"I was trying to have a bit of fun with Dan, but I'm not sure if he understood the northern humour," said Bisping, an acquaintance of Ricky Hatton whose sense of humour is often compared to the wise-cracking boxer.
Steen is unique among leading 17th-century Dutch painters for his humour; he has often been compared to the French comic playwright Molière, his contemporary, and indeed both men treated life as a vast comedy of manners.
Humour-wise, it has been compared to Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm, with Dunham ruthlessly poking fun at a loafier, less together version of herself: "Like me, minus a certain kind of self-awareness," she told the New Yorker.
The easy flow of even the most intricate of his stories has been compared to that of Miguel de Cervantes, as have his irony and overall humour.
Narayan's writing style was often compared to that of William Faulkner since both their works brought out the humour and energy of ordinary life while displaying compassionate humanism.
Compared to the output of DJ Code Money or Cut Creator ("all humour, vibrancy and colour... – aerosoled version[s] of The Book of Kells") Kelly felt Drummond's efforts to be a "glitter-crusted charity Christmas card".
He has been compared to William Faulkner, who also created a fictional town that stood for reality, brought out the humour and energy of ordinary life, and displayed compassionate humanism in his writing.
And compared to the UK, there is a glaring lack of offer in certain genres - popular history, popular science, biography, humour, sport.
15 Missotten and coworkers evaluated a larger number of eyes enucleated for uveal melanoma and also noted higher levels VEGF expression in both local tissue and aqueous humour compared with controls.
