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    In Poland, examples of such cities are Sosnowiec and Wąchock.

    Jokes about Wąchock are common everywhere in Poland, maybe even in Wąchock itself. Wąchock is a village though unlike Sosnowiec.

    like:

    Why do they turn off street lighting at midnight in Wąchock?
    Because people must sometimes do business on the black market.

    Why do chickens in Wąchock wear slippers? - To not scratch the asphalt.

    Many jokes about Wąchock are considered hoary old jokes by Poles ...




    Sosnowiec is just behind the historical border of Silesia region (which is the most distinctive region of Poland in many ways) and jokes about this city are very popular in Silesia. Many people mistakenly assume that Sosnowiec is Silesia because it lies in the Śląskie Voivodeship and because there are mines there. It is seen as an ugly, neglected city without much of history; some of these are not exactly true but there's something to it ...

    Jokes like:
    Co najlepszego możesz napotkać w Sosnowcu? Autobus do Katowic.
    What's the best you can meet in Sosnowiec? Bus to Katowice (the most populous Silesian city).

    Or ... these are supposed sky scrapers in Sosnowiec.




    Kindergarten in Sosnowiec.





    Waterpark in Sosnowiec.






    Some smart Silesian sticked a piece of paper: I am not from Sosnowiec. I've just bought the car!






    New city fountain in Sosnowiec.


    'It seems that Syria really needs our help ... just kidding, this is Sosnowiec.




    When you enter Sosnowiec ...


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    Pernik (25 km southwest of Sofia) is the brightest example, jokes there are mostly for their love of tracksuits, Golf 2 and fighting.


    "Pernik, the town of true gentlemen"


    "Female fashion"


    "A huge brawl in a Pernik disco was felt in whole Bulgaria at 3 AM"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lioncourt View Post
    Pernik (25 km southwest of Sofia) is the brightest example, jokes there are mostly for their love of tracksuits, Golf 2 and fighting.


    "Pernik, the town of true gentlemen"


    "Female fashion"


    "A huge brawl in a Pernik disco was felt in whole Bulgaria at 3 AM"
    ^ These are funny.

    Are jokes about Chuck Norris as popular in Bulgaria as in Poland? But to be fair they were mostly popular in the 00s.




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    Tasmania. Viewed as inbreeds by the rest of Australia - especially Victorians.

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    A studio apartment in Sosnowiec.




    The sculpture of the head of Pharaoh Butelhamon VII has been found in Sosnowiec.
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    ^^ you envy?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lioncourt View Post


    "Female fashion"
    That just made my day.

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    Haugesund and Karmoy has for long been stereotyped, and rightly so, for having a population with high tendency towards substance abuse of all sorts, inbreeding, ugly dialects and trashy behavior/lack of manners.

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    In Spain the town about which jokes are most commonly made is Lepe, in Huelva (Andalusia), always suggesting that they are a bit silly.

    For example:



    "Single-seat plane crashes into the Lepe cemetery, 1600 bodies found----Excavations continue, the pilot was unhurt"

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    In Portugal, the vast majority of such jokes are about Alentejanos (people from the Alentejo, which is a large province, not a town), mostly about them being lazy, dumb or just hicks.



    One I know:

    Two Alentejanos are travelling in a large truck. At one point, they are approaching the entrance of a tunnel that has a sign saying "Maximum Height Allowed: 4 Meters". The driver slams on the brakes, afraid the truck is too tall, but he's not sure if it is, so he tells his companion to get out and measure the truck's height. After a while, his companion comes back and says "We have half a meter over the limit, but I don't think there is any police around here so I think we can just go".
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