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Subject:Re: Humor From:Jack DeLand <adamchar -at- CHAMBER -dot- ANN-ARBOR -dot- MI -dot- US> Date:Thu, 9 May 1996 12:25:53 -0400
Well, geez, Martyn, c'mon - France?! You're citing France in the same
sentence as "humor"? - Speaking as a person of French lineage, "we" would
find only Jerry Lewis, and possibly Ingmar Bergman slipping on a bana peel,
funny.
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>For
>example, in the UK, if a minister makes a speech, he is expected to include
>one or two jokes: if a minister in France does this, he is not taken
>seriously - humour is always going to be a culture thing, as well as being
>personal.
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