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NEVER SHAKE HANDS OVER A FENCE; IT IS BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
HER FATHER, A PENNSYLVANIA FARMER, ALWAYS BELIEVED
AND PRACTICED IT, EVEN TO THE POINT OF NOT SHAKING
HANDS OR WALKING AROUND THE FENCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s):
BARRIER
Date learned: 03-00-1968
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Ethnic Joke: The Italian Who Came to Detroit
Ima don lak Detroit worth a sheet. I check inna hotel and go down for breakfast an I tella da girl I wanna ham and eggs and two piece a toast. I tella her I wanna two peese. She say if you wanna to peese go to da toilet. I say you no unnerstand, I wanna two peese on my plate. She say you don peese on your plate, you sonna ma beech. I no eat, I go to my room.
At lunch time I go donna da street for my lunch inna Drake Hotel. The waitress brings me a knife an a napkin but no foke. I tella her I wanna foke. She say whatta you talk, everybody wanna foke. I say you no unnerstand, I wanna foke on the table. She say you don care where you foke, you sonna ma bech. So when she call me sonna ma beech, I go back to hotel.
When I get inna da room I got no sheet on my bed, so I calla da manager and tell him I wanna sheet on my bed. He says don sheet on your bed, go to the bathroom. You no unnerstand, I say, I wanna sheet on the bed. He say you better not sheet on your bed, you sonna ma beech. So when he call me a sonna ma beech, I go check out. I go to da desk to check out to New York, and when I leave the manacer say Peace on You. I say peese on you too, you sonna ma beech cause I go back to Italy.
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Motifs and BN added by TRD
James Callow comment:
The word Italian is written in the upper left hand corner of the submission.
Submission card was located in a pile marked To Be Classified.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s):
AMERICAN ; Cultural Divide ; EUPHEMISM ; HUMOR ; Italian ; Language ; Language Barrier ; NEW YORK ; OBSCENE IMPLICATION ; SPEECH ; Stereotype
James Callow Keyword(s):
Italian
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Ethnic Joke: Italian
Two Italians were watching ships in the harbor when a submarine came in. One turned to the other and said,
"Thatsa U Boat."
"No, I justa watch."
Submitter comment:
Informant said that he first heard this at wedding last summer. It took the informant at least ten minutes to tell this joke because he kept laughing.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs and BN added by TRD
James Callow comment:
The word Italian is written in the upper left hand corner of the submission card.
Submission card located in pile marked To Be Classified.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s):
ETHNIC ; Italian ; Language ; Language Barrier ; Submarines
James Callow Keyword(s):
Italian
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