Hi my dear friends, today we are going to speak about jokes, British jokes, dark humour, etc. Humour is not the same everywhere and the way of understanding it, it's not the same as well.
Hola mis queridos amigos, hoy vamos a hablar de chistes, chistes británicos, humor negro, etc. El humor no es el mismo en todas partes y la forma de entenderlo tampoco es igual.
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HUMOUR - DARK HUMOUR - BRITISH HUMOUR
Experts say that laughing is an ability that is specific to human beings. No other aninal does it. So why do we?
THE PURPOSE OF LAUGHTER
For most people. laughing is a way of showing we are happy, we usually laugh with other people present, and it helps relax the atmosphere. Antoher reason for laughter is that it helps us deal with the sensitive area of social morality, or situations which are normally serious, like death, disease or war. This is where humour sometimes gets "dark".
THE ORIGINIS OF DARK HUMOUR
Dark humour is probably as old as human communication itself. One of the first modern examples in English is in the writings of Jonathan Swift. In "A Modest Proposal" (1729) Swift suggests that poor people sell their children as food to the rich. His intention was to make fun of simple suggestions for solving problems such as poverty or overpopulation.
INDIVIDUAL EXAMPLES
There are several individuals who decided to use humour when faced with their own death. Murderer William Palmer looked at the door under the gallows before his execution in 1855 and asked, "Are you sure that's safe?" Writer Oscar Wilde's last words, as he was dying in a cheap hotel, were "Either that wallpaper goes or I will". Humourist Spike Milligan had the words "I told you I was ill" (in Irish) written on his gravestone.
ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS
It is a mystery where some dark humour comes from. Nobody knows who wrote this: "We are born naked, wet and hungry. Then things get worse. "Or how about this piece of graffiti to make you feel depressed: "Life is a sexually transmitted disease, and it's 100 per cent fatal."
LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL?
Surprisingly, dark humour can sometimes provide a more positive conclusion to a grim topic. This is what Dorothy Parker wrote in 1925 on the subject of suicide:
Razors pain you;
rivers are damp;
acids stain you;
and drugs cause cramp;
nooses give;
gas smells awful;
you might as well live.
SOME OTHER JOKES!!
THE HUNTERS
Two hunters are out in the woods when one of them collapses. He doesn't seem to be breathing. The other man takes out his phone and calls the emergency services. He says: "My friend is dead! What can I do?" The operator says: "Calm down. I can help. First, make sure he's dead." There is a silence, then a gunshot is heard. Back on the phone, the man says, "OK, now what?"
BLOOD TEST
Two children, Johnny and Alex, were sitting outside a clinic. Alex was crying.
Johnny: "Why are you crying?"
Alex: "I came here for a blood test"
Johnny: "So? Are you afraid?"
Alex: "No, but for the blood test, they cut my finger!"
After hearing this, Johnny started crying, making Alex feel surprised as well as curious, and Alex asked: "Why are you crying now?"
Johnny: "I came for an urine test!"
THE FUNERAL
A funeral service is held for a woman who just passed away. As the pallbearers carry the casket out, they accidentally bump into a wall. They hear a faint moan. They open the casket and find that the woman is still alive. She lives for 10 more years and then dies. At the end of the service, the pallbearers carry out the casket. As they ar walking, the husband cries out, "Watch out for the wall!"
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VOCABULARY WORDS
-COFFIN: féretro, ataud.
-TO LAUGH: reir.
-SENSITIVE: delicado.
-DISEASE: enfermedad.
-FALLOWS: patíbulo.
-WALLPAPER: papel pintado.
-GRAVESTONE: lápida.
-GRIM: triste.
-RAZOR: navaja.
-DAMP: húmedo.
-TO STAIN: manchar.
-CRAMP: rampa-
-LAWFUL: legal.
-NOOSES FIVE; se desatan los lazos.
-AWFUL: horrible.
-TO COLLAPSE: desplomarse.
-PALLBEARER: portador del féretro.
-CASKET: féretro.
-FAINT: débil.
-MOAN: gemido.
WATCH OUT: ¡cuidado!
SEE YOU MY FRIENDS!
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