On Wed, 30 Apr 2014 22:44:26 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

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>"Jeßus" > wrote in message
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>> On Wed, 30 Apr 2014 21:11:20 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
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>>>"Jeßus" > wrote in message
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>>>> On Thu, 1 May 2014 01:32:48 +0100, Janet > wrote:
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>>>>>In article >,
>>>>>says...
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>>>>>> On Wed, 30 Apr 2014 17:06:08 +1000, John J > wrote:
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>>>>>> > On Wed, 30 Apr 2014 16:38:52 +1000, Jeßus > wrote:
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>>>>>> > >On Wed, 30 Apr 2014 10:29:46 +1000, John J >
>>>>>> > >wrote:
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>>>>>> > >>On Tue, 29 Apr 2014 18:46:56 -0500, DreadfulBitch
>>>>>> > > wrote:
>>>>>> > >>
>>>>>> > >>>On 4/28/2014 10:54 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>> > >>>
>>>>>> > >>>> Yikes! Butter and Mayo? Now that is overkill!
>>>>>> > >>>
>>>>>> > >>>By whose definition?
>>>>>> > >>
>>>>>> > >>The Heart Foundation.
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > >Oh, those idiots?
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Yes, mainstream doctors, a crazy bunch
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's actually laughable how many people here think they know more than
>>>>>> an actual doctors who went to school, got a degree in their field and
>>>>>> conduct research on the subject.
>>>>>
>>>>> Seems your doctors still haven't found a cure for irony deficiency.
>>>>
>>>> She specialises in irony. But it seems you've already noticed that
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>>>Irony must be a UK thing. You rarely even hear the word here. But I used
>>>to moderate an online forum and the UK people were constantly going on
>>>about
>>>it.
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>> I've noticed that before. Americans aren't very familiar with irony,
>> and to a lesser extent, sarcasm. Which goes a long to explain why
>> British and Australian humour doesnt go down well in the U.S. That's
>> not a criticism, just a fact of life.
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>I love a lot of the Britcoms and there used to be one that I think was
>Australian called "Mother and Son".

I have all the episodes
Yes, Australian.

> I was trying to tell my elderly
>neighbor about it but she saw no humor, perhaps because she thought it was
>poking fun at elderly people. It wasn't really poking fun at all elderly
>people. Just the guy's mother. And she did some nutty things like putting
>the electric tea kettle on the stove burner.

Yep. The humour is very dry and loaded with irony. It certainly wasn't
down on the elderly (she could be cunning as a fox anyway at times).
It was made in the 1980's (or was it early 90's?) and is still as
funny as ever. In fact, I don't know of any modern comedies/sitcoms I
like. It's hysterically funny at times and now that you've mention it,
I may dig out the DVDs and watch it again