A kangaroo hops into a bar and orders a scotch. The bartender is surprised, but serves the drink and says “that’ll be $10.”
The kangaroo pays up, then drinks silently. Finally, the bartender can’t stand it anymore and says in the most conversational tone he can, “Say, we don’t see many kangaroos in here.”
The kangaroo looks up from his drink and says, “At these prices, you won’t be seeing many more, either.”
Slick city guy is lost in the boondocks and sees a local farmer. So he goes up there and asks haughtily for directions.
(song lyrics from a Michelle Shocked song, Arkansas traveller)
Hey farmer! You been livin’ here all your life? Not yet.
Hey farmer! Where does this road go?
*Been livin’ here all my life, it ain’t gone nowhere yet.
*
Hey farmer! When you gonna fix that leakin’ roof? Ah stranger, when it’s a rainin’ it’s too wet to fix it and when it’s dry it’s just as good as any mans house.
Hey farmer! You’re not too far from a fool are you? Just a barbed-wire fence between us.
Hey farmer! You don’t know very much do you? No, but I ain’t lost.
[nitpick]Arkansas Traveller is a traditional tune, and the comedy routine is from Pete Seeger. (I think adding it to the tune for “color” was Seeger’s innovation, but I don’t know for sure.)[/nitpick]