Half A Lettuce

[Rondy]

A man in the North Wales supermarket tries to buy half a head of lettuce.
Dave the produce assistant tells him that they sell only whole heads of lettuce. The man persists and asks to see the manager. The boy says he'll ask his manager about it.
Walking into the back room, Dave said to his manager, "Some stupid person wants to buy half a head of lettuce."
As he finished his sentence, he turned to find the man standing right behind him, so he added, "And this gentleman has kindly offered to buy the other half."
The manager approved the deal, and the man went on his way.
Later the manager said to Dave, "I was impressed with the way you got yourself out of that situation earlier. We like people who think on their feet here. Where are you from, Dave?"
"Chester, sir," Dave replied.
"Well, why did you leave Chester?" the manager asked.
Dave said, "Sir, there's nothing but *** and hockey players up there."
"Really?" said the manager. "My wife is from Chester."
"No kidding?" replied Dave. "Who'd she play for?"

[Barsel]

but *** and hockey players up there."
I don't know what the word is.

[Canary42]

Well, it's not countryfolk but it starts of sounding the same :-)

[Spicerack]

v good.