What I tell people is the great Canadian joke

Bob and Doug lived in the northern wilds of Canada. Winter was approaching so they went out to chop wood to keep them warm during the cold months.

After working all day they had gathered a respectable amount of firewood and were feeling pretty exhausted. Bob turns to Doug and says "Well, what do you think? Do we have enough? What if we have a really cold winter?"

They discussed this for a while and finally decided to ask old Indian Joe what he thought.

So Bob climbed to the top of the hill, found Indian Joe and asked him "Joe, is it going to be a cold winter?"

Joe looked over the vast forest and nodded, "Yes, cold winter".

So Bob went back down and told Doug what Joe had said. They worked the night through, chopping down more trees, until morning when they had a huge amount of firewood.

Again, exhausted, they discussed whether that would be enough. Bob climbed to the top of the hill and asked Joe again, "Joe, is it going to be a very cold winter?"

Joe looked over the vast forest and nodded, "Yes, very cold winter"

So Bob made his way back down to Doug and told him what Joe had said.

They worked the rest of the day through, until they had a mountain of firewood. Close to collapse, they decided to ask Joe if it was going to be a very, very, very cold winter.

Both of them climbed to the top of the hill and Bob asked Joe, "Joe, is it going to be a very, very, very cold winter?"

Joe looked out over the vast forest and said "Yes, very, very, very cold winter"

Doug, who couldn't take any more said "Listen Joe, I know you are a native Indian and you people know this stuff, but how do you know it is going to be such a cold winter?"

Joe looked at them and said "White man cut many trees".