"I thought it was funny"

Although humour is present in all human groups, its content varies significantly across cultures. Many jokes don't translate well-or at all-because of differences in social structure and cultural norms. There is no universally appreciated joke; what is funny in one culture may not be amusing in another. There are, however, some universally appreciated aspects of humour. For example, people of all cultures laugh at incongruities and their resolutions. Studies also show that humour techniques like exaggeration, understatement, witty cynicism, verbal irony, disguise, and deception are consistently funny in markedly different regions of the world.

I think Finnish humour is subtle, and based more on vocabulary than action. Take the most funniest man for example, Ismo Leikola. He won the contest held in America, even though his stand up-routines are completely the opposite of American humour.

-Johanna