Florida Coast Jokes

Proto-9/11 humor Okay I originally posted this in an r/AskReddit thread. This one's got a bit of a back story... My dad used to work at a bank in NYC trading currencies back in the 70s/80s. He was in the office one day when the electronic scrolling marquee in the office read ""The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 90 seconds after take-off: All onboard presumed dead"", before going blank for 15 minutes. The board would usually be scrolling figures and prices all day long and it just went blank. …

While sports fishing off the Florida coast a tourist capsized his boat. He could swim but his fear of alligators kept him clinging to the overturned craft. Spotting and old beachcomber standing on the shore the tourist shouted""Are there any gators around here?!"" ""Naw"" the man hollered back ""they ain't been around for years!"" ""Feeling safe the tourist started swimming leisurely toward the shore. About halfway there he asked the guy""How'd you get rid of the gators?"" ""We didn't do no…