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DFW

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Sat Jun 13, 2026, 09:07 AM Yesterday

Best Welsh joke I ever heard. [View all]

There was a woman from Wales at a community breakfast that my wife helped organize this morning. She told me great story.

An American tourist couple was traveling through Wales and stopped off at a fast food place for a quick lunch. They were in the famed Welsh village of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. She and her husband ordered their burgers and fries, and the salesgirl asked if there was anything else she could do for them. The wife said, yes, actually. Would she please pronounce, very slowly, the name of the place in which they found themselves. The sales girl smiled sweetly and said "sure, it is pronounced "BUR - GER- KING."

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Woo-hoo! DFW is back! WestMichRad Yesterday #1
I do feel OK, thanks. But that is the dangerous part DFW Yesterday #13
Love it SuzyandPuffpuff Yesterday #2
Home of the Whopperllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoc twodogsbarking Yesterday #3
Yeah, but keep in mind, there are tourists to respect, so............ DFW Yesterday #7
I'd like to buy a vowel. twodogsbarking Yesterday #8
As you may have surmised by the way their towns are spelled DFW Yesterday #12
Part of the problem is that the puzzle board extends well into the neighboring buildings on each side! nt SeattleVet 15 hrs ago #31
Snort ❤️😺 littlemissmartypants Yesterday #4
That's a good one Picaro Yesterday #5
Hi there DFW! How are you feeling? Great joke! Diamond_Dog Yesterday #6
I am in that most dangerous stage DFW Yesterday #10
Haha those are hilarious! Diamond_Dog Yesterday #15
So glad to see you back! Rhiannon12866 16 hrs ago #28
GOOD one!!! calimary 12 hrs ago #36
I've been to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch Siwsan Yesterday #9
Agree, Siwsan, being Welsh must be fun and tongue twisting. Polly Hennessey Yesterday #16
I spent a year there druidity33 Yesterday #21
Because of my surname, which is VERY common in Wales, everyone I met said I might be a cousin Siwsan 23 hrs ago #22
I did a lot of hitch-hiking around druidity33 20 hrs ago #25
Percentages are slightly down in recent years TommyT139 18 hrs ago #27
So have I! I remember taking a photo of my parents in front of that extremely long sign! Rhiannon12866 16 hrs ago #29
I've heard lots of people pronounce it Siwsan 6 hrs ago #37
That's actually pretty easy to pronounce..... lastlib 15 hrs ago #34
I heard that as a Texas joke cab67 Yesterday #11
That puts us all in a which came first dilemma DFW Yesterday #14
The first Dairy Queen in Texas was 1947 IronLionZion Yesterday #18
Knowing Wales DFW 22 hrs ago #24
1992 in Cardiff IronLionZion 18 hrs ago #26
I heard it as a Texas joke too... momta Yesterday #17
Explore the Jaw-Dropping Charm of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyllllantysiliogogogoch! IronLionZion Yesterday #19
I heard this as a Wisconsin joke, Oconomowoc fargone Yesterday #20
It's certainly the best Welsh joke I've ever heard, but also the worst, as it's the only one I've ever heard. NNadir 22 hrs ago #23
Not to be outdone by the Welsh, Massachusetts has its own entry: Totally Tunsie 15 hrs ago #30
A version of the same joke in Texas for forty-plus years, I guess. Ilsa 15 hrs ago #32
Been around in Texas for a very long time. Name of the town differs. efhmc 1 hr ago #38
How to celebrate St. David's Day cyclonefence 15 hrs ago #33
I thought Germans coined long words, Lionel Mandrake 12 hrs ago #35
Germans are amateurs compared to the Welsh and the Finns. DFW 4 min ago #39
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