thais. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BobBKK Posted May 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 8, 2020 Thais, generally, ARE children 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post roo860 Posted May 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, BobBKK said: Thais, generally, ARE children It's the drums and whistles to remind you when to laugh, I'd be lost without it. ???? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBKK Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, roo860 said: It's the drums and whistles to remind you when to laugh, I'd be lost without it. ???? Yes that and the pre-recorded laughing. Oh wait! if it's pre-recorded why the whistles and drums? ???? or is that for those of us at home? hmmm Edited May 8, 2020 by BobBKK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStar Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 But here we most love jokes about poop, bums, pee pee, vomit, wee wees, farts, burps, boogers, and Soi 6. Is that more mature? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post YetAnother Posted May 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 8, 2020 lot of similarities between thais and 10 year olds 2 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HashBrownHarry Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 35 minutes ago, Neeranam said: Thais love both of them too. Also Charlie Chaplin. I had VCD dubbed in Loatian ! People still have VCDs? wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nikmar Posted May 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 8, 2020 my son (12) farted. He laughed. His Grandmother laughed so hard her dentures fell out. I laughed at my MIL's dentures falling out. Who's immature???? 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonymous Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Different cultures have different senses of humour. As simple as that. Analysing what makes a comment poor taste in one culture and a ROFL in another can be very interesting. Example: testing my hypothesis I told a very chauvinist 'joke' in terribly poor taste about a male's violent treatment of his wife, to a group of six university educated Thai female managers at my company. I swear I picked this one just to see their reaction. I would have got a smack around the head from women in Western culture, but they fell about laughing. I mean real belly laughs. there's something about Thai culture in there if you look. Can you see it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davo369 Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Me and and the wife have the same humour, she makes me laugh and i make her laugh... Apart from one time when i went out one night and got in 8am the next day. She was laughing then 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talahtnut Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 7 minutes ago, Davo369 said: Me and and the wife have the same humour, she makes me laugh and i make her laugh... Apart from one time when i went out one night and got in 8am the next day. She was laughing then Its quite a good psychological trick to let the child within us out, which our western culture usually finds a little unacceptable. The Thais have no such inhibition, and do it naturally. S'why we like 'em, they love joking around. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zikomat Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 The only thing that differs them from children is their obsession with money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VBF Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 IMO..... There's a difference between "Childish" and "Childlike" - think about it. When you show English-language humour to Thai people, they may have a problem with the language (as I would with Thai!) but the VISUAL comedy still works. I have known several Thai ladies who love Laurel and Hardy Mr Bean (almost no dialogue anyway) Fawlty Towers (Basil attacking Manuel etc) Some Mothers do ave em (Michael Crawford's stunts) Etc......etc.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 With my first Thai girlfriend I walked in a restaurant and they had a cartoon running. Bugs Bunny or something like that. She sat right next to the TV and was laughing out loud all the time. Pure fun for her. I liked watching her. She was maybe 20 at that time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garygooner Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Have you ever watched Thai game shows, variety TV, comedy dramas. Thais do like to laugh at the simplest of humour. Thais also love Jackie Chan. Many mentions of some great British comedy series. Personally I could never really understand why my friend's loved 'The Young Ones' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 10 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said: With my first Thai girlfriend I walked in a restaurant and they had a cartoon running. Bugs Bunny or something like that. She sat right next to the TV and was laughing out loud all the time. Pure fun for her. I liked watching her. She was maybe 20 at that time. ... not that there's anything wrong with that! ???? I can distin ctly recall almost 40 years ago, whilst serving in Malaysia that the highlight of an afternoon in the Mess - were the once each a week TV shows of BJ & the Bear... and more so Popeye! - for they were all that was on the telly, in English 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berkshire Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 3 hours ago, Hal65 said: The English interpreter at True found that to be laugh worthy. She then retold it to the driver/technician, who also laughed heartily. In general I notice Thais seem to enjoy fairly simple humor. I don't think it's because they are "dumb" or anything like that. But I do wonder where it comes from. Anyone have insight into this? Are you talking about Thai humor in the Thai language or in English? Completely different. I've watched Thai comedians and they are pretty darn funny. In the Thai language, of course. And no, it's not "simple humor." To appreciate Thai humor requires a pretty good understanding of the Thai language and word usage. Just like comedy in English. That's why you can't just watch a comedian in any language with subtitles. It doesn't do justice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 3 hours ago, BobBKK said: Thais, generally, ARE children Yeah that's I thought when this girl that looked about 14 yr smile at me a lot and said hello, found out she was 24 years old. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billd766 Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 3 hours ago, giddyup said: No, I didn't decide to list every Brit comedy series ever made, I was just pointing out that "childish" or slapstick humor is enjoyed by everyone, not just Thais. I only posted the ones I watched and enjoyed. I left the UK in the early 1990s and never watched UK TV again as I was working offshore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveAustin Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 10 hours ago, giddyup said: What kind of humor did the British love? Benny Hill, and Mr Bean, nothing subtle about that. As opposed to American humour, like... oh, that's right you don't do humour very well do you. Bless. Asian humour is kinda basic (probably so as not to offend), but you get among Thais into the vagaries of the language, and they can be pretty crass and hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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