[mazabotman]

Yeah, not a lot of sarcasm in Thailand that I've noticed. A lot of the humor seems to be quips and one liners whipped out durring all the chatting everyone does. My boss had a pretty good one the other day. When I asked her to borrow the key so I could use her motorcycle, she said I didn't need it.
She said (in Thai), "she's an old whore: you can stick anything in her."

This of course follows the themes I forgot who mentioned earlier, sexual humor straight from the gutter - but come on, what group of people on earth doesn't like a good sex joke?

[Fiesialenp]

Thais think that kratoey (sp?) are really funny. They are the 'clowns' sorta in sitcoms. Extremely feminine men grabbing at eachother. It's kinda weird at first to see, because it comes off like they are making fun of homosexuals. I got flashed once on a sorng tao (back of a pickup taxi), and it obviously was NOT a pretty thai woman in a dress!!!

[gennickhif]

Yes! Sometime back a Thai TV ad was circulating in my office. It was really very funny but I am unable to remember them right now. Its about the utility department in Thailand asking people to remember to pay their bills on time - water, phone etc.

Maybe someone else remembers the sequence, it was funny... yes.

[QxmFwtlam]

i find alot of the humour quite prejudiced out there. Jokes about race (esp farangs) and sexuality were common place. They like slap stick and impersonations afaik. Its very stereotypical humour, the village didnt seem to understand my sarcasm and satire but that may just be the locals.

[primaveraloler]

Slapstick is a hit with my wife and her sister. They really laugh hard when they watch "America's Funniest Animals" or "America's Funniest People." My wife also had a lot of laughs watching Mr. Bean (British Comedian). He doesn't speak and his comedy is really physical/situational. We're not good enough with crossing languages to get into subtle linguistic humor (notice that Americans drop the U), but we seem to give each other a good laugh from time to time. Again, it is mostly gestures, facial expressions, or situational stuff.