A Call For Humor!

[Robin L]

 

[DenonMate]

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When AI and the new robots were introduced, I was thrilled. I thought, “Finally, there’s a solution for those simple, boring, repetitive tasks.” I immediately thought, “I want one of those—for cleaning, doing laundry, and cooking.” Then I’d have plenty of time to be creative—something AI can’t do. Well… where’s the rag…

 

[respice finem]

Spontaneous silly thought - soccer and sucker sound similar. Mere coincidence?

 

[DenonMate]

That’s why it’s called football in europe.

 

[somebodyelse]

"Rugby is a game for ruffians played by gentlemen and football is a game for gentlemen played by ruffians."

A very snobbish view because ruggah is played in public schools and football is played by working class kids.

That's one interpretation, and might have been the original intent. A friend sees it differently, having been one of the working class kids playing mostly rugby but some football. For him it's about the behaviour.

 

[sergeauckland]

That's one interpretation, and might have been the original intent. A friend sees it differently, having been one of the working class kids playing mostly rugby but some football. For him it's about the behaviour.

Then there's the whole snobbism between Rugby Union and Rugby League. Union was played in the posher schools, League was played professionally Oop North where it's grim.

S.

 

[MatrixS2000]

 

[xanalog]

...
Cricket, a game played by gentlemen and watched by gentlemen
Rugby, a game played by gentlemen and watched by hooligans.
Football, a game played by hooligans and watched by hooligans.
...

Afraid to ask:
So, which game/sport is played by hooligans and watched by gentlemen?
Sorry.

 

[Salt]

Golf in Florida

 

[respice finem]

MMA youknowwhere

 

[xanalog]

Reasons to like France

Ethnics jokes were a thing when I was growing up and making fun of most every (or any) ethnicity was totally acceptable... and quite funny!
There were no limits: From Polaks to Ricans to... even one's own!
So, herewith, I must recall one, for nostalgic reasons (re-framed for the 21st Century):

Necessity is the mother of invention — but apparently in 17th-century France, the mother in question hadn't bathed in several weeks, and necessity smelled like it!
And so perfume was born — not as an enhancement, but as France's first and most successful instance of marketing; turning a bug into a feature.

 

[thegeton]

So, herewith, I must recall one, for nostalgic reasons (re-framed for the 21st Century):

I can get you a great bargain on some French MAS-36, only dropped once...

 

[xanalog]

I can get you a great bargain on some French MAS-36, only dropped once...

No, thank you.
I am a 4711 man but not because I am a fanboy of that short, french emperor.

 

[Paul7777x]

 

[Paul7777x]

Me, every time I’m off to the gym.

 

[Bleib]

 

[respice finem]

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epic AI "poetry"

 

[Salt]

epic AI "poetry"

Wait until this turns via instadings and such to a lot of surgery corrections request ...

 

[Sir Sanders Zingmore]

Then there's the whole snobbism between Rugby Union and Rugby League. Union was played in the posher schools, League was played professionally Oop North where it's grim.

S.

The snobbiness still exists. In Australia (and I’m sure in NZ too) if you say “rugby” most people will assume you mean Union.

 

[Sir Sanders Zingmore]

That's one interpretation, and might have been the original intent. A friend sees it differently, having been one of the working class kids playing mostly rugby but some football. For him it's about the behaviour.

I’m guessing your friend is talking about League when they say “rugby”. As @sergeauckland points out, there’s a real class difference between the sports. My family moved to the uk for a few years when I were a lad. The posh school I attended did not even offer football as a sport. It was rugby (union) only, football was the working class game.
Back then, rugby (union) was purely amateur so the top level players were often wealthy enough that they didn’t need other jobs or were in highly paid professions.