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Originally Posted by troit
How could you not have noticed - I mean that car had to have been moving at what 2mph...
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That's the joke.
People from Newfoundland (henceforth referred to as Newfies or Newfs) are stereotypically considered to be more.. earthy, when compared with the rest of the country. Thus we have Newfie jokes, which tend to run in a similar vein as blonde jokes (albeit with a distinct maritime flavour).
The joke contains several Newfie stereotypes; notable the speech and the use of screech, a type of rum popular in Newfoundland that doubles as an excellent engine degreaser.
EDIT for another joke typical of the style:
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A Torontonian, an American and a Newfoundlander are involved in a grisly crime and are all sentenced to death. The executioner told them that they would each get to choose the method by which they would die.
Their choices were: lethal injection, electric chair or by hanging.
The American was afraid of needles and didn’t want to be hanged. The American chose the electric chair.
He sat in the chair and they pulled the switch and nothing happened. The executioner said that if this happens a second time that he could go free.
They tried a second time and again nothing happened so they set him free.
The guy from Toronto was also afraid of needles and didn’t want to be hanged so he too chose the electric chair.
Once again, the chair didn’t work and he was free.
Next it was the Newfoundlander’s turn to pick how he was to be executed.
He said "I'm afraid of needles, the electric chair won't work so you're going to have to hang me".
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Last edited by Martian; 11-13-2007 at 01:30 PM..
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