Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Humour Across the World

Having been exposed to various kinds of humour, I thought it would be interesting to give some people an overview of what "funny" means across the world. Here goes my story on the puppy, and the different versions it might have:

Innocent puppy lapping up milk from a tin plate.


Japanese humour:
Master comes along, and swings a 100 Kg hammer on puppy. Puppy doesn't die. "Nani isherundato?" exclaims the master [What the hell are you doing?] as he pulls out the milk box revealing "Milk for baby whales" on its side.

French humour:
Camera moves backwards and you can see that the puppy is actually being licked from behind by another gay puppy.

American humour:
Trap door opens right below puppy, and puppy falls into canyon which was never there when the movie started. Puppy is flattened out as he hits the ground, but doesn't die.

Chinese humour:
Another puppy comes round and starts lapping milk from our hero's tin plate. Our puppy is irritated, and enters in combat mode; follows a strange fight of doggie fucking, tail whipping and flea attacks. Cat ends up lapping all the milk, and both puppies end up as friends as they go through the world hunting the evil cat. Finally, to defeat the evil cat who wants to conquer the world through the milk industry, our hero puppy joins a buddhist monk temple to study the venerated art of tail fighting. Movie ends as our beloved puppy waves its tail and exclaims: "After lapping up the holy milk, I find myself in peace with Buddha. I cannot go back home - there is no home. The world is my kennel."

Kafka humour:
Milk has special ingredients mixed with it, and puppy transforms into a dark mysterious insect-like creature, while still keeping all its former innocence. Puppy is forsaken in the end by its master.

Edgar Poe humour:
The master is watching the puppy grow fatter by the day, for soon he will use its fat to make candles to light his house and finally bury the puppy's remains in the wall. Puppy doesn't die till the wall crumbles, and reveals to the SPA agents the horrible acts of its master.

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