British Humour Explained (with examples)

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[douglasstrother]

The Dry Humor is appreciated because of all of the rain.

[stevenk-brooks]

"To be described as 'witty' in the UK, is the mother of all complements." But she forgot to add: "Unless it is meant sarcastically."

[andrewgarner]

Lady Astor:
“Winston, if I were your wife I’d put poison in your coffee.”

Winston Churchill: “Nancy, if I were your husband I’d drink it.”

[acemavrick]

I love how her description of innuendo features the phrase "you can slip it in anywhere". Now if that doesn't explain it, what does?

[brucecaldwell]

Definition of a farmer...a man who's outstanding in his field

[mazdamps]

To a child being silly at a play park....

"If you fall and break your leg, don't come running to me"

[jyst]

My mother lived to be a hundred and in her nineties she was talking to my stepfather about her funeral.
He said do you want to be buried with your parents or to be cremated ?
She replied I don't know surprise me .

[roasty]

As a Brit living abroad I have found that the British sense of humour is also particularly dark...if a situation is going badly or terrible things happen I think we use humour as a coping mechanism. We're always the first to make apparently inappropriate jokes...or ones that come into the category "too soon"...that people of other nationalities often just don't find funny!

[mollyandsofia]

There is a hairdressers in my hometown called ‘Curl Up And Dye’

[dianasaur]

Be aware that when a Brit says "you're witty" chances are they're being sarcastic.

[tonygriffin_]

My grandfather was responsible for bringing down several German planes during WW2. The Luftwaffe said he was the worst mechanic they ever had.

[panagea]

I began to read "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and I thought it was stupid. Then I saw on the back cover that it was by an English writer, so I started over, this time imagining a British accent, and it was the funniest thing I'd ever read.

[reecenaidu]

South African humor is British humor. It's just a little darker now than it was before

[sirdanielsmalley]

"Lots of banter between the British, French, Americans, and Germans."
What an interesting way to describe trench warfare.
Great video!!

[nikkiw]

Sexual innuendo: “so easy to slip in anywhere”
👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻

[napoearth]

I have a good example of British humor. I heard a story on the radio told by an American who was kidnapped and thrown into the trunk of a car where a British man had already been kidnapped. The American said, "It's pretty cramped in here." The British man replied, "It wasn't too bad until you showed up."

[boltgamr]

Years ago back when I was in school, a kid was stood up to do a presentation, and as he opened the PowerPoint, he said "Ok, let's start the house tour". Unfortunately it didn't open, so I just said "Looks like the front door is locked." I'm not normally the popular kid or the class clown, but everyone laughed. It felt pretty good.

[SarahHeringer]

In British humour you lost a friend but not the joke 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[mrpddnos]

Oh the irony. An English teacher forgetting a word she needs for her lesson....

[alexgoodwin]

I’m an autistic American, I’ve ended up with very “British” humor I’ve been told because I often say things seriously and people take it as a deadpan joke. Most of the time it’s on purpose (it didn’t use to be) because I’m good at it I found but there’s still times people start laughing and I don’t know what I said. Example, I was at dinner with friends late at night, my friend said they had to get up at 7am and I immediately said “you need to leave!!” I was genuinely concerned for my friend, everyone started laughing, I realized it was slightly rude but so abrupt that it seemed like a joke. People say I seem very British, they ask if I have British family. I’m just on the spectrum lol.