They're laughing at a man coming up with embarrassing reasons why he shouldn't be punished for something instead of fronting upand taking it on the chin in a dignified manner. It's classic comedy sketch fodder. Maybe not the height of high brow, wry wit, but a 50 year old business man whining his dad might make him bike to work is always going to be funny.
I'm not averse to humour and some of it is...ermm,cringeworthy at best. So much so that if he's instructed a brief to come up with some of this mumbo jumbo,the bill,if it were mine, would remain outstanding.. Like I say ,I like humour and I too have spent most of the morning pissing myself laughing that the same old familiar posters who put sweet **** all into the Club are the ones who have most to say about the running of it!!