Read when stoned and, if you don't laugh, check your pulse.

[Rawrb]

Please don't think all British humor is like this, this guy does not represent us!

 

[schuylaar]

Yorkshire regionalism for "anywhoo"

I am a voracious reader and only made it six inches in ...

sometimes six inches is all you need, bear

 

[schuylaar]

I talk to people from the UK all the time and have never heard that expression.



I figured that out from context, but I still don't get it.

hence, the difference between american and english humor..i don't get most of it either.

 

[ambedexteras]

i am a stoner and an avid reader and i read the first sentence and scrolled down to see the length and
then just went str8 to comments to see if anyone took the time to reead it lol.
sorry buddy way to long

 

[Wilksey]

 

[racerboy71]

i love me some british humor.. top gear on bbc has me pee'ing me pants often, but that, my god, didn't even make it a paragraph in..

any road, please, for the love of god, some one tell me fin got banned and this is his sock puppet?? would make a lot of sense at least, more so than that diatribe did..

 

[schuylaar]

Please don't think all British humor is like this, this guy does not represent us!

well in that case then, we'll forgive the english..and shall i say your comment is "well played"!

 

[cannabineer]

I talk to people from the UK all the time and have never heard that expression.



I figured that out from context, but I still don't get it.

If you watch "All Creatures Great and Small" the expression comes up often. "In any case" ...

 

[neosapien]

What did one snowman say to the other?

 

[MojoRison]

I laughed, but not for the reasons one might expect.

 

[direwolf71]

(My kid's favorite knock knock jokes)

knock knock
who is there?
I eat mop
I eat mop who?


knock knock
who is there?
interrupting cow
interrupti-
MOOOOOOOOOO!

I eat my poo! LMAO... Gotta go tell the kids this one...

 

[JackTheBongRipper]

I eat my poo! LMAO... Gotta go tell the kids this one...

I did not get that mop poo joke until you explained it. And I'm not high. Maybe that's why I didn't get it, my mind isn't working at optimal levels sober.

BUT, I did read the entire OP. I've done some professional editing, freelance, and let me make some observations:

1. Putting yourself out there as a writer is hard.
2. You need to do it to improve.
3. Criticism is your friend if you can embrace it without weeping into your pillow nightly.

4. Your story was too long to be humorous. The joke took too long to set up. Too much unnecessary filler and back story. As a joke it fails, but if you actually expanded it into a short story you could at least do it a little better. Problem is a single joke is hardly material for a short story unless you really flesh it out. Which is probably not going to make it great, but will teach you valuable writing skills.

5. Try, try again.