A joke I must share

A very genteel Southern lady was driving across a bridge over the Savannah River one day. As she neared the top of the bridge, she noticed a young man fixen {ready} to jump.
She stopped her car, rolled down the window and said, "Please don't jump, think of your dear mother and father."
He replied, "Mom and Dad are both dead; I'm going to jump."
She said, "Well, think of your wife and children."
He replied, "I'm not married and I don't have any kids."
She said, "Well, think of Robert E. Lee."
He replied, "Who's Robert E. Lee?"
She replied, "Well bless your heart, just go ahead and jump, you dumbass Yankee."

Honestly, I have nothing against Yankees or people from any other geographic region. It's just a funny joke. Overseas, we're all known as Yankees.