2007年6月13日 星期三

Southern humor, old but still good

Kentucky:

The owner of a golf course in Kentucky was confused about paying an
invoice, so he decided to ask his secretary for some mathematical help. He called
her into his office and said, "You graduated from the University of Kentucky
and I need some help. If I were to give you $20,000, minus 14%, how much
would you take off?" The secretary thought a moment, and then replied,
"Everything but my earrings." You gotta love those Kentucky women.
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Alabama :

A group of Alabama friends went deer hunting and paired off in twos for
the day. That night, one of the hunters returned alone, staggering under the
weight of an eight-point buck. "Where's Henry?" the others asked."

"Henry had a stroke of some kind. He's a couple of miles back up the trail,"
the successful hunter replied.
"You left Henry laying out there and carried the deer back?" t hey inquired.

"A tough call," nodded the hunter. "But I figured no one is going to steal Henry!"
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Louisiana:

A senior at Louisiana was overheard saying... "When the end of the
world comes, I hope to be in Louisiana." When asked why, he replied he'd
rather be in Louisiana because everything happens in Louisiana 20 years later than
in the rest of the civilized world.

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Mississippi:

The young man from Mississippi came running into the store and said to
his buddy, "Bubba, somebody just stole your pickup truc k from the parking
lot!"
Bubba replied, "Did you see who it was?"
The young man answered, "I couldn't tell, but I got the license number."
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Tennessee:

A Tennessee State trooper pulled over a pickup on I-65. The trooper
asked, "Got any ID?"

The driver replied, "Bout whut?"


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A man in North Carolina had a flat tire, pulled off on the side of the
road, and proceeded to put a bouquet of flowers in front of the car and one
behind it. Then he got back in the car to wait. A passerby studied the
scene as he drove by and was so curious he turned around and went back.
He asked the fellow what the problem was.

The man replied, "I have a flat tire."

The passerby asked, "But what's with the flowers?"

The man responded, "When you break down they tell you to put flares in the front
and flares in the back. I never did understand it neither."

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You can say what you want about the South, but you never hear of anyone
retiring and moving North.

5 則留言:

wandering65 提到...

Hi, there

The joke of Alabama---
an "eight-point" ? buck
What is 'eight-point' about
the scaling? What is the biggest? ten?

The Tennessee one--
Is "1-65" a state high way or a road name or what else?

Flower and flare? Are they spoken by locals the same way in North Carolina? Ha..

Bikerdoc65 提到...

Hi Fran,
An eight-point buck is a male deer with 8 sharp points on its antlers. Only those big mature deer have eight-points.

I-65 is Interstate Highway 65, in short. You guessed it right.

There are many people in the US still don't read or write much. Many college graduates, major in science, can't calculate without using a calculator....even with a calculator many still can't do a simple calculation equation. Sad.

We all went through tough disciplines in school. This is a accomplishment we can be proud of.

I recall that I asked the department secretary at work to type my report when there were still very few PC about 20 years ago; she changed the word "reproducible" to "reproductive". Fortunately, I caught this mistake before the report was distributed. haha

Bikerdoc65 提到...

These antlers have many points more than eight.

http://images.google.com/images?q=antlers&hl=en&um=1&sa=X&oi=images&ct=title

長空飛劍65 提到...

I like the North Carolina joke; very funny, bring back all those memories while there.
Once for a while you can still hear that kind of southern accents on TV, very interesting.

thanks to wandering's question, I am surprised to find out they shed their antler every year.

Bikerdoc65 提到...

Jackson Hole Wyoming collect elk antlers and auction them to the Asian buyers. Ha...they use these for medicines.

http://www.jacksonholenet.com/events/antler_auction_event.php