STATE NAME JOKES

Joseph M. Dakes, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, Pa.

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Jan 25, 1985, 4:01:47 PM1/25/85

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I am apologizing for these jokes in advance.

Q: What did Delaware?
A: A brand New Jersey.

Q: What did Tennessee?
A: The same thing Arkansas.

Fran Heidlage

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Jan 28, 1985, 6:38:43 PM1/28/85

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There used to be (I guess there still is) a song about state names.
Some of the pairs used were:
What did Delaware? A brand New Jersey
What did Missip? A Mint soda
How did Wiscon sin? Stole a New brass key
Were has Ora gon? To pay Texas
How did Flora die? In Missouri (misery)
Why did Cala phone ya? To ask How a' ya (this one is stretching it)
What did Ida hoe? Her merry land

That's all I can remember right now, but I guess I got the Maine idea across.

Cheers,
Fran Heidlage
duke!phs!jfh

Wolfe

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Jan 29, 1985, 6:56:06 PM1/29/85

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Does anyone know all the verses to the song these are from?
Others I can remember include
What did Mississippi, boys
What did Mississip (etc)
She sipped her Minnisota, she sipped her Minnisota, etc.
Of what did Florida ....
She died of Missouri ....
I also seem to recall "What did Idaho" and "Where has Oregon", but
can't remember the answers (I don't know, Alaska...?).
Nemo

Bruce Israel

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Jan 31, 1985, 4:37:06 PM1/31/85

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The version of these jokes that I heard was:

If Mrs. Sippi and Miss ouri each wore a brand New Jersey,
then what did Della wear?

Idaho, Alaska.

* Of course you realize that at this very moment,
seven other net.jokes readers are posting this
EXACT same joke. *

--

Bruce Israel

University of Maryland, Computer Science
{rlgvax,seismo}!umcp-cs!israel (Usenet) israel@Maryland (Arpanet)

ga...@ism780.uucp

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Feb 1, 1985, 1:30:30 AM2/1/85

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> I am apologizing for these jokes in advance.
>
>
> Q: What did Delaware?
> A: A brand New Jersey.
>
> Q: What did Tennessee?
> A: The same thing Arkansas.

Back in the early 60's there was a song, called "The 50 States Song" or
some such, whose lyrics were puns like this. I don't remember the whole
song, here are a few verses (the best I can remember).

Oh, what did Missis-sip, boy, Oh, how did Wiscon-sin, boy,
what did Missis-sip? how did Wiscon-sin?
She sipped a Minni-soda; He stole a New-brass-key;
that's what Missis-sipped. that's how Wiscon-sinned.

Oh, how did Flori-die, boy, Oh, where has Ore-gone, boy,
how did Flori-die? where has Ore-gone?
She died in Missouri; I don't know, but Al-ask-ya,
that's how Flori-died. "Where has Ore-gone?"

ge...@ism780.uucp

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Feb 2, 1985, 1:11:42 AM2/2/85

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[Feature Eater]

Q. If Mississippi
let Missouri
wear her New Jersey,
what would Delaware?

A. Idaho, Alaska

Geoffrey Kimbrough -- INTERACTIVE Systems

ima!ism780!geoff

George Sicherman

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Feb 4, 1985, 3:15:17 PM2/4/85

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The jokes are older than the song. One version went:

If Mississippi wore her New Jersey, what would little Delaware?

(Eventually somebody came up with an answer: "Idaho but Alaska."

"Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan,
Show me an itch and I'll scratchewan." --Roger Miller
--
Col. G. L. Sicherman
...seismo!rochester!rocksanne!rocksvax!sunybcs!gloria!colonel

Peter Merchant

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Feb 6, 1985, 9:20:50 AM2/6/85

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{ State your name... }

Missed one.
Q: What did Tennesee?

A: The same thing that Arkansas.

--
"You'd be an * it" Peter Merchant

geo...@sysvis.uucp

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Feb 18, 1985, 3:07:00 PM2/18/85

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<don't bug me>

The simplest one I ever ran across was:

Q: Hawaii ?
A: Alaska .