what kind of 'key' are you?

An American and a Japanese were sitting on the plane on 

the way to LA when the American turned to the Japanese         

and asked, "What kind of 'ese' are you?"  

 

The Japanese confused, replied, "Sorry, but I don't 

understand what you mean."

 

The American repeated,"What kind of 'ese' are you?"  Again, 

the Japanese was confused over the question. The 

American, now irritated, loudly repeated, "Jeez, how tough is 

this -- what kind of 'ESE' are you?  Are you ChinESE or 

JapanESE or VietnamESE . . . ?

 

The Japanese gentleman replied, "Oh, I see.  I'm Japanese."

 

"Well, ok, now we're getting somewhere," the American 

said.

 

A little while later, the Japanese man asked, "Excuse me,

but what kind of 'key' are you?"

 

"What? What the hell do you mean?" the irritated American

answered.

 

"You know, a monKEY or a donKEY or just a typical 

YanKEE?"