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Thread ID: 125524	2012-07-04 00:10:00	Real life inspires sitcom gag : schadenfreude	BBCmicro (15761)	PC World Chat

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1285763	2012-07-04 00:10:00	Mrs Micro and I were in a restaurant with friends and we were showing off our knowledge of German words. Like zeitgeist, stromabnehmer, and of course, schadenfreude - which someone thought might be a type of wine. This inspired the following fantasy The waiter comes up to the table and asks if we would like more wine. "Yes. Bring me a bottle of your finest German schadenfreude, please." The table-guests laugh but the young man is perplexed. He goes a little pink! "I'm sorry, sir. We don't have any of that." "What! I was really looking forward to some schadenfreude..." "Sorry, sir." "...and you tell me you don't have any?" "Yes, sir. I mean, no, sir." "Not even out the back?" "Sorry, sir." The table-guests are laughing their heads off. Eventually the poor guy is sent off to get some house red and tend his wounds. Now, wouldn't that be a great scene for Seinfeld :lol:	BBCmicro (15761)
1285764	2012-07-04 00:16:00	:lol: seinfeld would do that really well.	Nick G (16709)
1285765	2012-07-04 00:55:00	Is humour at the expense of others really all that funny? :(	WalOne (4202)
1285766	2012-07-04 01:03:00	Is humour at the expense of others really all that funny? :( It is if seinfeld does it, in real life not really.	Nick G (16709)
1285767	2012-07-04 01:09:00	May explain why I've never followed Seinfeld ... cutting New York Jewish humour doesn't work without canned laughter or someone holding up a sign saying "Laugh" ...	WalOne (4202)
1285768	2012-07-04 04:04:00	SCHADENFREUDE. : enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others ...	pctek (84)
1285769	2012-07-04 04:35:00	: #444444; font-style : italic; "> SCHADENFREUDE. : enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others ... Exactly, that's what makes it funny.	Nick G (16709)
1285770	2012-07-04 08:01:00	Is humour at the expense of others really all that funny? :( Tell me a good joke that isn't at someones expense in some way. Think about what makes people laugh, it usually involves some sort of pain or misfortune.	dugimodo (138)
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