Digest for Monday, August 05, 1996
There are 15 messages totalling 518 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
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- Riddle (offensive to Microsoft fans)
- King Carl & Olympics
- Humor: Lawyer Jokes
- Nagesh Gadamsettys Chinese Laundry
- Taco Bell
- At the bank [clean]
- Backstage in Amateur theater {long}
- HUMOR weekly traffic report
- The family stress test...
- Humor (offensive to special ed folks)
- Man walks into a bar...{off. to zoophiles}
- miscommunication (off. to women and Filipinos)
- A Nuns Story
- Q & A..... (off to women).
- Equal rights for men
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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 09:44:13 +0100
From: Jagannatha Rao Oruganty <baexps_ja@SIIKS.A1.BOSCH.DE>
Subject: Riddle (offensive to Microsoft fans)
From: NAME: K5/ESK-Jagannatha Rao
FUNC: K5/ESK
TEL: 0711/811-2559 <BAEXPS_JA@SIIKS_A1@SIIKS>
To: NAME: Humor <"humor@uga.cc.uga.edu"@smtp>
Q: A person has got a PC with Windows installed on it. Not satisfied with his
monitor, he decides to buy a Super VGA monitor with 16 Million Colors
resolution. He buys the same and then runs Windows. What does he get ?
A: He gets "New Light thru Old Windows".
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--)Juggy(-- "Microsoft hard at times!!"
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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 08:25:29 -0400
From: Lee Bradley <lbradley@GRITS.VALDOSTA.PEACHNET.EDU>
Subject: King Carl & Olympics
I noticed the other night on TV that the Ghana 4 x 100m relay team
members were protesting prior to the start of the race.
I learned that they were opposed to officials' decision not to allow Carl
Lewis to run on THEIR team! After all, he was, for Ghana, too, an
unindicated co-runner!
Note for the unsportsperson-like: Carl Lewis is a great runner who,
having failed to make the USA's 4x100m relay team, tried to wheedle his
way onto the team after he had gotten his 9th gold medal by winning the
long jump. After all the pressure put on track coach Irv H. by the
representatives of the media to kick off a qualifier and add Carl, the
coach is to commended for sticking to his guns and running those guys who
DID qualify.
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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 07:24:37 -0500
From: Randall Woodman <randallw@ADSS.ESY.COM>
Subject: Humor: Lawyer Jokes <offensive to Lawyers>
READ THIS READ THIS READ THIS READ THIS READ THIS READ THIS READ THIS
Note to all readers: Last week I sent out a message entitled "Engineers
Explained". I have since learned that this was written by Scott Adams.
Scott is the author of the famed "Dilbert" cartoon. The "Engineers
Explained" message was taken from his recent book "The Dilbert Principle".
Scott has asked that this message cease its trip through cyperspace.
If you have this message, Scott is asking that you delete it and do not
continue to forward it. This is copyrighted material and Scott does have
the right to demand this. Now on with today's bit of humor.
READ THIS READ THIS READ THIS READ THIS READ THIS READ THIS READ THIS
>Sent From gevans@onramp.net Tue Apr 2 18:29:20 1996
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Q: What's the difference between a dead dog in the road and a dead lawyer
in the road?
A: There are skid marks in front of the dog.
Q: Why won't sharks attack lawyers?
A: Professional courtesy.
Q: What do have when a lawyer is buried up to his neck in sand?
A: Not enough sand.
Q: How do you get a lawyer out of a tree?
A: Cut the rope.
Q: Do you know how to save a drowning laywer?
A1: Take your foot off his head.
A2: No.
A3: Good!
Q: What's the difference between a lawyer and a bucket of feces?
A: The bucket.
Q: What is the definition of a shame (as in "that's a shame")?
A: When a busload of lawyers goes off a cliff.
Q: What is the definition of a "crying shame"?
A: There was an empty seat.
Q: What can a goose do, a duck can't, and a lawyer should?
A: Stick his bill up his rear.
Q: What do you get when you cross the Godfather with a lawyer?
A: An offer you can't understand.
Q. Why is it that many lawyers have broken noses?
A. From chasing parked ambulances.
Q. Where can you find a good lawyer?
A. In the cemetary.
Q. What's the difference between a lawyer and a gigolo?
A. A gigolo only screws one person at a time.
Q. What's the difference between a lawyer and a vampire?
A. A vampire only sucks blood at night.
Q. What is the difference between a lawyer and a rooster?
A. When a rooster wakes up in the morning, its primal urge is to cluck
defiance.
