Northern English Humour - Do Americans 'Get It'?

Oldham = between the sheets ?

:noidea:

 

Maybe, but I think it's more likely Oldham = 'hold em'.

 

And the frog gets it*.

(I hope it didn't hurt* ).

* it = 'it

 

Cabby,
I think I've said before, I used to subscribe to some British Motorcycle magazines. There were clearly times when humor was injected in articles and write-in stories and letters.
No, I didn't get it. I wish I did. George Bernard Shaw said; "England and America are two countries separated by a common language."
I know he's right.
Have a good day.
Tony

 

I expect I missed the subtle British connotations, but I got a chuckle taking it as a typical blonde joke and male reaction (any where you want to go baby, who cares about my job!). Given I'm a naturally blonde female, I've heard many of these jokes over the years.

side note: One year it was just my mom (a minister) and I together for Thanksgiving. We decided to go out to a movie - Life of Brian. We were in tears laughing so much. Fortunately for me, she explained some of the biblical twists I missed. It's a memory that always makes me smile.

 

What she means is "are you having a mid life crisis"
But she was using a double entendre, she was also asking if you(he) were going to the gay pride parade at Oldham...
BTW most roads have traffic traveling in both directions.

 

My dad was an engineer. He had a business trip that took him to Italy, France, Germany and the UK. As he told it, despite the language barriers, they had no problems in Italy, France or Germany. However, once they got to the UK there was a significant failure to communicate and the meetings were very frustrating.

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

 

Not just Monty Python; I love Red Dwarf, Blackadder, The I.T. Crowd, The Young Ones, The Goodies, etc. etc.

I don't like Benny Hill, though.

Edited after qbee's post to add I got it right away, too. More Yanks would have gotten it right away, too, if you said a Cockney accent since most of us are more familiar with that.

 

Got it right away, but perhaps that's because I am accustomed to that sort of accent.

Tom

 

I have a collection of The Young Ones, Bottom (favorite), Saturday Live, Jeeves and Wooster, Are You Being Served, Black Adder, League of Gentlemen, etc. I enjoy the subtle turns of phrase, even when there is slapstick. The thing about Britcoms, is they spend time writing them, not just throwing some crap out and putting a laugh track on it.

The one thing I am most curious about, however, is the British penchant for the costume walk-on. In many episodes, one of the characters merely walks on in some outrageous costume at the appropriate time, the audience breaks up, and the scene changes. Remarkable.

 

I got it ... but it just isn't funny.

 

We watched all the Monty Python movies in college... they were so freaking funny back then. Not so much today.

 

This is probably a friendlier room than most in America.

Americans and their British cousins are just about polar opposites where humor and many other things are concerned.
We overdo everything. No understatements here.