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Henners said:
I was at a stand up gig a few years ago and the comedian was doing a thing about kids and babies etc, all very dark, but very funny.
Someone took offense and kicked off at the comedian, who quickly pointed out something similar - they’d done the same gig for a bunch of medics the month before, helps them laugh off all the grim stuff at work.
I once did a project with paramedics and surgeons and they have the blackest humour I have ever encountered, shocking on one level but totally understandable on another.Someone took offense and kicked off at the comedian, who quickly pointed out something similar - they’d done the same gig for a bunch of medics the month before, helps them laugh off all the grim stuff at work.
I had an interesting conversation with some of the customers and comedians at a comedy club, after the set 98% of people left and the rest went to the bar and we were joined by the comedians, and a guy in a wheelchair game over and shouted, "
Oi funny man!, you did a joke about paraplegics!" The bar area went silent and the guy in the wheelchair said 'please do more disabled gags, its fantastic to be acknowledged'.
He went on to advise that it was bad enough being disabled but even worse that no one took the piss out of him.
Vandenberg said:
Henners said:
I was at a stand up gig a few years ago and the comedian was doing a thing about kids and babies etc, all very dark, but very funny.
Someone took offense and kicked off at the comedian, who quickly pointed out something similar - they’d done the same gig for a bunch of medics the month before, helps them laugh off all the grim stuff at work.
I once did a project with paramedics and surgeons and they have the blackest humour I have ever encountered, shocking on one level but totally understandable on another.Someone took offense and kicked off at the comedian, who quickly pointed out something similar - they’d done the same gig for a bunch of medics the month before, helps them laugh off all the grim stuff at work.
I had an interesting conversation with some of the customers and comedians at a comedy club, after the set 98% of people left and the rest went to the bar and we were joined by the comedians, and a guy in a wheelchair game over and shouted, "
Oi funny man!, you did a joke about paraplegics!" The bar area went silent and the guy in the wheelchair said 'please do more disabled gags, its fantastic to be acknowledged'.
He went on to advise that it was bad enough being disabled but even worse that no one took the piss out of him.
Vandenberg said:
Oi funny man!, you did a joke about paraplegics!" The bar area went silent and the guy in the wheelchair said 'please do more disabled gags, its fantastic to be acknowledged'.
He went on to advise that it was bad enough being disabled but even worse that no one took the piss out of him.
Reminds me of this advertHe went on to advise that it was bad enough being disabled but even worse that no one took the piss out of him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&...
Moonhawk said:
That is excellent 
louiebaby said:
My wife used to work at Headley Court as a Occupational Therapist, and there were a lot of Army lads in who had lost various bits to IEDs. One poor chap had (I think) lost both feet below the ankle and some fingers and thumbs. His pals bought him a skateboard and a Rubix cube as "get well soon" presents. Dark humour is a necessity in some jobs I think.
My dad was CO in the 90's there. I blame my sense of humour on the armed forces a lot.louiebaby said:
My wife used to work at Headley Court as a Occupational Therapist, and there were a lot of Army lads in who had lost various bits to IEDs. One poor chap had (I think) lost both feet below the ankle and some fingers and thumbs. His pals bought him a skateboard and a Rubix cube as "get well soon" presents. Dark humour is a necessity in some jobs I think.
Reminds me of http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/31153964/mar... (which I'm sure I saw on a documentary about Headley Court during the Afghanistan / Iraq eradesolate said:
It seems that many people are happy to laugh at offensive stuff, as long as it's not an issue that is personal to them.
Depends on the person, depends how recent.I could also have taken personal* offence at that much-discussed comment, but took it in the context of "It's C&H, they're sick people deliberately coming out with stuff even Jimmy Carr would hesistate to use - I read the stuff at my own risk."
And as others have said, it's not aimed at me personally, so I'd like to think I can rise above it...
* Far more common than you think, and far too infrequently discussed, but that's a totally different thread.
Well said. 
king lost it at this 
Vandenberg said:
I once did a project with paramedics and surgeons and they have the blackest humour I have ever encountered, shocking on one level but totally understandable on another.
I had an interesting conversation with some of the customers and comedians at a comedy club, after the set 98% of people left and the rest went to the bar and we were joined by the comedians, and a guy in a wheelchair game over and shouted, "
Oi funny man!, you did a joke about paraplegics!" The bar area went silent and the guy in the wheelchair said 'please do more disabled gags, its fantastic to be acknowledged'.
He went on to advise that it was bad enough being disabled but even worse that no one took the piss out of him.
I remember being at a stand-up gig in Washington DC many years ago, I'd gone mainly to see Rich Hall who was the headliner, but one of the warm-up acts was a guy called Chris McCausland - blind as a bat he was, and whilst his routine wasn't entirely about his blindness, he did a sketch about trying to light a cigarette when drunk that had me simply howling.I had an interesting conversation with some of the customers and comedians at a comedy club, after the set 98% of people left and the rest went to the bar and we were joined by the comedians, and a guy in a wheelchair game over and shouted, "
Oi funny man!, you did a joke about paraplegics!" The bar area went silent and the guy in the wheelchair said 'please do more disabled gags, its fantastic to be acknowledged'.
He went on to advise that it was bad enough being disabled but even worse that no one took the piss out of him.
I thought then that it must be incredibly empowering to make a room full of people you can't see, laugh.
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