Posted by sigismund on November 12, 2010, at 18:56:32
In reply to Re: Lou's request-uhntllscheighphyndz » sigismund, posted by ed_uk2010 on November 12, 2010, at 15:00:14
>My criterion was to amuse. I believe that certain babblers lack a sense of humour!
Humour is a national thing, no?
The British can do farce really well. Americans can not quite do it. Australians less so. That's in entertainment.
Americans always strike me as serious. Maybe they are? Their world is somewhat less safe than the world I grew up in. Then there's that religious vs convict ancestry.
But you are using criterion to mean purpose. I think Lou means 'By what accepted standard can you justify xxxxx and yyyyy'. Which makes me feel 'But I have no standards at all'.
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