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The Farmer's New Telephone
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>There was a farmer out in the country, a meek little guy who had a speech
>problem and couldn't talk right. He got his first telephone, the kind that
>hangs on the kitchen wall and has to be cranked to get the operator.
>
>Soon after it was installed, he tried his first call. (crank, crank, ring,
>ring) "Operator".
>"Gimme fvree, fvree, one, fi, pease."
>"Excuse me?"
>"I wanna talk ta fvree, fvree, one, fi."
>"I don't understand you, sir."
>"FVREE, FVREE, ONE, FI!"
>"Sir, if you want to make a call, you're going to have to talk plainer
>than that."
>"Oh, yust shtick it up yer ash!" (slammed the phone down)
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>The next morning, there was a knock at the farmer's door. Two very large
>repairmen from the phone company were there, and they asked him if he was
>the one who had used a profanity with their operator.
>
>"Yesh, I yam", he said.
>The telephone man said "Sir, we don't stand for our ladies being treated
>that way. You have a choice. You can either call her right now
>and apologize, or we're going to remove your telephone."
>
>Without saying a word, the little man walked to the telephone. (crank,
>crank, ring, ring) "Operator".
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>"Are yew th' lady I told ta
>shtick 'dis telephone up her ash?"
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>Immediately huffy, the operator replied "I CERTAINLY am!"
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>"Well, get ready. Dere bringin' it in."