Ken, who has one of the driest Yankee wits I know of, told me a joke today. (When you read it, you have to imagine it being told in a completely deadpan voice, with plenty of pauses.) Here’s the joke:
— How far is it to Westport as the crow flies?
— About four thousand flaps.
This joke will probably not seem funny to non-Yankees — I pity those people.
Nope, I didn’t get it. And I know a couple of Yankees.
(Nope, I don’t get them most of the time either…)
ha ha ha ha. i’m cracking up. seriously funny. yankee humor is the best.
? I’m from lower NY, does that make me a yankee?
h sofia @ 3 — I’d say that New Yorkers are not New England Yankees. Some major cultural differences — language, sports allegiances, outlook, etc. But then, if you go west of the Mississippi, Yankees and New Yorkers all look the same to Westerners, so I guess it’s all relative.
Dan – that makes sense to me. Apart from having a team with the name Yankees in it, I never thought of New York as being part of the Yankee fold. But that doesn’t mean too much. I just wanted to check!
clarification: (my not thinking of New York as part of the Yankee fold is what doesn’t mean too much; hence, I asked.)
wicked good joke