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The Punny Side of Life

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Which reminds me of this very, very, very old joke, and if offends, I do apologize. (It warrants three "verys" because it was very old when I heard it, and it was very old when the person who told it to me heard it, and it's now very old to those hearing it the first time.)

By sharing it, I mean no disrespect to anyone regardless of race, creed, gender, color, etc. and offer it only for the punny humor involved.

That said I'm still wrapping it in a spoiler, so if you have gentle sensibilities, then please just scroll on by.

Thad: Hey, have you heard about those new Italian tires?
Seamus: No, what about them?
Thad: Dago through rain, Dago through snow, Dago through mud, and when Dago flat, Dago Wop, Wop, Wop!

My grandparents ... Atilio DeProspero and Anna Larelli ... used to tell me that joke when I was but a child. They thought it was hilarious.


They also told a story of my great-grandfather who rode the streetcars in Philadelphia around the turn of the previous century (1900's). The conductors would shout out the upcoming streets in a sing-song fashion. When the streetcar got to Allegheny Avenue, they would call out "al-uh-gay-nee-avv" and he thought they said "All the guineas OFF". ;)
 
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