I told this story in a Kiwi folk club a couple of weeks ago. It got two laughs. Guess how many Geordies were in the room.

There was a little school up there receiving a visit from the Schools Inspector, who was a bible-basher. He was impressed by the school, but couldn't resist banging his drum, so he held up a small coin and said;
"The first child who can answer this question will win this sixpence! Who threw Daniel into the lion's den?"

Dead silence.

"Come on, children. Who threw Daniel into the lions den?

Much looking blankly at each other, then a mutter from the back.

"Come on, that boy, speak up! What did you say?"

"AAA SID, NOOO BUGGAH KNAAS, SIR!"

"Well done, young man, very well done! Here's your sixpence!


But in the south we pronounce it 'Nebuchadnezzar.'"