[Lexicog] Humour, OTT completely

[Melissa Axelrod]

As an American, I'm sorry to say that neither Robertson or Rumsfeld has 
a sense of humor, and apparently neither has any sense of irony either.
  Melissa

Nicholas Thieberger wrote:

> So who has the best sense of humour out of Pat Robertson and Rumsfeld. 
> Please clarify for a non-American if the joke was in the christian 
> terrorist  statement (let's kill an elected head of state) or in the 
> response (the US doesn't do that sort of thing). I just don't get this 
> sort of humour?
>
> Please don't say it wasn't a joke.
>
> Nick
>
>
>> Rude? No. And we like word plays on this list.
>>
>> Too subtle? No, but I must confess that I missed your play, to my
>> dismay. I believe that one needs at least 20 puns each day for good
>> health. I am *green* with envy over missing that conservational play!
>> Maybe we should have a green envy party, or just a green party.
>> Actually, I think some Americans have picked up on the Green Party
>> idea from Europeans.
>>
>> Wayne
>> an aging brain American
>> Wayne Leman
>
>> Cheyenne dictionary project
>
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