posted October 20, 2008 06:15 PM         

Excerpt from our chatroom crackup (I think reading this will be a case of "you had to be there" as the humour is pretty New Zealand-related - but just to give you an idea. We were Mihi Man):

[12:03 AM] trin kia ora mihi man
[12:03 AM] trin pehea ana
[12:03 AM] Mihi_Man aue! my face has been cut off bro!
[12:04 AM] trin eeeer aye?
[12:05 AM] Mihi_Man my face on the wall bro you know?
[12:07 AM] Mihi_Man whew that's better. going through that wall was really strange
[12:07 AM] trin lol you bin in the forums?
[12:08 AM] Mihi_Man eh what is lol i don't eat lollies because of my medication it gives me a dry mouth
[12:09 AM] trin lol=laugh out loud eow
[12:10 AM] Mihi_Man is that you in that photo? your pretty, do you like aswad?
[12:12 AM] trin yeah wot a waiata of theres?
[12:12 AM] taipo kia ora mihiman
[12:13 AM] Mihi_Man warrior and don't turn around cos you only see my heart breakin. what about womack and womack?
[12:13 AM] trin L Word?
[12:13 AM] Mihi_Man kia ora taipo
[12:15 AM] trin not for a very long time....
[12:18 AM] Mihi_Man "and don't you screw don't you screw like no real baddy boo" - african children by aswad. these lyrics were nearly a trigger for my breakdown 15 years ago. heavy tutae
[12:20 AM] taipo womack and womack, i think my great great great granduncle had their 45
[12:21 AM] Mihi_Man hey i've got that one!
[12:22 AM] Mihi_Man taipo i'm confused about Paru's big korero about the shiites cia and tom clancy post he made today. it was very very long and had too many words and i can only concentrate a minute at a time. is this allowed?
[12:23 AM] taipo it was written for pre television maori to read, before we needed ads every 4 minutes
[12:25 AM] Mihi_Man i like tv! do you think he's an angry man?
[12:25 AM] taipo paru?
[12:25 AM] Mihi_Man ae
[12:25 AM] taipo very angry
[12:25 AM] Mihi_Man aue!
[12:27 AM] Mihi_Man i channel my anger into my maxi priest cd's. he's got some good messages for us
[12:27 AM] trin ok pomarie korua
[12:27 AM] trin left the room.
[12:29 AM] Mihi_Man wow she was nice! it was good to meet another aswad fan
[12:30 AM] taipo yeah, aswad, are they a band or a pad for whiping **** with
[12:32 AM] Mihi_Man :*( "teardrops in my eyes remind me baby of you" - teardrops by womack and womack, i guess that's what gets me through the day
[12:33 AM] taipo ah yep i remember now
[12:33 AM] Mihi_Man awesome
[12:33 AM] Mihi_Man
[12:33 AM] taipo so where you from mihi
[12:35 AM] Mihi_Man hanging out in gore at the moment. the man at the garage here told me not to get into any 'old bombs' when i was hitch hiking to invercargill so i changed my mind and went home
[12:36 AM] taipo gore??? jeez! I went thru there once
[12:37 AM] Mihi_Man did you see the man at the garage?
[12:37 AM] taipo yeah, my motorbike was breaking down, he told me it was old
[12:38 AM] taipo too old to fix
[12:38 AM] taipo usually means 'im too bloody lazy to have a look' or 'in fact its not too old, its just a bike i know nothing about'
[12:39 AM] Mihi_Man was it a norton? the man at the garage was more nicer than that one. he seemed concerned about me
[12:40 AM] taipo no it was a suzuki GSX 400 1987
[12:40 AM] taipo so i figure it was a standard response to 'dam thats too hard'
[12:42 AM] Mihi_Man is that a big bike? 15 years ago i wasn't feeling well and also somebody stole my cd's but i ended up spending a couple of weeks out of it in balclutha it was really strange
[12:43 AM] Mihi_Man it was a gang pad and they were nice to me but i spent a lot of time on a sofa
[12:43 AM] taipo na nota big bike
[12:45 AM] Mihi_Man i've got a bike too but i'm scared to ride it in gore because they call me **** -hard mihi mansfield and faggot. sux.
[12:46 AM] taipo gore is a scary place man
[12:46 AM] taipo just the name alone makes me think 'heeerrres johnnny!'
[12:47 AM] Mihi_Man yeah dude that's why i listen to aswad, it gives me peace of mind. where's johnny?
[12:48 AM] taipo ok brother, nice to chat, imma head to moe land
[12:48 AM] taipo ka kite ano ne
[12:48 AM] Mihi_Man ok i like talking to you. i don't sleep usually but i go to bed at 5.45am
[12:49 AM] taipo ok well have fun either way
[12:49 AM] Mihi_Man thanks ka kite ano bro will you be here tommorrow?
[12:49 AM] taipo probably
[12:49 AM] Mihi_Man cool man
[12:49 AM] taipo a little earlier though
[12:49 AM] Mihi_Man ok i'll be here on time
[12:50 AM] taipo pomarie
[12:50 AM] Mihi_Man peace out

posted October 20, 2008 11:03 PM         

Teach yourself Paul McCartney - "ok right" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K07QYwNKr6M

Teach yourself David Bowie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkRlIMrVG1w

Barry Gibb in the studio http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP3EXq2rg2U

posted October 21, 2008 01:37 AM         

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I'm taipo. To think I cared about you, mihi_man.

