"It's not as good as the book"

[threaded]

No, complement

HTH

[The Lone Gunman]

No, complement

HTH

Oh dear.
Complement. To complete.
Compliment. To give praise.

[threaded]

Erm, the joke was wikipedia...

[Mordac]

Erm, the joke was wikipedia...

...as opposed to funny.

[sasguru]

No, complement

HTH

Showing your dunce quotient again, I see.

[threaded]

Showing your dunce quotient again, I see.

The joke went over your head, don't worry, there'll be an easier one along later.

[sasguru]

The joke went over your head, don't worry, there'll be an easier one along later.

Pardon me for not noticing, I thought jokes had to have an element of humour about them?

[threaded]

Pardon me for not noticing, I thought jokes had to have an element of humour about them?

Watch the humourless closely: the cocked and furtive way they monitor all conversation, their flashes of panic as irony or exaggeration eludes them, the relief with which they submit to the meaningless babble of unanimous laughter. The humourless can programme themselves to relish situations of human farce or slapstick -- and that’s about it. They are handicapped in the head, or mentally ‘challenged’, as Americans say (euphemism itself being a denial of humour). The trouble is that the challenge wins, every time, hands down. The humourless have no idea what is going on and can’t make sense of anything at all.

[sasguru]

And all this to cover the fact that you can't spell? How sad

[Lucifer Box]

Watch the humourless closely: the cocked and furtive way they monitor all conversation, their flashes of panic as irony or exaggeration eludes them, the relief with which they submit to the meaningless babble of unanimous laughter. The humourless can programme themselves to relish situations of human farce or slapstick -- and that’s about it. They are handicapped in the head, or mentally ‘challenged’, as Americans say (euphemism itself being a denial of humour). The trouble is that the challenge wins, every time, hands down. The humourless have no idea what is going on and can’t make sense of anything at all.

You only spelled that correctly because Martin Amis wrote it for you. That wasn't a compliment (or a complement) by the way.