Hello,
Listening to my immense JAM collection (thanks to you
uploaders) every night I still cannot work out what Nicholas means by riding a
laugh. Sometimes he says you have to try and ride a laugh and keep going, which
to my mind is like white water rafting, staying on top of the laughter as it
rises and falls. And on other occasions he says, you cannot ride a laugh, you
have to keep going. Which implies riding a laugh means to Nic that you only
speak when you can fit a word between the crescendos and is hesitation.I'd say I
have heard Nic give both versions equal usage over the last ten years. I suppose
we could have a poll...or ask the audience...maybe to boo and cheer at once for
the same idea, another occasional fault of
Nicholas.
Cheers
Pondydave
> I think Nicholas usually means to keep talking during the laughter...Yeah he does - but he definitely does give both explanations at different times as Pondydave describes. Just one more of those things that Nich has just never quite pinned down.... And what's worse he then takes it upon himself to explain it to others!
>
> cheers, Dean
> Listening to my immense JAM collection (thanks to you uploaders) every night I still cannot work out what Nicholas means by riding a laugh. Sometimes he says you have to try and ride a laugh and keep going, which to my mind is like white water rafting, staying on top of the laughter as it rises and falls. And on other occasions he says, you cannot ride a laugh, you have to keep going. Which implies riding a laugh means to Nic that you only speak when you can fit a word between the crescendos and is hesitation.I'd say I have heard Nic give both versions equal usage over the last ten years. I suppose we could have a poll...or ask the audience...maybe to boo and cheer at once for the same idea, another occasional fault of Nicholas.
>
> Cheers
>
> Pondydave
Lol, Dean. Am I right in thinking that the subject “Riding a laugh”, has led you to misread pondydave’s name as ponydave?
The real question is where does pondy come from, Wales or India?
From: just-a-minute@...
[mailto:just-a-minute@...] On Behalf Of Dean
Sent: 21 August 2010 15:55
To: just-a-minute@...
Subject: Re: [just-a-minute] Riding a laugh
welcome to the group pony... (pony just joined today)
I think Nicholas usually means to keep talking during the laughter...
cheers, Dean
Hello,
Listening to my immense JAM collection (thanks to you uploaders) every night I
still cannot work out what Nicholas means by riding a laugh. Sometimes he says
you have to try and ride a laugh and keep going, which to my mind is like white
water rafting, staying on top of the laughter as it rises and falls. And on
other occasions he says, you cannot ride a laugh, you have to keep going. Which
implies riding a laugh means to Nic that you only speak when you can fit a word
between the crescendos and is hesitation.I'd say I have heard Nic give both
versions equal usage over the last ten years. I suppose we could have a
poll...or ask the audience...maybe to boo and cheer at once for the same idea,
another occasional fault of Nicholas.
Cheers
Pondydave
Lol, Dean. Am I right in thinking that the subject “Riding a laugh”, has led you to misread pondydave’s name as ponydave?
The real question is where does pondy come from, Wales or India?
From: just-a-minute@...
[mailto:just-a-minute@...] On Behalf Of Dean
Sent: 21 August 2010 15:55
To: just-a-minute@...
Subject: Re: [just-a-minute] Riding a laugh
welcome to the group pony... (pony just joined today)
I think Nicholas usually means to keep talking during the laughter...
cheers, Dean
Hello,
Listening to my immense JAM collection (thanks to you uploaders) every night I
still cannot work out what Nicholas means by riding a laugh. Sometimes he says
you have to try and ride a laugh and keep going, which to my mind is like white
water rafting, staying on top of the laughter as it rises and falls. And on
other occasions he says, you cannot ride a laugh, you have to keep going. Which
implies riding a laugh means to Nic that you only speak when you can fit a word
between the crescendos and is hesitation.I'd say I have heard Nic give both
versions equal usage over the last ten years. I suppose we could have a
poll...or ask the audience...maybe to boo and cheer at once for the same idea,
another occasional fault of Nicholas.
Cheers
Pondydave
this expression has generated a great deal of humorous situations throughout much of the 90's, especially as it was Paul Merton that introduced the phrase. --- On Sat, 8/21/10, Oz <j_a_m_fan@...> wrote: |
> I think Nicholas usually means to keep talking during the laughter...Yeah he does - but he definitely does give both explanations at different times as Pondydave describes. Just one more of those things that Nich has just never quite pinned down.... And what's worse he then takes it upon himself to explain it to others!
>
> cheers, Dean
> Listening to my immense JAM collection (thanks to you uploaders) every night I still cannot work out what Nicholas means by riding a laugh. Sometimes he says you have to try and ride a laugh and keep going, which to my mind is like white water rafting, staying on top of the laughter as it rises and falls. And on other occasions he says, you cannot ride a laugh, you have to keep going. Which implies riding a laugh means to Nic that you only speak when you can fit a word between the crescendos and is hesitation.I'd say I have heard Nic give both versions equal usage over the last ten years. I suppose we could have a poll...or ask the audience...maybe to boo and cheer at once for the same idea, another occasional fault of Nicholas.
>
> Cheers
>
> Pondydave
--- In just-a-minute@..., Dave B <pondydave@...> wrote:
>
> Oz,
>
> With reference to Ross Noble living abroad Wikipedia states he told Jonathan
> Ross on his show that he has moved back to the UK. I learned somewhere that he
> lost his everything in the Australian bush fires.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Oz <j_a_m_fan@...>
> To: just-a-minute@...
> Sent: Sun, 22 August, 2010 1:16:03 AM
> Subject: [just-a-minute] Re: Riding a laugh
>
>
>
> > I think Nicholas usually means to keep talking during the laughter...
> >
> > cheers, Dean
>
> Yeah he does - but he definitely does give both explanations at different times
> as Pondydave describes. Just one more of those things that Nich has just never
> quite pinned down.... And what's worse he then takes it upon himself to explain
> it to others!
>
> For me, talking through loud laughter makes no sense (except in JAM) and I think
> the term 'riding the laugh' must originally mean timing your next line just as
> the laughter from your last one dies down enough for you to step back in.
>
> > Listening to my immense JAM collection (thanks to you uploaders) every night I
> >still cannot work out what Nicholas means by riding a laugh. Sometimes he says
> >you have to try and ride a laugh and keep going, which to my mind is like white
> >water rafting, staying on top of the laughter as it rises and falls. And on
> >other occasions he says, you cannot ride a laugh, you have to keep going. Which
> >implies riding a laugh means to Nic that you only speak when you can fit a word
> >between the crescendos and is hesitation.I'd say I have heard Nic give both
> >versions equal usage over the last ten years. I suppose we could have a
> >poll...or ask the audience...maybe to boo and cheer at once for the same idea,
> >another occasional fault of Nicholas.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Pondydave
>
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