Would a New Yorker please explain this joke to me?

[libraria Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close libraria]

It was in the Reader's Digest this month. I just don't "get" it and that is bugging me!

'I live next to a gas station in Manhattan and recently was delighted to notice new signs that said "Please do not Horn." Apparently others in the neighborhood complained. Changes were made. The signs now say "Please do not Hork."'

[pjtjmn Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close pjtjmn]

It was in the Reader's Digest this month. I just don't "get" it and that is bugging me!

'I live next to a gas station in Manhattan and recently was delighted to notice new signs that said "Please do not Horn." Apparently others in the neighborhood complained. Changes were made. The signs now say "Please do not Hork."'

The joke is that they got the sign wrong the first time. It should have said, "Please do not Honk." (As in your horn.)

So... the neighbors complained, and the changes were still wrong!!

Okay.... It even made me laugh (a bit). Is it really a New York thing that I understood that??

[CMF Member Find all posts View Profile Close CMF]

Hork = Steal

My guess is that it is a play on words to protest the high price of gas.

Charles

[libraria Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close libraria]

Hey, thanks, I see it now. "Hork" should have been "Honk". I was trying to make it something like don't horn in line. Here in the Midwest I don't hear much horn honking at the gas stations...... lol......

[pjtjmn Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close pjtjmn]

Hey, thanks, I see it now. "Hork" should have been "Honk". I was trying to make it something like don't horn in line. Here in the Midwest I don't hear much horn honking at the gas stations...... lol......

Hey, no problem... or should I say fugedaboudit..... (forget about it.. Tony Soprano style!!)

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

When the geese go over I can hear them horking.

[pjtjmn Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close pjtjmn]

When the geese go over I can hear them horking.

I thought they were horning???

[bevvy5 Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close bevvy5]

I don't imagine the station would be too happy with anyone horking either.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...k&defid=202266

Bev

[JudyS Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JudyS]

I don't imagine the station would be too happy with anyone horking either.http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...k&defid=202266

Yeah, the definition of "hork" that came to my mind was #3 in that dictionary, to cough up, ex: My cat horked a big hairball on the sofa.

I didn't get the joke, either, until it was explained here.

[Jennie Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jennie]

This reminds me of my neighbor, who is from a foreign country and has been learning English gradually over the past two years. She frequently tells me to horn her when I pull into her driveway to take her to the store

[VVTrader Member Find all posts View Profile Close VVTrader]

I didn't get the joke either and I'm from NY. The other NY in the western part of the state. Once I got it. It's pretty funny.