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