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-=} Randall {=- If lawyers make the laws, the laws will benefit lawyers.
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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 13:09:03 GMT
From: Aditya, the Hindu Skeptic <aditya@ICANECT.NET>
Subject: Nagesh Gadamsetty's Chinese Laundry
This was posted by Ananda Vardhan on another list.
A man was walking down the street and noticed a sign reading:
"Nagesh Gadamsetty's Chinese Laundry."
Being of a curious nature, he entered and was greeted by an
obviously Oriental man who identified himself as Nagesh Gadamsetty.
"How come you have a name like that?" inquired the stranger.
The Oriental explained in very broken English that when he
landed in America he was standing in the immigration line behind an
Indian. When asked his name, the Indian replied, "Nagesh Gadamsetty."
When the immigration official asked the Oriental his name, He replied,
"Sam Ting."
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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 08:32:52 -0600
From: Chris Twichell <tazmania@MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU>
Subject: Taco Bell
This one is real life:
On Sunday I went to a Taco Bell to get something to eat. Upon looking at
the cash register I saw a printed sign that said,"Braille Menu Available."
Now then, how could anyone who would need such a menu read that sign?
Christopher A. Twichell
"To infinity and beyond!!"
tazmania@mail.utexas.edu
http://www.ece.utexas.edu/~twichell
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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 08:14:53 PDT--100
From: Charles Tidwell, Sr. <charlest@MAIL.LOCALACCESS.COM>
Subject: At the bank [clean]
At the Bank
A man was on an out-of-town trip and ran out of cash. He took his
cheque book with him so he went to the bank and asked if they would
cash a cheque. They said, "No".
When he asked why, they said, "Because we don't know you".
He complained and said, "That's not fair, at home they won't cash my
cheques because they know me".
>From Dennis Tidwell on the humornet, Vietnam
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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 12:43:25 -0400
From: JIM MICA OFFICE OF ADMISSION ITHACA COLLEGE <JMICA@OA.ITHACA.EDU>
Subject: <humor> Backstage in Amateur theater {long}
Catch a Falling Diva by Jim Mica
I work backstage with an amateur theater group specializing
in Gilbert & Sullivan operettas. This summer's offering was
Princess Ida. The second act reaches a climax when the Princess
falls from the wall of her castle into the moat. This bit of
staging presents some challenges for the backstage crew.
Obviously, you don't want your Diva dashing out her brains
on the stage floor as she climaxes, but you also have to be
careful lest she strike one of the flats! The illusion that a
wall is made of marble tends to be undermined if it suddenly
starts to shake like some muslin stretched over 1 by 3s.
Moreover, in this play the falling Diva is almost immediately
followed by a ululating tenor (her betrothed, Prince Hilarion)
who dives into the moat to save her. With all this musical
talent threatening to pile up, the stage crew really needs to
hustle.
Now, it should be noted that falling Divas loom rather large
in the Folk Mythology of the theater. As we were working on our
problem the elders of the group regaled us with stories of other
soaring sopranos. In one story a Diva was supposed to commit
suicide by leeping off the back wall of the set. She jumped and
landed on a trampoline (as planned) but then bounced right back
up on the set (unplanned). Displaying some fine theatrical
sense, she repeated her death aria and jumped again. This time
the crew prevented a second resurrection.
The platform our Princess was to plunge from was about three
feet above the stage floor. We got an old twin size matress and
box springs and placed them behind the platform and in front of
the back flat. Next we had convince our Princess Ida that she
could do this gag and live to tell about it.
Under the watchful eye of our Tech Director two of us
positioned ourselves on either side of the matress. Ida stood on
the platform and tried to do a convincing sideways fall into the
imaginary moat. In her first attempt she hit the edge of the
matress and bounced off onto the female crewmember (stationed on
the upstage side of the matress) with me yanking on her
downstage parts. Fortunately there were no injuries.
With much persuasion we got Ida back up on the platform and
repositioned the matress for a second trial. This time she fell
backwards, hit the mark pretty square in the center and we
grabbed to steady her. Her first words were, "What if they see
my underwear!" I quickly stifled myself when my first response
was to tell her not to wear any. Our upstage crewman --
Stephanie-- pointed out to her that there would be others on the
platform blocking much of the audience's view of her descent.
This seemed to placate her.