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posted October 22, 2008 05:01 AM         

Mr Gem and I saw a "Mr G" lookalike today - we BOTH recognised the resemblance at the same time, and then watched "Mr G" in the 24 Hour Dairy so we could see what he was buying.

posted October 22, 2008 06:57 AM         

I thought Deepak Chakra was the apex but no. Fortunately not. Lol.

"wot a waiata of there?" lol I keep trying to say that out loud and I failing dismally. Then there was "don't you screw... " and "womack to womack"

oh... the "I can only concentrate a minute at a time" line also did the job. Ha. But the winner must go to the maxi priest reference.

I just imagine someone taking their angst off "She was a Jezebel this Brixton queen. Living her life like a backstreet dream" then really cranking the rage up when maxi priest says, "I just wanna be close to you..."

posted October 22, 2008 07:35 AM         

"these lyrics were nearly a trigger for my breakdown 15 years ago".

posted October 22, 2008 11:12 AM         

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I googled it and lo and behold, there was a flood in my neighbourhood and I didn't know. I called her back and the first thing I said was, "Oh My God, creator, the divine. I almost died!" She just went into a laughing fit. Then I carried on speaking about how it would have been an ugly and shameful day if I had flooded and died because I wasn't even wearing my best nickers.

I think I'm eccentric. Yes.

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posted October 22, 2008 04:54 PM         

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I just imagine someone taking their angst off "She was a Jezebel this Brixton queen. Living her life like a backstreet dream" then really cranking the rage up when maxi priest says, "I just wanna be close to you..."

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OMG LMAO what an image!

posted October 26, 2008 07:53 PM         

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23 - The Chasers are HILARIOUS! The crazy warehouse guy is one of their best.

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My dad looses the plot when he sees the Warehouse Guy! I personally liked Chris Taylor's waiting skits:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyFZbf6n2As

Another Chris special; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0YeNen2UWs

Cancerian Man at best (cute too!)

The best skit ever was when he was playing musical instruments at people in the restaurant , I still wet myself laughing when I see it, I can't find the skit on youtube though!

posted October 26, 2008 07:54 PM         

I heard that they got signed up for 10 more episodes at $6 million.

Oh Summer Heights High! I got the DVD for a friend recently and she lived remotely and said it was totally cringeworthy. I have another friend who can't watch it. I love it, it's SOOOO wrong and poor Jonah, I feel so sorry for Jonah But have you seen "We Can Be Heroes?" That's even worse, Phil Ollivetti ewwwww....

posted October 26, 2008 08:00 PM         

Oh I can't breathe The quality's poor but I can't breath

posted October 28, 2008 12:29 PM         

I must say, I've been tickled by Little Britain.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mCbIz10PK8&feature=related

of course I love Conan O'Brien:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyme_nWxYPo&NR=1

posted October 28, 2008 02:23 PM         

I was shopping at the local supermarket where I selected:
A half-gallon of 2% milk
A carton of eggs
A quart of orange juice
A head of lettuce
A 2 lb. can of coffee
A 1 lb. package of bacon

As I was unloading my items on the conveyor belt to check out, a drunk
standing behind me watched as I placed the items in front of the cashier.
While the cashier was ringing up the purchases, the drunk calmly stated,
''You must be single.''

I was a bit startled by this proclamation, but I was intrigued by the
derelict's intuition, since I was indeed single. I looked at the six
items on the belt and saw nothing particularly unusual about my selections that
could have tipped off the drunk to my marital status.

Curiosity getting the better of me, I said: ''Well, you know what,
you're absolutely right. But how on earth did you know that?''

The drunk replied, ''Cause you're ugly!''
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I have Mercury and Jupiter in Sagittarius in the 3rd house. and I love saying jokes to friends or make them laugh. Never rude jokes or anything of that sort though.
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Here's another one
THREE WOMEN, TWO YOUNGER, AND ONE SENIOR CITIZEN, WERE SITTING NAKED IN A SAUNA. SUDDENLY THERE WAS A BEEPING SOUND. THE YOUNG WOMAN PRESSED HER FOREARM AND THE BEEP STOPPED. THE OTHERS LOOKED AT HER QUESTIONINGLY. 'THAT WAS MY PAGER,' SHE SAID. I HAVE A MICROCHIP UNDER THE SKIN OF MY ARM.

A FEW MINUTES LATER, A PHONE RANG. THE SECOND YOUNG WOMAN LIFTED HER PALM TO HER EAR. WHEN SHE FINISHED, SHE EXPLAINED, 'THAT WAS MY MOBILE PHONE. I HAVE A MICROCHIP IN MY HAND.'

