Posted on 06/10/2011 7:44:59 AM PDT by Indy Pendance
LONDON (Reuters) – The Germans have been voted the world's "least funny nationality" in a global poll, which names Americans the funniest overall and the Spanish the most amusing Europeans, ahead of the Italians and French.
The social network and dating website Badoo.com asked 30,000 people across 15 countries to name both the "funniest," or best at making people laugh," and "the least funny" nationality.
Americans took the funniest prize, followed by the Spanish in second and Italians in third.
The voting for "least funny" nationality confirmed the view of American novelist Mark Twain that "a German joke is no laughing matter."
The Germans won comfortably, ahead of the Russians and Turks.
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I know the survey is different, i.e. Ameicans rated as #1 ‘to make people laugh’, but I have a different question.
Was it before or after Obama (BO vs. AO) that we are the number 1 laughing stock in the world?
Is this some kind of joke itself? Southpark just did an episode about Germans being declared the most unfunny nation. It did not end well.........
There was a young Turk, name of Akbar.
His wife said, “Go to the doctor.”
He’d caught a sore from his harem,
and it sure as heck scared him.
So for now he will not be a Focker.
OMG, no wonder they are not funny! It is SO hard to write a limerick about them!
Since Obama, I do find myself looking down and shaking my head more than ever though.
I bet alcohol consumption is up, too. I would drink more but I can’t afford it now.
You gonna pull out your snub nosed revolver now?
Who is also noted for having said, "The music of Wagner is much better than it sounds."
His revolver has no nose.
How does it smell?
If you can’t laugh what can you do?
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