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#173455 - 02/11/08 07:52 PM Re: "Wry and/or Dry "sense of humor" [Re: GallantTed]
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 BranShea Carpal Tunnel
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague	Definitionately. Personally for the time being I have a "just getting by" sense of humor. Cheers GT.

#173462 - 02/12/08 02:53 AM Re: "Wry and/or Dry "sense of humor" [Re: CarlAdler]
Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Jackie
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky	I can give you an example of my cousin's use of dry humor; he's somewhat of a neighbor of yours, meaning I haven't seen the house. When I asked him what the house he'd built looked like, he said, "Oh-h-h, four walls and a roof."

#173464 - 02/12/08 03:06 AM Re: "Wry and/or Dry "sense of humor" [Re: Jackie]
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Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont	Originally Posted By: Jackie I can give you an example of my cousin's use of dry humor; he's somewhat of a neighbor of yours, meaning I haven't seen the house. When I asked him what the house he'd built looked like, he said, "Oh-h-h, four walls and a roof." ah, he's got a dog, then? formerly known as etaoin...

#173474 - 02/12/08 11:46 AM Re: "Wry and/or Dry "sense of humor" [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu]
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Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803	Keeps the rain off.

#173490 - 02/12/08 07:08 PM Re: "Wry and/or Dry "sense of humor" [Re: Faldage]
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Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky	He said dryly.

#173500 - 02/13/08 12:20 AM Re: "Wry and/or Dry "sense of humor" [Re: GallantTed]
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belMarduk Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891	Originally Posted By: GallantTed Howya tsuwm Ya made some good pints fer sure. However, I notice ya failed ta mention the fella what will laff at anythin when he's filled ta the brim with whiskey - he's the guy with a rye sense a humour. Be seein ya GT HA!!

#173502 - 02/13/08 02:43 AM Re: "Wry and/or Dry "sense of humor" [Re: belMarduk]
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GallantTed enthusiast Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 275 Ireland	Howye fokes Meself and the other Teds have been hotly debaten this issue beyont in Slasher's jint. Maybe it's just the case that someone haven a dry sense a humour and a actual dry joak are 2 different things alltagather. And as fer the peeple what laff at dry joaks, well, what ta call them may be a different kittle a fish fer sure. Meanwhile, me pal, MadDogTed, is wonderen if someone what laffs at himself has a I sense a humour - or is it a me sense a humour? Be seein ya GT

#173505 - 02/13/08 03:54 AM Re: "Wry and/or Dry "sense of humor" [Re: GallantTed]
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Sparteye Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773	My friend Iris has an eye sense of humor.

#173517 - 02/13/08 12:31 PM Re: "Wry and/or Dry "sense of humor" [Re: Sparteye]
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 BranShea Carpal Tunnel
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague	>- if someone what laffs at himself has a I sense a humour - or is it a me sense a humour? Someone what laffs at himself has a high sense of humour.

#173919 - 02/23/08 01:27 AM Re: "Wry and/or Dry "sense of humor" [Re: BranShea]
Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 The Pook old hand
The Pook old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania	I don't think someone with a dry sense of humour is someone without humour, but someone whose humour is not immediately recognisable as such. It's not your garden variety cheery slapstick type, and may be perceived as rather mirthless by those who prefer Benny Hill to Daria. It is a cat's humour rather than a dog's humour. It is the kind of joke you tell without smiling, out of the side of your mouth with teeth firmly clamped together like Dirty Harry. It is unlikely to evoke a belly laugh in response, but more likely a quite snigger. I think 'dry' and 'wry' humour are overlapping terms, but not completely interchangeable. 'Wry' contains the element of being a bit twisted. The word comes from OE for 'twist' and is presumably where we get 'wring' from. Dry humour can be wry humour, but not necessarily. Last edited by The Pook; 02/23/08 03:47 AM.

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