One of my favourite bits of comedy is from Paul Tonksinon, an English comedian who is originally from Yorkshire. For non-English audiences, Yorkshiremen are con

One of my favourite bits of comedy is from Paul Tonksinon, an English comedian who is originally from Yorkshire. For non-English audiences, Yorkshiremen are considered very bluff and no-nonsense - the antithesis of “fancy”. Plain speaking is a virtue and anything that might even have a whiff of showing off or wanting to seem like you are better than others is treated with deep suspicion if not outright hostility. Anyway, the set up of the joke is Paul Tonkinson worrying about a trip home, and he knows that he’s going to have to go to the local pub with his dad and his dad’s friends. Now he’s a famous London comedian and acclimatised to “London ways” he’s worried that he’s going to stick out like a sore thumb. He goes to the pub, everything is going fine. He’s relieved. Until one of his dad’s friends looks him up and down and says “Alright lad? I hear you’re one of those London types now. You must be doing alright for yourself. Your clothes I mean - very fancy. Trousers! with pockets” It’s much funnier when he tells it obviously. I’ve been trying to find a YouTube clip but can’t.