Jim wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 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".

Aye - but "aching", "hurts" and "painful" doesn't in this context imply 
"uncomfortable".

Strangely enuff.




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