I'm not going to quote tweet bc I have no desire to dunk on the OP, but it is so bizarre to me that the Brits think their humor is so unique. It's a street sign for Duck Street. They put ducks on it. This is a joke literally any country would make. Ducks on a duck sign. How eccentric! How novel! - ThreadSky

astridoverthere.bsky.social • 4 days ago

I'm not going to quote tweet bc I have no desire to dunk on the OP, but it is so bizarre to me that the Brits think their humor is so unique.

It's a street sign for Duck Street. They put ducks on it. This is a joke literally any country would make. Ducks on a duck sign. How eccentric! How novel!

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baccabeckup.bsky.social•3 days ago

British humour *can* be completely surreal and bonkers, but I think that can become an idea that *all* British humour is completely surreal and bonkers.

astridoverthere.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yeah! There's plenty of fun examples of unique styles of humor that came from the UK. It's just weird to me when it's applied to really normal, human-nature sorts of jokes.

thecityz.bsky.social•3 days ago

The British will quite literally invade your anus.

byrninho.bsky.social•3 days ago

I'd say the OP doesn't get British humour, either.

astridoverthere.bsky.social•3 days ago

Idk man there's a lot of Brits in my replies all of a sudden ready to go fight in the alley over whether this joke is funny.

And I didn't even say it wasn't funny. I said it wasn't unique. And they're in here acting like I personally stole their Nan's purse.

flikq.dev•3 days ago

“I don’t want to dunk on the OP but I’m gonna dunk on the OP”

hunsweasel.bsky.social•4 days ago

"[The UK] is so crazzzzzzzzzy. I love [it]!"

thoughtcat.bsky.social•3 days ago

The joke is it’s a shit joke and we know it and that’s what’s funny. We don’t expect Americans to get it.

tishtishtish.bsky.social•3 days ago

But that’s the thing, why wouldn’t we get it? You’re missing the point that literally anyone in any country would make this same joke for the same reason lol

thoughtcat.bsky.social•3 days ago

You still don’t get it

psuedonympho.bsky.social•3 days ago

So it’s a country full of bad Dad jokes? How novel, how fascinating

thoughtcat.bsky.social•3 days ago

You’re welcome.

astridoverthere.bsky.social•3 days ago

... Yeah. That's. How everyone else. Also sees that joke.

My point is that it's not unique to see that joke that way. There's really no other way to see "lol ducks on ducks."

There's nothing WRONG with the joke. I don't object to the cute dad joke. I said as much. It's just not uniquely British.

deadlyvices.bsky.social•3 days ago

If you don't like that, you'll hate this.

(A man's about as big as the things that make him angry)

astridoverthere.bsky.social•3 days ago

Point to where I said I didn't like it.

Also I fucking love this are you kidding.

astridoverthere.bsky.social•4 days ago

"You just don't understand British humor" and then the humor in question is like, a fart joke. It's so bizarre.

And I think lots of British comedians are very funny! I enjoy a British panel show! But it's not some special brand of humor, it's pretty straightforward.

heyalicia.bsky.social•4 days ago

I think what it is is “not French” because that’s who Brits always compare themselves to

astridoverthere.bsky.social•4 days ago

Which is even funnier, really, because the French are so much better at deadpan humor and sarcasm both, which are the things Brits claim make their humor so unique.

bromezaddams.bsky.social•4 days ago

Oop nailed it

Also I think Quebecois humour is HELLA weird and alien to me lol and I'm in the next privince over. British humour is just raunchier than Canadian humour, it's easy to get tho

avhiero.bsky.social•4 days ago

Dry British Wit and it's Jennifer Saunders falling down and knocking over a Reliant Robin while Rowan Atkinson makes a face in the driver's seat.

ilikemints.bsky.social•4 days ago

it's so weird when they say we don't get sarcasm

astridoverthere.bsky.social•4 days ago

THEY don't get sarcasm, they think sarcasm is when you insult somebody and they're supposed to understand you didn't mean it, except you absolutely did. They say "sarcasm" when they mean "bullying but with plausible deniability."

bromezaddams.bsky.social•4 days ago

🤣🤣🤣

bromezaddams.bsky.social•4 days ago

That'd literally just cute and fun? Also a child could come up with that, which is not an insult, but like, it's nothing special except that it's a little amusement everyone can enjoy

astridoverthere.bsky.social•4 days ago

Exactly! That's why I didn't want to dunk on the OP, it's a cute and harmless joke and it's fine to find it fun! But calling it "eccentric British humor" is WILD.

bromezaddams.bsky.social•4 days ago

Also "posting without context"

All the context anyone needs is in the photo, there's nothing to guess about

astridoverthere.bsky.social•4 days ago

Unless there's a hidden third layer here where everyone knows that a French Duke lives here and it's a pun on "Duc", in which case I formally apologize.

bromezaddams.bsky.social•4 days ago

LOL

daisyrazor.bsky.social•4 days ago

Behold, the incomprehensible wackiness of Bostonians:

astridoverthere.bsky.social•4 days ago

"you just don't get our uniqueness, which is that fun stuff is fun"

astridoverthere.bsky.social•4 days ago

But also the ducks with bunny ears are especially amazing

daisyrazor.bsky.social•4 days ago

Some years they have flowered hats.

astridoverthere.bsky.social•4 days ago

I was in Florence Italy about 20 years ago and they had an installation at the time which was a bunch of life-size plaster cows. Artists had been invited to paint/decorate an individual cow any way they liked, and then they were placed all over the city with no explanation posted. It fucking ruled.

daisyrazor.bsky.social•4 days ago

Boston did this, but with pianos! And you could just sit down and play them. It was so fun.

sarahjwh.bsky.social•4 days ago

In 2020 Ogden did this with horse statues, it was a lot of fun to drive around and see in the pandemic

schnedwob.bsky.social•3 days ago

Theresa your national chauvinism is counterrevolutionary and we have deemed you an enemy of comedy

hairybadgeridfk.bsky.social•3 days ago

The best thing about British humour is when Americans get pissy about it 😉.

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