Actually, Diana, that joke is older than either of us. I used to work for a mortgage company in Miami and my boss there, who was a New York Jew from the Bronx, used to joke about Florida's resemblance to the organ of male pleasure at least once a week.
Posted by Andrea Harris at August 3, 2003 08:09 PMOr, as Grace Slick put it back when anyone noticed what she said, "No man is an island. He is a penninsula."
Posted by: triticale at August 3, 2003 at 08:40 PMFlorida does look a lot like a remote control, doesn't it?
Posted by: Dean Esmay at August 4, 2003 at 05:16 AMThe resemblance is one also shared by Sweden, although the presence of Norway beside it tends to obscure this. Unfortunately for the Swedes, the introduction of the Euro has illustrated the fact in all its (morning?) glory, as the map on the reverse side of the coin only shows EC countries, leaving Norway out. To make it even worse, Finland completes the picture by resembling a scrotum. And they wonder why the Swedes are staying out of the single currency... You can see it here
http://www.24carat.co.uk/eurocoins.html
That joke was also used on the Simpsons several years ago. They won a trip to Orlando, and Homer says in a disappointed tone of voice "Florida? But that's America's wang".
Posted by: Ian S. at August 4, 2003 at 02:21 PMI saw a cartoon version years ago: just an outline map of North America and Europe with a balloon coming out of Chesapeake Bay containing the words "Hey Europe, bite my Florida!"
Oddly prescient, don't you think? It expresses the way a lot of Americans feel about Europeans today.
Posted by: Dr. Weevil at August 4, 2003 at 06:26 PM