Bob Blakely wrote: > A building contractor in Ontario was showing a new home to a young couple. > As they entered the spacious living room, the contractor raised one of the > windows and yelled, "Green side up!" The couple thought this a bit strange, > but said nothing. As they entered the well equipped kitchen, the contractor > again raised a window and yelled, "Green side up!" The couple thought this > must just be come kind of contractor business jargon. Soon they entered the > comfy bedroom, and again the contractor went to the window and yelled, > "Green side up!" Curiosity had now gotten the best of the young couple, so > the young man asked the contractor, "Why did you yell, 'Green side up!', > every time we entered a room? The contractor replied, "I hired a couple of > newfies to put in your new lawn." > > Is the water in St. John's harbour warm this time of year? > > Har! > > My insincere apologies to newfies everywhere. > > HAR! back atch ya!
substitute "Norwegians" for newfies and you have a joke often told in Minnesota. My favorite Norwegian (substitute "newfie" joke is: A chainsaw salesman approaches a Norwegian lumberjack in Northern Minnesota and tells him that by switching from his ax to a new chainsaw will increase his productivity 100 times. The Norwegian is very excited and buys a chainsaw right away. A few days later the lumberjack brings his chainsaw back and complains that not only did he not increase his tree-cutting ability, he actually cut down FEWER trees than with his old ax. "Hmmm" says the salesman, "Let's see what's wrong with the chainsaw" and proceeds to start it. "WHAT'S THAT SOUND?" asks the lumberjack. -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