We did another couple of trials and Ida grew pretty relaxed
with the whole procedure. Then our Tech Director kind of put his
foot in it. He said something like, "This is fine." Then he
added, "The crew will grab hold of you _someplace_, just ignore
that, roll off the matress and shoot out that opening in the
curtains there."
Ida gulped audibly, looked at where my hands were upon her
person (in TOTALLY innocuous places, I assure you) and
immediately ooched upstage toward my female pardner for safety.
She looked at me like she'd just been introduced to "Jack the
Ripper." Well, we went into dress rehearsal on that note.
Our diving Prince presented other problems. Hilarion
launched himself off from the platform with such gusto that it
took all the muscle Stephanie and I could muster to keep him from
bouncing off stage through the curtain legs. In my opinion
Stephanie held on to him far longer than necessary, but I let it
pass.
Opening night arrived. On cue Stephanie and I crawled under
the platforms to our safety positions. The climax arrived. Ida
flopped off the platform onto her back. I carefully steadied her
by touching her arm --no, really, just her arm! She rolled off
the mat just as Hilarion came plummeting down upon us and we kind
of gang tackled him to keep him from bouncing all over the place.
Steph and I heaved a sigh of relief and went on with the rest of
our duties.
After final curtain we got the word. It seems that these
dramatic exits which we had worked upon so hard had been the
cause of unintended mirth among the audience.
What the audience saw was our young Princess falling
backwards with her legs spread and an over-eager Prince who
appeared to be diving between those legs. Sometimes the best
laid plans...
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Permission is granted to forward and reproduce the above for non-
commercial purposes as long as the title and author's name are
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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 15:05:18 EDT
From: Bill <BEDWARDS@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
Subject: HUMOR weekly traffic report
Contents of this Report (5 August 1996):
The purpose of this mail
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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 15:20:29 -0400
From: James Bologna <JBOLOGNA@BENTLEY.EDU>
Subject: The family stress test...
(Originally from a NutWorks posting by Terry Morris)
As part of a seminar I recently attended on stress in the workplace,
I was given a packet which included a family stress test. Our family found
that all of the questions fell into what we considered the "wuss" category,
and generated our own family stress test:
Score 0 if the statement is never true, 1 if it is rarely true, 2 if
it is sometimes true, and 3 if it is always true.
1. ____ Conversations often begin with "Put the gun down, and then we can talk".
2. ____ The school principal has your number on speed-dial.
3. ____ The cat is on Valium.
4. ____ People have trouble understanding your kids, because they learned to
speak through clenched teeth.
5. ____ You are trying to get your four-year-old to switch to decaf.
6. ____ The number of jobs held down by family members exceeds the number
of people in the family.
7. ____ No one has _time_ to wait for microwave TV dinners.
8. ____ "Family meetings" are often mediated by law enforcement officials.
9. ____ You have to check your kid's day-timer to see if he can take out
the trash.
10.____ Maxwell House gives you industrial rates.
Scoring:
30 - a perfect score. Welcome to the neighborhood!
20-29 - You are doing reasonably well, but still have too little
going on in your life. Crank it up.
10-19 - You have mastered some of the aspects of the stress-filled
life, but still have a long way to go. Have you considered
a parallel career path?
0-9 - Enjoying all that extra time? What do you _do_ anyway?
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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 15:49:12 -0400
From: Sarah W. Soderlund <sarahsod@CROSSLINK.NET>
Subject: Humor (offensive to special ed folks)
A man is looking for a job. Reading the want ads he notices that the local
school district needs a bus driver. He thinks this will be a piece of cake
job and heads out to the school bus garage.
"We have only one route left open." says the dispatcher, "It's the Special
Ed bus. That one over there with Ernie, Bert, Oscar, and Big Bird painted
on the side. Here's your route. Good Luck."
So, the guy heads out on his new bus route. At the first stop there are two
extremly fat girls. The first one says, "Hi. My name is Patty.", and gets on
the bus. The second one gets on and says, "Hi. My name is Patty too."
He goes to the next stop. A little boy gets on the bus and says, "My name is
Ross and Jerry says I'm special."
At the third stop a young boy gets on and states, "Yo! I'm Lester-T!"
This boy sits down right behind the bus driver.
So, the bus driver continues along the route picking up kids. Suddenly he is
utterly revolted by a smell coming from the back of the bus. He turns around
and finds Lester-T with his shoes and socks off. He is picking at a
particularly nasty looking bunyon on one of his feet.
This so revolts the bus driver that he skips the rest of the stops, literally
kicks the kids off of the bus at school and returns to the school bus garage.
