What is australian humor?

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idontlike_idiots

to know when a joke is a joke when it don't sound like one cos it is directed at you & when somebody is pulling your leg

Mardy

Hard to define. How would you describe Roy and HG to an American ? "Imagine Letterman and Reno as baseball commentators with more humility, sentimentality, rougher voices and a greater range of voice and vocabulary."

Slartibartfast

When they think they are going to beat the English in the coming Tests.

Another very good example of their humour (with a "u") is that they think they can hold their beer.

Mind you, they are very good at knitting.
Dangerous sport, knitting.

Careful you Ozzie Bustards.
If you prick your finger you could go to sleep for a hundred years.
Mind you, they're such lazy buggers they'd be happy to do that.

Of course, their finger is about the only thing they can prick!

And that - gentlemen, is Pommie humour (with a "u"), so stick that up yer didgeridoo doos!

vanessaoz

australians love a good joke and like taking the mickey out others. we are just a fun nation. we can laugh at others and laugh at ourselves.

Ken E

Ironic/sardonic. We call people with red hair "Blue". Bald men get called "Curly". Short people get called "Lofty".

You have heard the definitions of socialism, communism, fascism, capitalism etc about the two cows? Well the Australian addendum goes something like this - you buy a bull and after a few years you have a mob of cattle. Then there is a drought. You have two cows.

Search for stories of Crooked Mick of the Speewah - who was a bit like Paul Bunyan but not a giant. Another stereotypical set of stories (in verse this time) contains the immortal line "We'll all be ruined" said Hanrahan, "before the year is out."

The late Bob Hope would not be considered particularly funny here, Funnier than most, but not consistently side-splitting.

renclrk

Something best understood by Australians, and needing lengthy explanation to visitors to the point that.......buggar it!!! it's not gunna work!

AlisonJonshon

Aussie are friendly and honest people. They poke fun at each other and tell other people whats on their mind too.
Cheers

Cameron in OZ

If you are from the USA you will never understand it.

Born a Fox

We don't have a problem making fun of ourselves as this commercial depicts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG3cNr7jWUY

but we also like to make fun of other countries and people without being nasty. We enjoy both American and British humour. We are not deliberately nasty but we do like to poke fun at each other.