Labor Pain Joke (Yale)

Living in New York, you often run into people who don't speak your language. But, you know, everyone tries to connect - the cabbie tries to follow your nutty shortcuts, and most people try to help tourists get where they're going. And, for a moment, you can convince yourself you really do understand Finnish, or deep Brooklyn.

That's a round about way of introducing this labor pain joke. To be honest, we're all new fathers, and well, we've seen birth up close, but still we don't get this joke. And it's killing us. We're not taking anything away from the joke, mind you - the delivery is great - but, please, in the name of all that's good, explain the punchline to us. So, enjoy the joke and bid a fond farewell to New Haven. Next post - Back to NYC and Christmas 2006!