Eastern Attitude

Text 2

“These two guys are sitting at a bar, one from the south, and one who just graduated from Harvard…”

Southern man: “Where are you from?”

Obnoxious boy from Harvard: “I come from a place where we do not end our sentences with prepositions.”

Southern Man: “Okay then… where are you from, asshole?”

Collector: Jill Siegel
Title: Eastern Attitude
Class: F351
Semester and Year: Fall 2005
Informant: Taylor Kannett

Context

This joke was told in the setting of an apartment at night.  The group was discussing stereotypes, and I, as the collector, asked if anyone knew any jokes.  The people present were all around the ages of 19-20, and close friends.