"I quit!", he says, "I can't stand it!"
"What's the problem?", asks the dispatcher.
"You want to know what the problem is?", stammers the man. "You want to know
what the problem is! I'll tell you. You've got two obese Pattys, special
Ross with Lester-T picking Bunyons on a Sesame Street bus."
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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 16:59:21 -0400
From: Lloyd B. Abrams <lba@HOFLINK.COM>
Subject: Man walks into a bar...{off. to zoophiles}
A man walked into a bar. On the bar was a large jar filled with
ten-dollar bills. Next to the restrooms was horse nonchalantly munching on hay.
"Excuse, me," asked the man. "What's with the jar of money?"
"Well," explained the bartender, "put in a ten-dollar bill. Then, if
you can make the horse laugh, you can keep the all the money."
The man walked over to the horse, whispered in his ear, and the
horse started laughing so hysterically that he fell over, holding his
stomach. The man went to claim the windfall, and left.
Several weeks later, the man walked into the bar, and, again, there
was a jar on the counter filled with money. The bartender told the man that
if he could make the horse cry, then he could win all the money. As before,
the man threw in his ten-dollar bill, walked over to the horse, stood next
to him for a moment, and the horse started crying so plaintively and
sorrowfully.
As he went to get his money, the amazed bartender stopped him.
"Wait, a second. You've got to tell me how you got the horse to laugh the
first time, and how you just made the horse cry just now."
"Well," the man explained, "the first time, I told the horse that my
cock was bigger than his."
"And today," he continued, "I showed him."
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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 17:52:14 -0400
From: Brian Ross <rossb@UTULSA.EDU>
Subject: miscommunication (off. to women and Filipinos)
It seems there's a province in the Phillipines were the locals place a "H"
sound in front of all English words beginning with a vowel. For example,
apple becomes (h)apple and orange becomes (h)orange.
One day a wealthy elderly lady from this province was visiting Paris.
Standing in line at the Eiffel Tower, the wind began to blow. In fact, the
gusts became so strong that it blew the skirt of a young American girl up
in the air (ala Marilyn Monroe). The elderly Filapina was astonished at the
sight and said, "Oh no my dear, the (h)air!!!"
To which the girl retorted, "What did you expect to see, feathers?"
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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 18:36:33 -0400
From: John M. Scheer <jscheer@EROLS.COM>
Subject: A Nun's Story
Outside a small Macedonian village a lone Catholic nun keeps a quiet watch
over a silent convent. She is the last caretaker of this site of signifi-
cant historical developments, spanning more than 2,000 years. When Sister
Maria Cyrilla of the Order of the Perpetual Watch dies, the convent of
St. Elias will be closed by the Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Macedonia.
However, that isn't likely to happen soon, as Sister Maria, 53, enjoys
excellent health. By her own estimate, she walks 10 miles daily about the
grounds of the convent, which once served as a base for the army of Attila
the Hun. In more ancient times, a Greek temple to Eros, the god of love,
occupied the hilltop site.
Historians say that Attila took over the old temple in 439 A.D., and used
it as a base for his marauding army. The Huns are believed to have first
collected and then destroyed a large gathering of Greek legal writs at the
site. It is believed that Attila wanted to study the Greek legal system
and had the writs and other documents brought to the temple. Scholars
differ on why he had the valuable documents destroyed - either because he
was barely literate and couldn't read them, or because they provided
evidence of a democratic government that did not square with his own
notion of "rule by an all-powerful tryant".
When the Greek church took over the site in the 15th century and the
convent was built, church leaders ordered the pagan statue of Eros
destroyed, so another ancient Greek treasure was lost. Today, there is
only the lone sister, watching over the old Hun base. When she goes, that
will be it.
Thus, that's how it ends, with No Huns, No Writs, No Eros, and Nun on base.
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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 16:31:00 -
From: Howard, Dan <HOWARDD@MS2.AES.COM>
Subject: Q & A..... (off to women).
Don't blame me for this one....
Q. What's the one thing in common with all the battered women in the U.S?
A. THEY JUST DON'T LISTEN!!! (smack smack smack)
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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 20:26:17 -0500
From: MR LYLE J KINNAMAN <FVKM43A@PRODIGY.COM>
Subject: Equal rights for men <off. to ERA women>
It's time to forget about Equal Rights for Women and start working on
Equal Rights for Men. After all, it's a known fact that women have 60%
of the money and 100% of the pussy. Lyle's Joke Boutique.
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