A lot of British comedy seems to be playing with roles and signs to point out the absurdity of life. Like Harry Enfield's posh builders or the Python sketch where Sartre's working class British wife writes all his work because he's too depressed. Although I do think some comics in the UK are just turning nasty these days for shock value, and as my nan would say, 'If you haven't got anything nice to say, then **** off.'

The back bone of my corporate style is sarcasm and flippancy so I was a tad concerned when I got a job here, but not to worry everyone 'got' me!

I found the thing I/they struggled with most was my very British expressions, such as:

Bobs your uncle
We had a right old ding dong
You made a right old dogs dinner out of that
Donkeys years
Up the duff
When something didn't quite go my way, and I said 'do me a favour' (in an Eastenders styley)
Faff about
Zonked
Ta (signing emails ta very muchly was always fun)
Sods law
Rat arsed
Pear shaped
Saying something is 'pants' as in rubbish
Chuffed to bits
Dodgy

Canadian's just don't understand toilet humour. I put cellophane foil over my wife's grans toilet the other day and you could have heard a pin drop once she stopped screaming........

Yeah, those people can all go yiff in hell.

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Clearly Mr Caine cant take numerous hints and requests to post in plain English.

If he continues to post giberish when his ten days are up then it will be a permanent ban next time.

I run a small trucking company, and do loads for 1 of the big supermarket chaines, cant say which but the President does his own commercials.
Well last Thursday we picked up a load in Calgary destined for Winnipeg a rush load by all accounts, what is refered to as an Inter DC transfer. After loading my contact in Calgary who is in charge of organising the delivery appointments informed me she was unable to get a delivery time for Friday and that i should call again on Friday to get a time ??
Friday morning I made said call only to be informed we can unload this rush shipment on May 25 1pm
So I sent an email to all departments informing them of the unload termine and adding my sarcastic comment " I,think the products sell by date will expire before we get unloaded" this set off a flury of worried and disturbed inter departmental emails causing finger pointing between managers and supervisors for about 45mins. Not 1 of them got it even after i sent a 2nd email

All joking aside that is sound advice. It's actually sound advice for using humour with those you work with and especially those that work for you. Your friends may appreciate your dry wit, your team members will likely think you are a sarcastic prick. Been there. Done that.

I'd like to second that as it's also true with insecure undergraduates. One might like to think one is being righteously funny and making clever references to The Mary Whitehouse Experience sketches but there's a point when crying students leaving gets you down a bit.

very true.

You are Sarcastic Ray AICMFP.

I got to admit at first british humor went totally over my head, but after being with my wife, who I have to say is very quick witted and has a dry sense of humor, i now can occasionally come out with it myself, practising on my brother as we speak.

I suggest watching "In The Loop".... apropos nothing in particular.

You cant bum a fag here without people getting upset!

They dont get "lairy" they think you are talking about Larry ! And if I say something is pants they think i mean trousers, not that its crap!
Larruped didnt translate well either!

It may surprise some, but a lot of Canadians are actually of British descent! We speak English, watch British TV and movies and some of us have actually been to the UK