>>People in the mid-Atlantic states say the same sort of cruel things about West Virginia that Canadians say about Newfoundland, that the English say about the Scots, and that Australians and New Zealanders say (I believe) about each other.
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>I never heard anything funny said about newfies <vbg>.

We had a lot of cop jokes (and probably still do, just haven't heard a single new one in years). The ultimate one:

Q: how many cop jokes are there?

A: zero. It's all true.