On 7/07/2018 20:10, Michiel van der Vlist -> David Drummond wrote:

 RB>>> [Take off about half of that smiley, as neither the comment nor
 RB>>> the fact was particularly funny.]

 DD>> As with beauty, humour is in the eye of the beholder.

 MvdV> To judge the humour, one first has to recognise it as such.

Yes, one has to "behold" it as humour.

 MvdV> Ever so often humour does not survive a language and/or cultural
barrier. I
 MvdV> totally missed it. 4th of July is nothing here, I didn't make the
link...

The 4th July here is the day after the 3rd, and the day before the 5th. No
more, and no less. I am not aware of anything intrinsically humorous about that
date.

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Regards
David

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