Stuff to Make Us Laugh

[Rob]

May 9th Victory Day memorial in Uralsk, Kazakhstan. Someone has a sense of humour (and topical relevance)

 

[Coinery]

[1949threepence]

[Peckris 2]

[Zo Arms]

[1949threepence]

A great read!

THESE ARE ACTUAL COMPLAINTS RECEIVED BY "THOMAS COOK VACATIONS" FROM DISSATISFIED CUSTOMERS:

1. "They should not allow topless sunbathing on the beach. It was very distracting for my husband who just wanted to relax."

2. "On my holiday to Goa in India, I was disgusted to find that almost every restaurant served curry. I don't like spicy food."

3. "We went on holiday to Spain and had a problem with the taxi drivers as they were all Spanish."

4. "We booked an excursion to a water park but no-one told us we had to bring our own swimsuits and towels. We assumed it would be included in the price."

5. "The beach was too sandy. We had to clean everything when we returned to our room."

6. "We found the sand was not like the sand in the brochure. Your brochure shows the sand as white but it was more yellow."

7. "It's lazy of the local shopkeepers in Puerto Vallartato close in the afternoons. I often needed to buy things during 'siesta' time -- this should be banned."

8. "No-one told us there would be fish in the water. The children were scared."

9. "Although the brochure said that there was a fully equipped kitchen, there was no egg-slicer in the drawers."

10. "I think it should be explained in the brochure that the local convenience store does not sell proper biscuits like custard creams or ginger nuts."

11. "The roads were uneven and bumpy, so we could not read the local guide book during the bus ride to the resort. Because of this, we were unaware of many things that would have made our holiday more fun."

12. "It took us nine hours to fly home from Jamaica to England. It took the Americans only three hours to get home. This seems unfair."

13. "I compared the size of our one-bedroom suite to our friends' three-bedroom and ours was significantly smaller."

14. "The brochure stated: 'No hairdressers at the resort.' We're trainee hairdressers and we think they knew and made us wait longer for service."

15. "When we were in Spain, there were too many Spanish people there. The receptionist spoke Spanish, the food was Spanish. No one told us that there would be so many foreigners."

16. "We had to line up outside to catch the boat and there was no air-conditioning."

17. "It is your duty as a tour operator to advise us of noisy or unruly guests before we travel."

18. "I was bitten by a mosquito. The brochure did not mention mosquitoes."

19. "My fiancée and I requested twin-beds when we booked, but instead we were placed in a room with a king bed. We now hold you responsible and want to be re-reimbursed for the fact that I became pregnant. This would not have happened if you had put us in the room that we booked."

 

[secret santa]

[Diaconis]

[Peckris 2]

Another Scottish one...

"Would ye like a chocolate digestive or a meringue?"

"No, you're nae wrang - I'd love a chocolate digestive"

[secret santa]

[Michael-Roo]

Not funny.

Edited August 19, 2023 by Michael-Roo

[Rob]

Not in English either. Why are so many people bi-lingual? Something purporting to be English as their first language, with occasional diversions into English. 

[copper123]

19 hours ago, Rob said:

Not in English either. Why are so many people bi-lingual? Something purporting to be English as their first language, with occasional diversions into English. 

I started speaking klingon a year ago and everyone treats me like a bloody alien!

[Peckris 2]

3 hours ago, copper123 said:

I started speaking klingon a year ago and everyone treats me like a bloody alien!

kqwakk off...

[oldcopper]

On 8/19/2023 at 7:25 PM, Michael-Roo said:

Not funny.

Never mind the Spanish Inquisition, here come the Puritan woke! Closely followed by the grammar police.....

A harmless and wryly amusing joke in my opinion, playing on our stereotyping, but in your eyes not as funny as picturing Trump and Hitler greeting each other, truly sophisticated humour that, or thinking about it, berating someone for having the temerity to design their own book cover not up to your expert standards.

 

[Michael-Roo]

35 minutes ago, oldcopper said:

Never mind the Spanish Inquisition, here come the Puritan woke! Closely followed by the grammar police.....

A harmless and wryly amusing joke in my opinion, playing on our stereotyping, but in your eyes not as funny as picturing Trump and Hitler greeting each other, truly sophisticated humour that, or thinking about it, berating someone for having the temerity to design their own book cover not up to your expert standards.

 

Prick.

[Diaconis]

 

11 minutes ago, Michael-Roo said:

Prick.

😂 I'm reminded of "The master of quick wit and ready repartee" joke that did the rounds at school, memories...

[Coinery]

Woah, this all seems a little out of character. Really bothers me when people are being unkind to each other!

[oldcopper]

50 minutes ago, Coinery said:

Woah, this all seems a little out of character. Really bothers me when people are being unkind to each other!

That's alright, Michael can't dispute any of my points so he has to fall back on name-calling. Par for the course.

[secret santa]

I put this little cartoon up as I and my peer group found it amusing.

Looks like it's time to leave this forum.

[jelida]

1 hour ago, secret santa said:

I put this little cartoon up as I and my peer group found it amusing.

Looks like it's time to leave this forum.

Don’t you dare leave, Richard, you are one of the most important contributors here!

I found this photo amusing as well, a gentle dig at the stereotypical inability of manhood to cope when the womenfolk are away. While I can only assume that there are other interpretations, I have certainly been disappointed at the nature of some responses and I think that we all carry a responsibility to be civil, I’m sure most would agree.

Jerry

[Zo Arms]

[Peckris 2]

On 8/21/2023 at 5:40 PM, jelida said:

Don’t you dare leave, Richard, you are one of the most important contributors here!

I found this photo amusing as well, a gentle dig at the stereotypical inability of manhood to cope when the womenfolk are away. While I can only assume that there are other interpretations, I have certainly been disappointed at the nature of some responses and I think that we all carry a responsibility to be civil, I’m sure most would agree.

To be honest, that's how I interpreted it as well. I can see how another view is possible - i.e. 'a woman's place is in the home', but that's not how I saw it.

[copper123]

On 8/22/2023 at 10:15 PM, Peckris 2 said:

To be honest, that's how I interpreted it as well. I can see how another view is possible - i.e. 'a woman's place is in the home', but that's not how I saw it.

Not the football pitch ?

[Peckris 2]

1 hour ago, copper123 said:

Not the football pitch ?

Quite. When did the men last reach a World Cup final? oh yes - 1966.