It's the 1920s. A German tourist while walking around in New York city's Chinatown, notices a restaurant named ""Hans Baumhauer's authentic chop suey""... He gets curious, and wants to find out more about this German man who has set up a restaurant in the heart of china town. He asks a very old Chinese man squatting in front of the restaurant, ""Do you know this Hans Baumhauer who owns this restaurant?"" ""Yes"", says the old man, ""I am Hans Baumhauer."" ""Really?!"" Says the German with surpri…

So my First ever joke on reddit, it starts with an immigrant to the United states. An Italian immigrant to the US, just arrived to Ellis Island. Lucky for him is Uncle is a citizen and could sponsor his entry. His Uncle also owned a fruit cart business in New York City. The young Italian knew no english when he arrived, so his Uncle taught him three phrases to aid him in selling fruit. The went like so: 1) Two for a nickle 2) Some are some ain't 3) If you don't, someone else will Things were goi…

Why are do many Italian-Americans named Tony? When they came to Ellis Island, not one of them could speak a lick of English, but they all had "To NY" on their hats.