In Kent, southern England the village of Ham and the town of Sandwich are next door to each other - endless amusement.
A - The wife and I went to the Caribbean for our holidays this year.
I have it on “Dirt, Silver, and Gold,” and the one on Amazon is a very different version from what I can tell, but a great song. The intro says, roughly, that when life gets lousy, head it on back to Bowlegs.
Sometimes things don’t work out, but that’s how life is son
All them little miseries can keep you on the run
Some morning you may wake up with your face down in the eggs
So just put out the fire, call in the dogs, and head it on back to Bowlegs.
BTW that album is fantastic, beginning with the definitive version of “Mr. Bojangles” and moseying through classics like “Rocky Top,” “Cosmic Cowboy,” “Foggy Mountain Breakdown,” and “Ripplin’ Waters,” with their versions of “Will the Circle Be Unbroken” (Doc Watson et al guesting), and so on.
Jokes based on geography? Circa 1981:
Where did Prince Charles spend his honeymoon?/Indiana.
(And when she got pregnant, they decided to name their kid “Up”—Up, Chuck, and Di.)
Non-pun, I posted this classic in an Oz-related thread.
Title: *AUSTRALIA GETS DRUNK, WAKES UP IN NORTH ATLANTIC
Tired of Being Isolated and Ignored, Continent Isn’t Bloody Moving *
*“Australia came through here screaming curses at us to let them through,” said Ernesto Carnal, who guards the locks at the entrance to the Panama Canal. “We said they would not fit, so they demanded to speak with a manager. When I go to find Mr. Caballos, they sneak the whole continent through.”
When Caballos shouted to the fleeing country that it had not paid, Australia “accidentally” backed up and took out every nation in the region, as well as the northern third of Venezuela. They then made up a cheery song about it.*
From a joke book I had as a kid:
“Why is a waiter dropping a platter on Thanksgiving like a World War?”
“Because it’s the Downfall of Turkey, the Destruction of China, and the Overspil of Greece.”
No wonder the Turks keep running those ads about how their nation’s name is properly pronounced “Toork-ee-yeh” during the Sunday morning news commentary shows.
On a field trip through rural North Carolina, we passed through the town of Erect, which is not to far from the town of Climax. One student asked the professor how long it takes to get from Erect to Climax. The professor chided him that it’s not how fast one makes the trip, but that everybody gets there together.
Why doesn’t Texas fall into the Gulf of Mexico?
Because OKLAHOMA SUCKS!
And the lyrics to a charming song: *Rhode Island is Famous for You * by Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz. I have it on John Pizzarelli’s *Live at Birdland * CD set.
Waltzing Hispania, Waltzing Hispania
Who’ll come a-waltzing Hispania with me?
Spanish cursing may be heard as we crash the bloody locks
Who’ll come a-waltzing Hispania with me?