THE OLDER WOMAN FELT VERY LOW -TECH. NOT TO BE OUT DONE, SHE DECIDED SHE HAD TO DO SOMETHING JUST AS IMPRESS IVE. SHE STEPPED OUT OF THE SAUNA AND WENT TO THE BATHROOM. SHE RETURNED WITH A PIECE OF TOILET P APER HANGING FROM HER REAR END.

posted October 29, 2008 06:41 AM         

We Can Be Heroes was the first I saw of Chris Lilley and it was so funny! I saw you can get it on DVD as well as Summer Heights High. Apparently SHH is screening on BBC too.

I'll watch the videos when I get a bit more time!

posted October 29, 2008 01:25 PM         

Even if you're not funny, you've definitely got some funny things working for you.

You've said that you're eccentric a few times, and I believe that's probably true. Being eccentric is a cornerstone of humor, because what's funny is often a matter of having a different perspective.

When my Taurus friend asks me who's going to kill us while we're talking politics, and I answer, "Joanne." She has to laugh, because the answer she had in mind was China, but I was thinking that she was going to make a joke, so I gave her the best punchline I could think of: the crazy girl in our office. If your train of thought is different than the norm, then I think it's natural that you inspire laughter.

Honesty. You told the story of the braggart. What you said there was funny, because you managed to voice what everyone was thinking. It might seem like the opposite premise to being eccentric, but in a way it still was eccentric, because you were the only one to say something. Brutal honesty can be hilarious. In the movie Knocked Up, the main male character was funny almost exclusively for his brutal honesty. Of course all Virgos are going to be able to exploit this form of humor.

Last, but not least, obliviousness is totally funny. I'd have laughed at you, too, for not knowing your own neighborhood was flooding. I think this trait is so obviously funny it needs no elaboration. Don't think you're alone, or that I'm making fun of you, though. We all get caught in the dark at some point; some more than others.

So, you may not feel like you're funny, but you've got the inborn traits for other people to find humor in what you naturally do.

posted October 29, 2008 01:37 PM         

AG-

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That was a tough four pages to slog through...

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The Moon(10th) could play a big part. Mine could be called afflicted if it weren't for the many dignities it has. It's square Mercury (12th). It's harmonious with my Sun and Mars though.

Gigi - etam ,ynnuf em dnif ouy esuaceb tsuJ'

Leonine Ox- I forgot to tell you that you're funny, with that whole thing of being only your own fan, or a fan of yourself only. Lol. I almost wrote: of being your only fan.

posted October 29, 2008 02:29 PM         

You didn't have to explain. I know you weren't laughing at me. If you were, I'd still be okay, but I'd probably ask you to explain it so I can get it too.

You're dead on the money. I am a bit oblivious to my surroundings, and more accurately, to what's normal. But, don't worry. I'd never embarrass you in public. I have that sorted and rehearsed.

I'm one of those people who could whisper something in your ear, and when you tell someone what I said, they just wouldn't believe you because I don't look anything like my thoughts. Anne Heche "died for our sins" so to speak, and I've learned from her mistakes. Imagine what would have happened if Howard Hughes had showed people his weirdness? We'd probably still be travelling by ship over long distances.

posted October 29, 2008 02:42 PM         

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I'm one of those people who could whisper something in your ear, and when you tell someone what I said, they just wouldn't believe you because I don't look anything like my thoughts.

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posted October 29, 2008 04:02 PM         

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When I was in Sydney I saw Guy Sebastian at Mama's Italian restaurant - a non-comedy example, but what was funny was watching him trying to look inconspicuous after he noticed that I had spotted him.

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Hmm, I thought he'd a bit more open about it and friendly maybe he was being the typical secretive Sco. When I saw Dean Geyer walking around a few months back with his Veronica, they were quite open about people looking at them. They too are incredibly SHORT!

I think the ex-bf gf thing made you laugh as you put because she reminded you of yourself, which is an important part of humour - ie self-deprecation and an ability to mock what you know (ie improper behaviour such as stereotyping others for example) so well. SHH, Little Britain and shows like that work on principles of this. You've stereotyped yourself by observing her behaviour.

AG - you're right the moon, you need to feel in order to understand, it needs to hit the soul.

Savannah - that's a talent you have that I don't. I don't tell jokes very wlll, my Aqu Mercury square Uranus means I have a very non-linear way of communicating. However, I always wished that I could. My humour is more spontaneous and opportunistic I guess, based on wit and absurdity. I've noticed since coming on this thread that I like all things incredibly absurd, just look at some of the links that I put up with Chris Taylor's chaser in it. I guess this is the Aqu in me, absurd and just eccentric.

posted October 29, 2008 04:23 PM         

I think in relation to yourself GL, I think this shows another important element to humour and comedy. It's the acceptance of truth, the truth is presented to you and if we choose to accept it, we see the truth and laugh at it. If we don't, we don't find it funny and find it offensive. Very Sag qualities don't you think?