The famous English 1
of humor is similar. Its starting-point is self-dispraise, and
its great enemy is 2 . Its object is
the ability to 3 at oneself—at one’s
own faults, one’s own 4 , even at one’s
own ideals. The 5 , "He has no sense of
humor" is very 6 heard in Britain,
where humor is highly 7 . A sense of
humor is an attitude to life rather than the mere ability to laugh at jokes.
This attitude is never 8 or
disrespectful or malicious. The English do not laugh at a
9 or a madman, or a 10 or an honorable failure.