Rubbish humour

[venta]

Ordinarily, people ask me to stop telling jokes. However, addedentry requested a reprise of this one, so here we go:

A bin-man is walking down a road in Yorkshire. Observing that one lady has forgotten to put out her rubbish, he yells to her "Where's yer bin?"

Flattered that her sun-tan has been noticed, she answers proudly "Tenerife!"

The bin-man shakes his head. "Na, where's yer wheelie bin?"

The lady looks deflated, and mutters "Cleethorpes".

Comments

[voratus.livejournal.com]

I wish I knew what the hell that meant.

Bloody Brits.

In case you actually wanted an explanation...

[j4.livejournal.com]

Bin == thing you put your rubbish/trash/household waste in.

Wheelie bin == as above but larger, squarer, and on wheels (hence the name). Left outside your house for the contents to be taken away by the council.

Bin man == council employee responsible for collecting rubbish from houses.

"Where's yer bin?" == either "Where is your bin?" or a dialect rendering of "Where have you been?" ("Been" is pronounced "bin" in lots of UK accents.)

"Where's yer wheelie bin?" == either "Where is your wheelie bin?" or a dialect rendering of "Where have you really been?"

Cleethorpes == North Lincolnshire seaside resort. Not as nice as Tenerife (Canary Islands), I'm guessing, though I've never actually been to either.

I will now let the pedants argue about my definitions. 8-)

Re: In case you actually wanted an explanation...

[venta.livejournal.com]

I will now let the pedants argue about my definitions

Actually, I thought that was a masterful deconstruction :)