Hick Jokes

[Simon Darkshade]

No, this is not a thread devoted to humour about the much maligned English batsman, but rather to jokes about slightly backward, rather strange and downright weird folk from the backwaters.

To begin with:

An executive from the big smoke decides to get back to his roots, by going to visit the rural area where his parents grew up. He arranges to be met by and stay with a distant cousin of his. Let's call him Cletus, or Billy-Bob; you can decide.
The drive from the rail station was uneventful, and the lean-to shack that was to serve as the cityslicker's accomodation looked isolated, bare and boring. After putting his things away in his room, he went out to join Cousin Cletus/Billy-Bob on the porch, where he sat chewing a grass stalk.
"So, cousin, er, is it always this quiet round here?"
"Nope"
"So, is there anything going on tonight?"
"Well, hell yeah. There's gonna be a big party!"
"Really?"
"Ab-so-lutely! There's gonna be fightin' and f****n', an' drinkin' an' singin', an' shootin' an' screamin'!"
"Well! That sure sounds interesting. Good thing I bought my party clothes with me."
"Aww, there ain't no need to dress up special, ol' buddy. There'll just be the two of us."

 

[Knight-Dragon]

Query - What does the term 'from the big smoke' mean? From the big city?

 

[Simon Darkshade]

Yes, that is correct. It comes from the Old English word "smoke", meaning "group of urban dwellings beset with pollution and gridlock"

 

[smokeyjoe]

Almost, but not quite. "Big Smoke" comes from an old saxon word "smeake" meaning "Town where the tubes stop at midnight and it costs you £15 to get bak home by cab"