Bob’s post above reminds me, and it had been mentioned above, the utter absurdity of British humour. Mad punning, jet-propelled NAAFis, Monty Python’s “fish slapping dance”, The League of Gentlemen and Viz, and so on.
Viz was the prompt as I used to love their weird pseudo-adverts. One was for a “fishing” magazine for men who like to fish for cheese.
”How I landed a 100lb Babybel”. Strange, makes no sense and yet really funny.
I suppose the point is: it’s daft, makes no sense, and if you can slightly reference someone or take the piss, even better.
And utterly baffling to foreigners.