[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by Eomer of the Rohirrim

We should not find it funny because it is not funny.

Effectively, you are saying here that if you do not find it funny then no one should. By what standard or authority do you seek to make that claim?

Is scratching your head funny?

Is abusing someone who is in trouble funny?

Either could well be, depending on the circumstances. I seem to remember that Stan Laurel turned scratching his head into a comic art form. And Blackadder frequently abused Baldrick (both physically and verbally), whether he was in trouble or not, to great humorous effect. As indeed did Basil Fawlty vis-a-vis Manuel.

Or maybe someone can tell me just why on earth that so-called 'humour' is funny.

I did. But if you don't find it funny, that's fine by me. I do not necessarily expect you to find something funny just because I do.