Simplify the following text for a Grade 11 native English-speaking person.
Original: The Genevois ( people of Geneva ) joke that the federal equivalent holiday , Jeune fÃ dÃ ral , is celebrated two weeks later on account of the rest of the country being a bit slow on the uptake .
Simplified: The Genevois joke that the federal equivalent holiday , JeÃ '' ne fÃ dÃ ral , is observed two weeks later on account of the rest of the country being a bit slow on the uptake .