This joke was collected from a fanfiction story called “Every Day A Holiday I :Summer” in The Sentinel fandom. The premise of the fic is that one of the protagonist is dared by his partner to find a unique holiday for every day for a period of three months. This particular joke was for the August 11th holiday: Presidential Joke Day.

The wives of three presidents and a prime minister are talking together about what a penis is called in their native languages. The wife of Tony Blair says in England people call it a gentleman because it stands up when women are entering. The wife of Boris Yeltsin says in Russia you call it a patriot because you never know if it will hit you on the front or on the backside. The wife of Chirac says in France you call it a curtain because it goes down after the act. Well, the wife of Clinton says in the USA you call it a rumor because it goes from mouth to mouth.

This joke was posted as a part of a story dealing with two characters who are work partners and roommates who through the course of celebrating holidays find a new depth to their relationship, which transitions from platonic to romantic. This was more of a crude joke that in the context of the story helped to foreshadow the change in relationship already held by the protagonists and the gradual transition into a deeper relationship. While the couple in question are already comfortable with each other they are unsure of pursuing a deeper relationship.Through the course of celebrating holidays, the couple is able to work through any lingering problems that they may have and settle into a more stable situation.

I thought the joke was hilarious. While I had shared a different joke from this source with both my parents, I only shared this one with my mother as I felt that my father might not approve of the content of the joke.

This joke was collected from a fanfiction story called “Every Day A Holiday I :Summer” in The Sentinel fandom. The premise of the fic is that one of the protagonist is dared by his partner to find a unique holiday for every day for a period of three months. This particular joke was for the August 11th holiday: Presidential Joke Day.

The Trumans were taking a tour of a farm, being shown around separately. In the chicken yard Bess said, ‘Only one rooster for all these hens?’ The farmer told her it was no problem, as the rooster could ahem perform his duty many times a day. Bess said, ‘Tell that to the president.’ Later Harry was brought around to the hen yard, and the farmer relayed Mrs. Truman’s comment. The president said, ‘With the same chicken each time?’ ‘No sir, with a different chicken each time.’ ‘Tell that to Mrs. Truman.
This joke was posted as a part of a story dealing with two characters who are work partners and roommates who through the course of celebrating holidays find a new depth to their relationship which transitions from platonic to romantic. It was thus interesting that the premise of this joke was infidelity and making light of that situation. However, in the context of the story is could serve as a contrast to the relationship already held by the protagonists and gradual change into a deeper relationship. Through the course of celebrating holidays, the couple is able to work through any lingering problems that they may have and settle into a more stable situation.

Informant: My informant is a close friend who I have known for many years. He is a 23-year-old college student and has lived his whole life in Orange County, California. He currently resides in Los Angeles where he attends the University of Southern California and comes from a prominently Scottish heritage.

I began this interview a little different than my other interviews because we are such close friends. I started with very casual conversation and because I thought if I put him on the spot asking him to give me folklore, he might freeze up and not be able to think of any. I was interested to see if he knew of any cyber lore so I started talking about cyber lore that I had seen in the past and the first thing he said to me was, “what like Tim Tebowing?” This is where this piece of folklore came from.

Me: What exactly is Tim Tebowing?

Informant: “It is when you, like, just do the Tebow pose pretty much anywhere. You drop on one knee and put your head down like your praying to god”

Me: Where did you learn about this?

Informant: “I saw it online first, but for a while you could see people doing it for pictures on the street.”

Me: So for the most part it is done on the Internet?

Informant: “Yea I guess, cuz that’s where it spread. Like there are forums on the Internet of people “Tebowing” in ridiculous places and I think that’s where it spread the most.”

Me: Have you every Tebowed?

Informant: (Laughing) Maybe once.

Me: Why do you think Tebowing isn’t prominent anymore?

Informant: “It was just a trend, like anything else, it comes in fast and leaves just as fast, plus Tebow isn’t even playing anymore so he is kind of out of the spotlight”

Analysis: The Internet is quickly becoming a vastly popular way to spread folklore. People are constantly on their phones and computers, so when something becomes popular, it can go viral so much faster. In this sense, these new trends become well known across the entire globe within days. Something as simple as posing for a picture can instantly become known by millions of people. It seems as if this genre of folklore is rapidly spreading because of its accessibility and I think in the years to come we will see more and more folklore appearing over the Internet as the performances and speech begin to dwindle.