# British humor is for the birds

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-humor-is-for-the-birds/391035>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 6, 2007, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-humor-is-for-the-birds/391035 "2007-02-06T02:56:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-humor-is-for-the-birds/391035/1 "2007-02-06T02:56:40Z")

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[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP-wT-Vodfo)

This is just wonderful. Does anyone know where it’s from or if there are more?

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-humor-is-for-the-birds/391035/2 "2007-02-06T04:32:41Z")

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very funny

I have no idea what it is from though.

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-humor-is-for-the-birds/391035/3 "2007-02-06T05:46:21Z")

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It’s from a UK show called [Look Around You](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look_Around_You), which is a frighteningly accurate parody of the educational science shows of the early 80s.

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**Author:** ![Evil\_Joe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@Evil\_Joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Joe)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-humor-is-for-the-birds/391035/4 "2007-02-06T05:54:34Z")

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I laughed out load when the narrator said “and here are a pair of tits.”

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**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-humor-is-for-the-birds/391035/5 "2007-02-06T05:54:55Z")

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I’ve always thought British humor was an oxymoron. 😉

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**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-humor-is-for-the-birds/391035/6 "2007-02-06T07:05:32Z")

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‘Starlingrad’…heh heh

Great programme 🙂