Comments on: The Funniest Joke in China – Part 1 http://mylaowai.com/2007/05/07/the-funniest-joke-in-china-part-1/ This Blog was Invented in Xi'an 5,000 Years Ago Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:37:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ned Kelly http://mylaowai.com/2007/05/07/the-funniest-joke-in-china-part-1/#comment-9739 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:37:52 +0000 http://mylaowai.wordpress.com/2007/05/07/the-funniest-joke-in-china-part-1/#comment-9739 By the way, the above linked picture of Yang Rui reminds me of Joel Grey in “Cabaret”, set in early Nazi Germany:

]]> By: Ned Kelly http://mylaowai.com/2007/05/07/the-funniest-joke-in-china-part-1/#comment-9738 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:34:26 +0000 http://mylaowai.wordpress.com/2007/05/07/the-funniest-joke-in-china-part-1/#comment-9738 The unfunniest joke in China:

http://big5.cctv.com/english/anchors/yangrui/p/p07.jpg

]]> By: Spring Into Spring! « Wo Shi Laowai - Wo Pa Shui http://mylaowai.com/2007/05/07/the-funniest-joke-in-china-part-1/#comment-5635 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 07:40:00 +0000 http://mylaowai.wordpress.com/2007/05/07/the-funniest-joke-in-china-part-1/#comment-5635 [...] by MyLaowai on Thursday, February 5, 2009 I’ve written before about the Chinese sense of humour, and you may have formed the impression that in fact the Chinese have no sense of humour at all. [...]

]]> By: Dear Dad… « Wo Shi Laowai - Wo Pa Shui http://mylaowai.com/2007/05/07/the-funniest-joke-in-china-part-1/#comment-50 Sat, 16 Jun 2007 03:14:47 +0000 http://mylaowai.wordpress.com/2007/05/07/the-funniest-joke-in-china-part-1/#comment-50 [...] used to feel much the same way. As I’ve stated elsewhere, I used to believe that all people were all basically the same, that all parents wanted a better [...]

]]> By: Meursault http://mylaowai.com/2007/05/07/the-funniest-joke-in-china-part-1/#comment-22 Wed, 09 May 2007 02:21:40 +0000 http://mylaowai.wordpress.com/2007/05/07/the-funniest-joke-in-china-part-1/#comment-22 Laolao is right. There are some funny jokes out there, but you will never get that frumpy 30 year old woman who works at the State Foreign Liasion Ofice and wears glasses to laugh at them. The only thing she finds funny is watching somebody fall over. Or a smiley face at the end of an email.

]]> By: LaoLao http://mylaowai.com/2007/05/07/the-funniest-joke-in-china-part-1/#comment-19 Mon, 07 May 2007 02:21:13 +0000 http://mylaowai.wordpress.com/2007/05/07/the-funniest-joke-in-china-part-1/#comment-19 Spot on my man. Absolutly spot on. I tried for the first 3 years without success to tell jokes.
But, there is hope. I discovered by accident (around 2003) several jokes that make them laugh their ass off.
the Key: Your audience. If they drink beer, and I mean DRINK not SLAM beer, then they will laugh at all manner of dirty jokes.

Dirty Jokes? Yup. I had a naive 20 year old waitress at the hotel bar who literally had me laughing my ass off. She taught me every dirty joke she knew (about 6) and I have modified and made another 20.

Drop me an email sometime if you want me to share a couple with you.

Great blog post.

Cheers.

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