Traffic Report for August 1994
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- Traffic Report
- Contribution of Humor
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Here is the current weekly traffic report:
Traffic Report for HUMOR, 28 August-3 September
(Number of articles posted each day)
4 Weeks 3 Weeks 2 Weeks 1 Week Last
Date Day Back Back Back Back Week
28 Sunday 5 8 17 11 14
29 Monday 24 17 19 24 30
30 Tuesday 27 25 23 19 20
31 Wednesday 25 29 18 27 19
1 Thursday 23 34 19 13 11
2 Friday 14 29 12 16 13
3 Saturday 7 19 7 12 16
Averages 17.9 23.0 16.4 17.4 17.6
Subscriptions 3,347 3,378 3,332 3,334 3,349
Countries 51 51 49 50 50
Contributors 336 353 356 364 362
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Bit of humor from Abraham Lincoln:
Lincoln, who grew up on the frontier and self-educated, was a self-
conscious man, especially about his physical appearance. Once when he
dropped in at a meeting of Republican editors in Decatur, Illinois
he said he was a sort of
interloper, and told of a woman on horseback meeting a man riding a
horse on a narrow trail. The woman stopped her horse, looked the man
over, and broke out, "Well, for the land's sake, you are the homeliest
man I ever saw!" The man replied, "Yes, ma'am, but I can't help that,"
and the woman replied, "No, I suppose not, but you might stay at
home."
One more. As Richard Oglesby, a Lincoln supporter, had visited
England, was once telling how he saw the British queen at a reception,
how the queen looked, what she wore, how she spoke and carried
herself, Lincoln put in a question, asking Oglesby with a grave face,
"Are we to infer that you have a speaking acquaintance with Queen
Victoria?"
Bill Edwards, HUMOR listowner, BEDWARDS@UGA.BITNET (uga.cc.uga.edu)
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