I like Polly's joke best, it's short and to the point . This one is a "wordier" and has a bit of an "edge" to it. By referencing the fact it's in the deep South, it can help more people to "get" it. Let the Christmas festivities begin! Polly and Jo have spoken!!!!!!!
============================================================================================================= A journalist was in a small Alabama town to write up a Christmas report. As he entered the town square, he was impressed to see a quaint Nativity scene with figures of Mary, Joseph, the Baby Jesus, and the three wise men. One thing puzzled him though ... the wise men were all wearing firemen's hats. He went back to the motel and asked the girl at the front desk if she knew why the wise men were wearing firemen's hats.
"City folk," she replied, "Ya think ya know ever'thang, don't ya? Y'all ain't nuthin' but city folk who don't read the Bible!"
"Pardon me, but I do read the Bible," he replied. "There's nothing in the Bible about firemen's hats!"
Muttering under her breath, she pulled out a Bible from under the desk and said, "Looky right here. It says, 'They came down from afar'!"