Mar 20, 2009

At work today, someone started an email thread asking if Jersey was a country or not.

If that strikes you as odd, you need to think Europe, not east coast USA.  Or, do you!?

As an FYI, Jersey is actually a small island in the English Channel right off the coast of Normandy, France.  It is neither part of the EU or the UK but rather, like the Isle of Man, is a separate possession of the British Crown. It has been at least somewhat associated with big banking and surreptitious money hiding, etc.  Anyway, my point here is not a geography lesson.

After a few jokes about money laundering, some confusion with Swiss banking and whether this place had any cows or not, I thought I’d set everyone straight about the subject and sent everyone the following email:

Wait, Swiss cows can’t be purple, they’re chocolate!  Its this reason that people confuse them with Jersey cows, because they can be brown too. But, it’s the Jersey cows that usually have the illegal money, are named Tony or Vinny and say things like “Bada Bing” and “capeche”.

Take a look at the picture below to get an idea of what they look like.  It should clear up any confusion.  Honest.

A Jersey Cow seen in its natural habitat.

Of course, props have to Barnyard for the original joke. Capeche!?

From the movie Barnyard