Best Sense of Humor in Europe?

[frankhammer]

[KirillMazur]

While we love both (when we find out about German humour).

90% of Russian humor concerns discussions of authorities, money, adultery, alcohol and other social and domestic topics. Previously (about 15-20 years ago) jokes about gopniks were popular, but now they have already come to naught.
I'm interested in from which country humor about sexual details, shit and farting is spreading to the whole world - this is completely unusual for Russia and Russians.

[Turkophagos]

Brits.

Germans are the worst, they can only mock others, they are unable of self-satirizing and they're very thin sinned when the jokes are about them.

[Ranger0075]

If must be somewhere in Western Europe. It is weird how Eastern Europeans don't smile when taking pictures of themselves.

[The Lawspeaker]

90% of Russian humor concerns discussions of authorities, money, adultery, alcohol and other social and domestic topics. Previously (about 15-20 years ago) jokes about gopniks were popular, but now they have already come to naught.
I'm interested in from which country humor about sexual details, shit and farting is spreading to the whole world - this is completely unusual for Russia and Russians.

I think Dutch humour is dry, it can be political, making fun of relationships or marriage (the mother-in-law always gets it here), disability sometimes, religion. It's rather black but also using swear words for shock value. A lot of word play as well. It can be self-deprecating or taking the piss out of the neighbours or town vs town (playing with stereotypes). And, yes, it can be deliciously racist as well. Humour is just no holds barred here.


What do you need to do when your mother-in-law comes stumbling towards you ?

[KirillMazur]

How about American humor? It's not quite as dry as English humor but basically in the same vein. How does that translate?

American humor is quite popular, we now understand it well enough because of Hollywood anf PC games.
No translation needed for the phrase "in the same vein" - here we have the same one with the same meaning.

[KirillMazur]

I think Dutch humour is dry, it can be political, making fun of relationships or marriage (the mother-in-law always gets it here), disability sometimes, religion. It's rather black but also using swear words for shock value. A lot of word play as well. It can be self-deprecating or taking the piss out of the neighbours or town vs town (playing with stereotypes). And, yes, it can be deliciously racist as well. Humour is just no holds barred here.


What do you need to do when your mother-in-law comes stumbling towards you ?

How could I forget about the mother-in-law (my mother-in-law is relatively harmless) - this is also one of the main topics. And racism - Russians often joke about their neighbors, and about the Chukchi, there is also a whole section of jokes that begins with the words: “Once German, French and Russian ...” Jokes about Jews and the Revolution, about the army in general are quite popular. Many jokes are based on a play on words and are completely incomprehensible to non-native speakers and non-bearers of mentality.
Even on this forum, my eloquence is noticeably affected - as a non-native speaker, I just don’t know how to translate a huge number of expressions into English and no Google will help here.

[gixajo]

Well, if Monty Python is a good example of British humour, British humour is quite good, but I remember also this one:

[Grace O'Malley]

Classic Dave Allen

[Blondie]

1. England: Monty Python, Benny Hill, Allo Allo!, You rang M'Lord?
2. Spain: Torrente movies
3. France: Louis de Funes