Declan Murphy wrote:
> Jim wrote:
> 
>> I'm still waiting for the BBC to spit out a region-1 NTSC DVD of
>> "The League of Gentlemen Series 2".  All of the British to whom I've 
>> shown
>> my Series 1 dvd have found the humor uncomfortable.  I guess it hits
>> a bit too close to home for some.
> 
> 
> Really? I don't know any poms who haven't found it achingly funny - 
> perhaps I just don't know enough poms.
> 
> Regards Declan,
> Okazaki, Japan
> 

You have described it perfectly.  "achingly" covers the range of
"hurts me I'm laughing so hard" to "it's too painful to watch but I
have to".

-Jim