Latvian humour

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Latvian humour often includes jokes from different places around the world, as well as some influence from Russian humour and some jokes shared with Estonia and Lithuania.

Unlike in other countries around the world, stand-up comedy is not yet developed among Latvians, although some Russian comedians are popular among the Russian-speaking community. But this does not amount to a Latvian humour scene.

Latvians find it more funny to play around with words, twist one's words and turn them into an inside or dirty joke on the fly before one finishes speaking, still preserving neutrality.

[edit] Example

A Latvian goes to the doctor - I am going to work in Estonia and I really want to fit in, so I want 25% of my brain removed. The doctor says - fine such surgery is possible - and the Latvian has part of his brain removed. However, after the surgery, the doctor comes to see him and says "I'm really sorry, we got things mixed up and instead of removing 25% of your brain, we left you with only 25% of your brain," to which patient responds - Gerai, gerai! ("Good, good!" in Lithuanian language)