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<DIV>I found it mildly amusing, but I had a hard time explaining the punch line,
even to myself. If you're not familiar with Avon ladies... well, half the joke
is that people make jokes about Avon ladies. Some kids down the street from me,
when I was young, used to make up jokes like "What's red and goes ding-dong and
crawls through the grass?" The answer was "a wounded Avon lady." (Their mother
called herslf the Avon lady's "worst customer," but the patient Avon lady kept
coming back, valuing every customer she could get.) Even that wouldn't be funny
if you didn't know jokes like "What's white and black and red all over?" (A
newspaper), or "What's white and black and white and black and white and black
and red?" (A nun falling down the stairs -- only students at a Catholic
parochial school could or would have come up with that one, but my neighborhood
was half Catholic).</DIV>
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<DIV>Getting back to this joke, I think the idea is that knowing who the Avon
lady in a small town is, would be as good as showing photo ID to prove you are
for real. Only an imposter (at least among women folk) would fail to know the
correct answer.</DIV>
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<DIV>Siarlys</DIV>
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<DIV>On Tue, 4 Jan 2011 07:23:01 -0800 (PST) "Discussion of the Good, Clean
Funnies List" <<A
href="mailto:gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net">gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net</A>> writes:</DIV>
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<DIV>I guess in a rural area, the lady would be known & he could count on
grandma to go after her if the check wasn't good? Would not work in
NY.<BR></DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tue, January 4, 2011
9:49:53 AM<BR> [GCFL.net] The Avon Lady<BR></FONT><BR>Can anyone explain
this joke to me?<BR>greenBubble <BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>Subject:
[<A href="http://gcfl.net/" target=_blank>GCFL.net</A>] The Avon
Lady<BR><BR>The Avon Lady<BR><BR>My friend Bev and her husband were
reshingling their roof.<BR>As soon as they started, they realized they needed
more<BR>supplies, so Bev grabbed the checkbook, jumped into her car,<BR>and
drove the 45 miles to the nearest lumberyard.<BR><BR>After gathering the items
she needed, Bev went up to the<BR>cashier and wrote a check. "I really need to
see a photo<BR>ID," the clerk said.<BR><BR>"I don't have one on me," Bev
replied.<BR><BR>The cashier called over the manager, who examined the
check.<BR>Then the manager looked up and asked Bev, "Who is the Avon<BR>lady
in your town?"<BR><BR>Puzzled, Bev responded, "Maxine Thompson."<BR><BR>"Take
her check," the smiling manager said to the cashier.<BR>"Maxine is my
grandmother."<BR><BR>Received from
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