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Subject: RE: regional humor From: Barbara Date: 02 Sep 99 - 02:20 PM Kendall, when you say "class" do you mean "not bawdy" or are you looking for the sort of regional stories where a FOOF of a local farmer can't get the bull to go into the truck. He ties the bull to the hay hoist above the barn loft and hitches the draft horse to the other end. Works fine till the bull's feet leave the ground and then the bull starts bellowing. This makes the draft horse bolt, and the bull shoots up to the roof, rings the pulley housing like a bell, it rips off the roof and on the rapid journey down to hamburgerdom, flattens the truck the farmer was trying to put him in. That kind of story? Or something that plays on local habits and accents; conditions? Like the guy who's died and he's waiting in line for his fate to be determined. He notices that while St Pete is waiving his choices thru, the Devil is sorting his -- some go directly down into the flames and some go in a pile on the side. Having nothing but time, the guy asks Satan what's with the separate pile. "Oh, they're Oregonians. They're too wet to burn," the Devil replies. Blessings, Barbara |
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Subject: RE: regional humor From: catspaw49 Date: 02 Sep 99 - 10:23 AM Rick, I sincerely want to thank you for that story. It goes a long way toward explaining why Jaeger (my weimeraner) won't go around those idiot half brothers of yours, Reg, Reg, and Reg. Cletus thought it was because they had a "kwaire way of talkin'" but now I'm beginning to see it goes a little deeper than that. Thanks. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: regional humor From: Bert Date: 02 Sep 99 - 09:16 AM KingBrilliant, That brings back some memories. We lived in Marlow when I was a kid and Dad (We were from London) used to imitate the locals and sat "Hay nay brain cay". When he got back to London though, he said he was surprised at hearing Cockney again; it was all "Aincha, carncha and woancha". Bert. |
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Subject: RE: regional humor From: kendall morse (don't use) Date: 02 Sep 99 - 05:00 AM this could take a nasty turn..I was hoping for a little more class, but, lacking that, I'll settle for whatever the tide washes in. |
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Subject: RE: regional humor From: Roger the zimmer Date: 02 Sep 99 - 04:46 AM There's a Brummie version of Bert's which my grandfather used to quote, started "A for th'oss" (Hay for the horse). Wiser not to open this can of worms or you'll have Steve Parkes and I swopping "Anuk & Eyli" stories which can seriously damage your mental health! E.g. Anuk: "Ow do ships float if them med of iron?" Eyli: "All iron floats, yo' iron bedsted'll float" Anuk throws iron bedstead in the cut, it sinks! "Eyli, yo' tol' me it'd float" Eyli: "Ar, in salt watter!" [story reduced from ten minutes to bare bones to protect the innocent!] Tara a bit Roger
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Subject: RE: regional humor From: kendall morse (don't use) Date: 02 Sep 99 - 04:43 AM this could take a nasty turn..I was hoping for a little more class, but, lacking that, I'll settle for whatever the tide washes in. |
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Subject: RE: regional humor From: KingBrilliant Date: 02 Sep 99 - 04:32 AM This must be one of the most small-scope-regional of all jokes. There is a small part (called Whitley) of our medium-sized town (Reading, Berks UK), where people still tend to have a very strong local accent : whereby the phrase 'how now brown cow' comes out as 'hae nae brane cae'. (it is also known as the 'roughest' part of town). Anyway - the joke goes: 'Ah, look at that lovely little tabby cat' 'That cat comes from Whitley' 'How do you know?' 'Because he just said 'Mee-ae'. The joke is HILARIOUS to locals, but completely incomprehensible to anyone else. Kris |
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Subject: RE: regional humor From: Barbara Date: 02 Sep 99 - 03:32 AM The difference between California and Oregon? In Oregon Moosehead is a beer; in California it's a misdemeanor. |
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Subject: RE: regional humor From: Rick Fielding Date: 02 Sep 99 - 01:44 AM These two Northern Ontario guys are out on the lake, duck huntin' one day. Hours and hours they're out there with no luck at all. Reg -the first one, says to his friend Reg, "whaddaya think the problem is Reg"? Reg scratches his chin and says "either we're just havin a bad day Reg, or we ain't throwin' the dog high enough!" Sorry Kendall Rick |
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Subject: RE: regional humor From: Lonesome EJ Date: 02 Sep 99 - 12:35 AM Sandy, do you know how to keep a Mormon Deacon from drinking all of your beer when you go fishing? Right. You take along another Mormon Deacon! LEJ |
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Subject: RE: regional humor From: Sandy Paton Date: 01 Sep 99 - 10:02 PM Used the wrong HTML thingy. Sorry. That's supposed to read "Folk Humor of the Mormon Country," where the context of the sentence collapses, and I took the cover photograph! Y'know, that whole state could be a National Park! Sandy |
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Subject: RE: regional humor From: kendall morse (don't use) Date: 01 Sep 99 - 09:52 PM Yes, I've even heard Moose turd pie told as a Utah story !!! good job though!! Hey Art.. I thought that humor link might smoke you out!! Good to hear from you.. one of the most enjoyable workshops I ever got in on was with you at the Hartford Folk Legacy festival.. I have that album of Mormon humor and, it is great stuff.. |
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Subject: RE: regional humor From: Sandy Paton Date: 01 Sep 99 - 05:55 PM Hell, Kendall, half of the stories I hear from Kentucky, West Virginia, Missouri, Utah, etc., I'd already heard from you as Maine stories! You guys do spread 'em around, don'tcha. Heard "the bear in the spring" from an Adirondack old-timer at Schroon Lake. Not told as well as you have it on Seagulls and Summer People, though. Check out our recording of Sandy |
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Subject: RE: regional humor From: Art Thieme Date: 01 Sep 99 - 05:20 PM My old uncle used to say, "For good luck, but a carrot in your shoe." He also used to say, "To cure a severe limp, remove the carrot from your shoe. He lived in far-southern Indiana---The city of Evansville expanded their zoo by putting a fence around Kentucky. HELLO KENDAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Art |
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Subject: RE: regional humor From: kendall morse (don't use) Date: 01 Sep 99 - 02:34 PM sure thats an example of regional humor. Anyone know any real characters? |
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Subject: RE: regional humor From: Bert Date: 01 Sep 99 - 01:57 PM Yonks ago I used to live in Essex, England and was a subscriber to "The Essex Countryside" magazine. One time, they published an article about the Essex dialect that contained a facsimile of a bill that was made out by someone who was boarding a horse for a day. I don't remember the actual prices charged but the items on the bill went something like..... Afechinonim Afeedinonim and... Abringinonimomagen Bert (That the sort of thing you're looking for?) |
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Subject: regional humor From: kendall morse (don't use) Date: 01 Sep 99 - 01:46 PM Click for the 'PermaThread™: List of all joke threads'I would like to swap stories around the theme of regional folk humor (not jokes) tennis anyone? |
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