Maybe the Victorians just weren&#x27;t good at humour? I was thinking maybe we don&#x27;t get them because they are old but Mark Twain lived pretty much over the Victorian period (Twain 1845-1910, Victoria&#x27;s reign 1837-1901) and he&#x27;s pretty funny.<p>He didn&#x27;t seem to think so much of England at the time - “I would like to live in Manchester, England. The transition between Manchester and death would be unnoticeable.”