Subject: American in England An elderly English couple, the wife rather deaf, were visiting New York. They hail a cab and start out on a lengthy journey. It being New York, it isn't long before the driver starts talking. Driver: You're limeys, aren't you? Man: Aye, we are Wife: What did he say? M: He asked if we were English and I said we were W: Ah D: I was in England, during the war M: Oh aye W: What did he say? M: He said he was in England during the war W: Ah D: I was in Burnley, in Lancashire. You know it? M: Yes, that's where we come from W: What did he say? M: He said he was in England during the war - near Burnley W: Ah D: Do you know a patch of woodland just south of Burnley? M: Aye, I know it W: What did he say? M: He asked if we knew the woods south of Burnley and I said we did W: Ah D: You know, it was in those woods, during the war, I had the worst fuck I've ever had in my entire life. W: What did he say? M: He says he knows you. --