Talk:Gallows humor

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Sir Walter Raleigh
With his head on the block, the version I have read was not "Strike, man, strike!", but the slightly more awful "Chop, man, chop!" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.163.107.53 (talk) 18:41, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

Falklands incident
There's a story that a British Navy crew, waiting for rescue as their torpedoed ship slowly sank, sang "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life". Be nice if that could be verified. —Tamfang (talk) 16:36, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

The John Howard quote isn't an example, it's been taken out of context. If you watch the show, he was talking about his opinion of the inappropriateness of The Chaser's song about how people we hate when alive are seen as heroes when they die. His response wasn't about anything to do with his political career. Also, he actually said, "You blokes are a lot funnier when you pick on someone who's alive".

Removed examples
The following might be sick humour, but they're not gallows humour. I've removed them.

Immediately after the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence, but before the wars that secured independence, Benjamin Franklin is known to have said the following in danger of being accused of high treason to his fellow, often fractious delegates:


 * (See also Syllepsis)

After her career had declined and she had started aging, actress Tallulah Bankhead would answer the question "Are you Tallulah Bankhead?" with

Nearing the Australian election in 2007, with a widely predicted demise for John Howard, he was approached by the political satire group The Chaser who made disparaging remark about his future in politics. To which, Howard replied:

During the 2008 Listeriosis Outbreak in Canada, Conservative, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, caused a small controversy for remarking, after being informed of more fatalities:

Fences and windows (talk) 23:06, 6 June 2009 (UTC)


 * A more suitable example (from the same Gerry Ritz outburst) would be describing listeria deaths from tainted meat products as "death by a thousand cold cuts". --66.102.80.212 (talk) 00:12, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Franklin's witticism seems to me (and some RSes) to be a very clear example of gallows humor, in two different ways, and really does belong back in the article.John Z (talk) 01:30, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

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