Those familiar with the Lehigh Valley will get this one

[damont]

This story was first told to me in 6th grade, by someone who heard her little brother ask the question. I am given to understand that young kids in the west/southwest area of Allentown PA (the area covered by my dad's church) still ask it every spring.

Southwest of Allentown is the town of Emmaus. (Which appears to be 3 miles from everywhere. But I digress.) Emmaus, like Nazareth and Bath and some others, was named after the Biblical location. Which brings us to the amusing story:

This coming Sunday (3 Easter) is also known as Emmaus Sunday. A parent is telling the children that it's traditional on that day to read the Gospel story (Luke 24:13-35) of Jesus meeting two of his disciples on the road to Emmaus. After a short pause, the younger child asks: "Did Jesus meet them on Lehigh Street or Cedar Crest Boulevard?"

Comments

[stoooooooo.livejournal.com]

as a lehigh alum - that is funnay :)

[montuos]

Which appears to be 3 miles from everywhere. But I digress.

Except when it's 4. But I digress.

[sskipstress.livejournal.com]

Now I'm really hungry for Yocco's.

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

Me too.

[fosveny.livejournal.com]

Duh! Emmaus Ave!

[fosveny.livejournal.com]

*grin*

...That being what I had for dinner last night.

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

Strangely enough, most kids that age on that side of Allentown don't think too much about Emaus Ave.

[edelweiss68.livejournal.com]

Hahahahahaha!!!! That's priceless! ;D

When I lived up in the Valley area, I had to constantly correct my Southern NJ friends' pronunciation - to them, it was Ee-mouse. Wha'?! ;D

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

yeah really, WTF... although the local community paper (East Penn Free Press) used to have cartoons featuring "E. Mouse" ... so perhaps the confusion is more widespread than we think.